The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

NPK

Concerning the House

National Presto Industries, Inc. provides houseware and small appliance, defense, and safety products in North America. The company's Housewares/Small Appliance segment designs, markets, and distributes housewares and small electrical appliances, including pressure cookers and canners; kitchen electrics, and comfort appliances; heat control line of skillets, griddles, woks, and multipurpose cookers; slow cookers; deep fryers; air fryers; waffle makers; pizza ovens; slicer/shredders; electric heaters; corn poppers; dehydrators; vacuum sealers; microwave bacon cookers; coffee makers and coffee maker accessories; electric knife sharpeners; and timers under the Presto Control Master brand. This segment sells its products directly to retailers, as well as through independent distributors. Its Defense segment manufactures and sells 40mm ammunition, precision mechanical and electro-mechanical assemblies, medium-caliber cartridge cases, and metal parts; and performs Load, Assemble and Pack (LAP) operations on ordnance-related products primarily for the United States Government and prime contractors; and manufactures detonators, booster pellets, release cartridges, lead azide, other military energetic devices and materials, and assemblies. This segment primarily serves the United States Department of Defense (DOD) and DOD prime contractors; and niche market ordnance products, such as training ammunition, fuzes, firing devices, and initiators. The Safety segment provides safety technology products, including smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, combo smoke/carbon monoxide alarms with an array of voice messages in English and Spanish, digital displays, and a PFAS-free foam commercial fire extinguisher. National Presto Industries, Inc. was founded in 1905 and is based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

United States · www.gopresto.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$340.91M-2.4%
Gross profit$14.70M-13.4%
Operating income$40.24M-6.1%
Net income$34.56M-4.2%
Cash from ops-$9.14M-2.8%
Quotation

$137.80

-1.46 (-1.0%)

52w hi$146.54
52w lo$90.92
Vol76.69K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.10

Short-0.03
Medium-0.10
Long-0.26

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

National Presto Industries, Inc.

Industrials · Aerospace & Defense

Market cap$987.48M
Enterprise value$1.00B
Trailing P/E30.76x
Forward P/E158.39x
EV / EBITDA22.03x
P / S (ttm)1.90x
Profit margin6.2%
Return on equity8.4%
Revenue growth+14.5%
Earnings growth-13.2%
Debt / equity2.35
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.71
Corr SPX0.36
Annual vol32.0%
Annual ret+36.9%
Sharpe1.15
Max DD-23.3%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.09
Sector+0.07
Technical+0.00
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$140.04$140.19$135.86$137.8076.69K
Aug 12$138.58$139.83$137.55$139.2655.90K
Aug 11$138.75$141.87$138.07$138.2380.30K
Aug 10$137.98$139.06$136.89$137.50101.40K
Aug 7$137.10$138.98$136.44$137.9981.30K