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After finishing at $8.01 in the prior trading day, NPK International Inc (NYSE: NPKI) closed at $8.03, up 0.25%. In other words, the price has increased by $0.25 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.58 million shares were traded. NPKI stock price reached its highest trading level at $8.13 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $7.95.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of NPKI by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.37 and its Current Ratio is at 2.60. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.06 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.05.
On April 09, 2024, B. Riley Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $10.
On March 08, 2024, ROTH MKM started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $10.ROTH MKM initiated its Buy rating on March 08, 2024, with a $10 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 19 ’25 when Meer Claudia Michel bought 4,000 shares for $7.92 per share. The transaction valued at 31,680 led to the insider holds 118,135 shares of the business.
CUTILLO JOSEPH A bought 12,500 shares of NPKI for $99,998 on May 08 ’25. The Director now owns 12,500 shares after completing the transaction at $8.00 per share. On Mar 05 ’25, another insider, MINGE JOHN C, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 10,000 shares for $5.38 each. As a result, the insider paid 53,800 and bolstered with 230,287 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, NPKI now has a Market Capitalization of 678717312 and an Enterprise Value of 676434112. As of this moment, NPK’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.56, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 16.96. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.96 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.08. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.899 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.363.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NPKI is 2.13, which has changed by 0.034793854 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11936104 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, NPKI has reached a high of $8.66, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $4.76. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 26.50%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 14.11%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 897.77K shares per day over the past 3-months and 936570 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 84.73M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 80.37M. Insiders hold about 4.92% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 89.59% stake in the company. Shares short for NPKI as of 1745971200 were 2666862 with a Short Ratio of 2.97, compared to 1743379200 on 1962767. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2666862 and a Short% of Float of 3.2899998.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
