National Presto Industries (NPK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

National Presto Industries' stock was trading at $80.28 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, NPK shares have increased by 1.6% and is now trading at $81.60.
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National Presto Industries saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 94,000 shares, a drop of 15.8% from the February 29th total of 111,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 35,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 1.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 3rd 2024.
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National Presto Industries, Inc. (NYSE:NPK) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 20th. The conglomerate reported $1.85 earnings per share for the quarter. The conglomerate had revenue of $98.42 million for the quarter. National Presto Industries had a net margin of 10.14% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.14%.

National Presto Industries declared an annual dividend on Friday, February 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 1st will be paid a dividend of $1.00 per share on Friday, March 15th. This represents a yield of 1.28%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 29th.
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National Presto Industries (NYSE:NPK) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.26%. The dividend payout ratio is 20.58%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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3 employees have rated National Presto Industries Chief Executive Officer Maryjo Cohen on Glassdoor.com. Maryjo Cohen has an approval rating of 20% among the company's employees. This puts Maryjo Cohen in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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National Presto Industries' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.31%).
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Shares of NPK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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