Park Aerospace Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Park Aerospace Corp had return on equity of 9.5%, an operating margin of 18.4%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 18.24. 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.

Park Aerospace Corp: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2010Feb 2010	2011Feb 2011	2012Feb 2012	2013Mar 2013	2014Mar 2014	2015Mar 2015	2016Feb 2016	2017Feb 2017	2018Feb 2018	2019Mar 2019	2020Mar 2020	2021Feb 2021	2022Feb 2022	2023Feb 2023	2024Mar 2024	2025Mar 2025	2026Mar 2026	LTMAug 2026
Gross margin	29.4%	33.0%	28.3%	28.7%	29.0%	30.2%	29.3%	7.2%	10.2%	31.7%	31.1%	28.5%	33.4%	30.5%	29.5%	28.4%	30.9%	32.7%
Operating margin	15.4%	19.2%	13.1%	11.5%	13.5%	14.4%	14.4%	−1.8%	1.2%	14.1%	17.9%	11.9%	21.3%	18.4%	15.0%	15.1%	18.4%	21.1%
Net margin	14.4%	15.4%	12.1%	9.6%	−25.5%	12.4%	12.4%	8.1%	18.5%	222.1%	15.9%	10.5%	15.8%	19.9%	13.3%	9.5%	15.4%	18.4%
Free-cash-flow margin	11.5%	18.4%	14.2%	10.1%	17.7%	17.6%	9.3%	11.4%	2.5%	9.3%	−2.7%	11.9%	7.1%	10.1%	6.7%	6.2%	12.9%	14.2%
Return on equity	—	10.0%	7.0%	5.3%	−16.9%	10.5%	9.9%	5.1%	12.9%	77.2%	6.4%	3.5%	6.2%	8.5%	6.5%	5.3%	9.5%	10.2%
Return on assets	—	9.2%	6.5%	4.6%	−11.3%	5.5%	5.4%	3.0%	8.6%	63.3%	5.3%	2.9%	5.2%	6.7%	5.1%	4.6%	8.5%	9.4%
Asset turnover	—	0.60	0.54	0.48	0.44	0.45	0.44	0.37	0.46	0.28	0.33	0.28	0.33	0.34	0.38	0.49	0.55	0.51
Current ratio	—	11.76	14.53	19.23	12.84	10.54	16.32	19.06	11.55	15.05	16.68	16.56	20.10	4.37	10.23	9.75	18.24	22.75
Debt to equity	—	0.0%	0.0%	17.3%	51.9%	51.8%	41.5%	39.4%	—	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	—	—	—	—	29.3x	16.3x	12.7x	n/m	0.6x	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Effective tax rate	10.0%	21.0%	15.2%	18.8%	—	12.1%	12.0%	—	—	22.1%	27.5%	28.7%	28.2%	2.7%	20.8%	38.1%	25.1%	—
SG&A as % of revenue	13.9%	13.2%	14.6%	15.1%	15.2%	15.0%	14.5%	9.0%	8.9%	17.5%	13.2%	13.2%	11.7%	12.1%	14.6%	13.3%	12.5%	11.6%
Capital spending as % of revenue	1.9%	1.7%	2.1%	0.8%	0.7%	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.5%	5.4%	11.4%	16.2%	8.2%	1.9%	1.2%	1.4%	2.8%	2.3%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	79.6%	119.5%	117.1%	105.5%	—	142.6%	75.2%	141.1%	13.4%	4.2%	−17.0%	113.5%	45.2%	50.7%	50.4%	65.1%	83.9%	77.1%
Dividends ÷ net income	29.1%	88.6%	35.4%	356.0%	—	197.8%	45.2%	87.2%	334.1%	83.7%	300.7%	167.6%	96.5%	76.3%	409.8%	171.0%	88.4%	69.4%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	36.6%	74.2%	30.2%	338.1%	206.8%	148.3%	150.1%	61.8%	>999%	>999%	—	177.5%	213.3%	150.4%	890.4%	373.8%	128.2%	90.0%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Park Aerospace Corp: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2025 Q3Dec 2024	2025 Q4Mar 2025	2026 Q1Jun 2025	2026 Q2Aug 2025	2026 Q3Nov 2025	2026 Q4Mar 2026	2027 Q1May 2026	2027 Q2Aug 2026
Gross margin	26.6%	29.3%	30.6%	31.2%	34.1%	28.7%	34.8%	34.3%
Operating margin	12.8%	16.8%	15.7%	17.4%	21.0%	19.0%	21.9%	22.8%
Net margin	10.9%	7.4%	13.5%	14.7%	17.0%	15.9%	19.3%	21.8%
Free-cash-flow margin	18.6%	2.0%	7.2%	−14.0%	24.6%	26.4%	14.2%	−8.7%
Current ratio	7.55	9.75	8.62	17.57	15.84	18.24	15.29	22.75
SG&A as % of revenue	13.8%	12.4%	14.9%	13.9%	13.0%	9.7%	12.9%	11.6%

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 · August 30, 2026

What it owns · $175m

Short-term assets $140mLonger-term assets $35m

What it owes, and who funded it · $175m

Short-term liabilities $6mLonger-term liabilities $6mShareholders' equity $163m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $140m of assets due within a year against $6m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $140m short-term assets against $6m 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 Park Aerospace Corp'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

50 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Park Aerospace'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 8 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 7.2% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 8 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 30.8%, moving by 5.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 5 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 17.2%; its worst year was -5.6%.
Cash conversion 13 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 7.2% of revenue.
Discipline 16 / 20

The diluted share count rose 1.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

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 Park Aerospace Corp'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 Park Aerospace Corp.