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The price of National Presto Industries, Inc (NYSE: NPK) closed at $93.73 in the last session, down -0.77% from day before closing price of $94.46. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.77 from its previous closing price. On the day, 95778.0 shares were traded. NPK stock price reached its highest trading level at $94.995 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $93.5.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at NPK’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.64 and its Current Ratio is at 3.53. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.12 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.02.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, NPK now has a Market Capitalization of 670351424 and an Enterprise Value of 712219328. As of this moment, National’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 17.20. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.41 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.76. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.502 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.554.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NPK is 0.55, which has changed by 0.18489718 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12159383 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, NPK has reached a high of $120.49, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $77.63. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -12.56%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -4.63%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, NPK traded on average about 64.05K shares per day over the past 3-months and 62240 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 7.12M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 5.29M. Insiders hold about 26.04% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 59.76% stake in the company. Shares short for NPK as of 1763078400 were 167765 with a Short Ratio of 2.62, compared to 1760486400 on 161618. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 167765 and a Short% of Float of 7.01.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for NPK is 1.00, which was 1.0 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.010586492. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.24. The current Payout Ratio is 77.37% for NPK, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-04 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-03-04. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1983-07-01 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
