National Presto Industries Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, National Presto Industries Inc had return on equity of 8.7%, an operating margin of 8.0%, debt equal to 6.0% of equity and a current ratio of 4.24. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

National Presto Industries Inc: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJul 2026
Gross margin	23.0%	23.7%	21.8%	20.1%	18.9%	23.4%	25.1%	25.1%	26.1%	23.5%	23.3%	24.1%	18.1%	17.1%	19.8%	20.2%	16.0%	16.5%
Operating margin	19.1%	20.3%	17.1%	12.6%	13.7%	13.2%	17.6%	18.3%	18.5%	14.8%	15.0%	15.9%	8.4%	6.9%	10.3%	11.6%	8.0%	9.6%
Net margin	13.1%	13.3%	11.1%	8.2%	9.8%	7.6%	11.4%	13.0%	15.9%	12.4%	13.7%	13.3%	7.2%	6.4%	10.1%	10.7%	6.6%	7.9%
Free-cash-flow margin	12.3%	8.3%	10.1%	10.3%	−2.9%	17.8%	11.2%	17.4%	5.1%	20.9%	2.1%	10.9%	8.9%	2.4%	12.8%	−15.7%	−7.2%	4.9%
Return on equity	—	18.5%	14.1%	12.4%	13.2%	8.0%	12.2%	12.9%	14.8%	10.9%	11.5%	12.7%	7.0%	5.9%	9.8%	11.5%	8.7%	10.6%
Return on assets	—	15.3%	11.6%	10.2%	11.1%	7.0%	10.6%	11.1%	12.8%	9.7%	10.2%	11.1%	6.0%	5.0%	8.1%	9.3%	6.9%	8.6%
Asset turnover	—	1.15	1.04	1.23	1.13	0.91	0.93	0.85	0.80	0.78	0.75	0.84	0.83	0.77	0.80	0.87	1.06	1.09
Current ratio	—	5.18	4.99	4.84	4.87	5.05	5.44	5.29	7.44	7.42	8.60	6.48	6.55	6.09	5.00	4.93	4.24	5.22
Debt to equity	—	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	6.0%	0.0%
Effective tax rate	33.7%	36.1%	36.1%	35.7%	29.3%	33.4%	33.0%	33.8%	33.7%	23.8%	22.5%	21.7%	21.0%	20.2%	18.6%	18.2%	21.5%	21.5%
SG&A as % of revenue	3.9%	3.4%	4.6%	7.2%	5.1%	6.2%	6.1%	6.6%	6.9%	7.2%	8.3%	8.1%	9.6%	8.4%	9.0%	8.2%	7.1%	6.8%
Capital spending as % of revenue	0.7%	3.8%	3.5%	2.9%	8.6%	3.3%	1.8%	2.0%	2.2%	2.7%	1.0%	0.7%	0.8%	0.3%	0.5%	1.9%	5.4%	1.3%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	94.0%	62.6%	91.1%	125.4%	−29.2%	233.9%	98.3%	133.3%	31.9%	169.2%	15.3%	81.7%	124.0%	37.4%	126.0%	−147.0%	−109.3%	61.7%
Dividends ÷ net income	60.7%	88.0%	118.1%	221.5%	—	132.0%	69.4%	78.9%	72.5%	105.1%	99.7%	89.8%	171.8%	153.8%	82.1%	77.3%	21.6%	16.7%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	64.6%	140.4%	129.7%	176.6%	—	56.4%	70.6%	59.2%	227.5%	62.1%	653.0%	110.0%	138.5%	411.3%	65.2%	—	—	27.1%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

National Presto Industries Inc: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q3Sept 2024	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Apr 2026	2026 Q2Jul 2026
Gross margin	18.8%	24.3%	17.5%	15.4%	13.9%	16.9%	14.7%	19.5%
Operating margin	10.0%	17.3%	8.8%	5.1%	5.6%	11.4%	6.8%	13.2%
Net margin	8.8%	9.4%	7.3%	4.3%	4.6%	9.2%	5.6%	10.8%
Free-cash-flow margin	−22.1%	−8.4%	−10.2%	−11.1%	−21.4%	7.6%	24.8%	6.3%
Current ratio	4.95	4.93	4.60	4.21	3.53	4.24	5.88	5.22
SG&A as % of revenue	8.3%	6.7%	8.4%	7.8%	8.0%	5.3%	9.1%	5.9%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 2 checks passed · July 5, 2026

What it owns · $499m

Short-term assets $402mLonger-term assets $97m

What it owes, and who funded it · $499m

Short-term liabilities $77mLonger-term liabilities $10mShareholders' equity $411m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $402m of assets due within a year against $77m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $402m short-term assets against $10m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From National Presto Industries Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

49 /100

Moderate moat

How hard National Presto Industries's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 15 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 11.7% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 7 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 20.1%, moving by 3.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 10 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 11.4%; its worst year was 5.7%.
Cash conversion 12 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 7.8% of revenue.
Discipline 11 / 20

The diluted share count rose 1.3% over five years.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (54 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from National Presto Industries Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to National Presto Industries Inc.