Instrument overview

NPKNational Presto Industries Inc

StockNYSEEstados UnidosIndustrialsEU retail: available
1/10
Balanced 1/101/10Balanced
Growth1/10
Balanced1/10
Income1/10

The Smart Score (1–10) describes how this instrument compares with its peers on published, rules-based measures of value, quality, trend, stability and dividend safety. It is not a forecast and not personal advice.

Compared with: Industrials companies in USA (n = 227)

Current rating first published: · last recomputed · rating log

Factor scores

Value49 / 100
Quality32 / 100
Trend89 / 100
Stability76 / 100
Dividend safety39 / 100

Percentiles within the peer group (100 = the best of its peers); dividend safety in points.

Main drivers

  • Gross profit growth / assets (5 y)weighs on the score · percentile 10
  • 12-month trend (ex last month)supports the score · percentile 86
  • Piotroski F-scoreweighs on the score · percentile 4

Red flags and notes

  • Serious warning:Accounting red flag Beneish M-score above −1.78 together with very high accruals: earnings may be overstated.
  • Caution:Cash burn Negative free cash flow in at least two of the last three years.
  • Caution:Dividend cut risk Dividend Safety below 40 points.
  • Caution:Payout above earnings Dividends exceed earnings or free cash flow.

Our rules see a meaningful risk that this dividend is cut.

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Key metrics

Valuation

P/E
24.2
P/B
2.5
P/S
1.9
EV/EBIT
19.4
Free-cash-flow yield
2.6%
Market cap (EUR)
€925.3 M

Profitability and debt

Return on equity
10.9%
Return on invested capital
10.6%
Gross margin
16.5%
Net debt / EBITDA
−0.28

Dividends

Dividend yield
0.69%
Payout ratio
17%
5-year dividend growth (per year)
−30.7%
Years of dividend growth
0

Returns and risk

1 day
−1.1%
1 month
−5.3%
1 year
+32.0%
Volatility, 1 yr
35.5%
Max drawdown, 1 yr
−19.8%
Beta
0.87

Ratios from SEC filings and end-of-day prices; returns are price changes without dividends.

News and filings

  • FactA filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.
  • Media reportA headline from a named media outlet. We link to it and do not check it.
  • RumourUnconfirmed: the headline itself hedges (“reportedly”, “sources say”, “in talks”), names no publisher, or comes from a news aggregator or an automated republisher.

Source: Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR. The tone is scored automatically from the headline and can be wrong.

Score changes in the last 12 months

Every published rating and change, logged when it was published (EU Market Abuse Regulation).

DateEventBalancedGrowth · IncomeWarningsPrice at publication
First rating 1/10 1 · 1 Serious warning:Accounting red flagCaution:Cash burnCaution:Dividend cut riskCaution:Payout above earnings Available with Invest Pro

Ratings are rules-based descriptions, valid until the next scoring run (about 06:20 and 21:50 UTC) and the same for every visitor.