National Presto Industries (NYSE:NPK) Issues Earnings Results

National Presto Industries (NYSE:NPK) posted its earnings results on Friday. The conglomerate reported $2.91 EPS for the quarter, Zacks reports. National Presto Industries had a net margin of 9.63% and a return on equity of 9.88%.

National Presto Industries Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE NPK opened at $89.20 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $633.32 million, a PE ratio of 18.78 and a beta of 0.54. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $96.90 and a 200 day moving average of $85.55. National Presto Industries has a one year low of $69.58 and a one year high of $103.93.

National Presto Industries Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared an annual dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 4th will be given a dividend of $1.00 per share. This represents a yield of 1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 4th. National Presto Industries’s dividend payout ratio is presently 21.05%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, StockNews.com cut shares of National Presto Industries from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd.

National Presto Industries Company Profile

National Presto Industries, Inc provides housewares 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; heat control line of skillets, griddles, woks, and multi-purpose cookers; slow cookers; deep fryers; air fryers; waffle makers; pizza ovens; slicer/shredders; electric heaters; hot air, oil, and microwave corn poppers; dehydrators; vacuum sealers; rice cookers; microwave bacon cookers; egg cookers; coffeemakers and coffeemaker accessories; electric knife sharpeners; and timers under the Presto Control Master brand.