NPKI
NPK International Inc.
NPKI's fundamentals are strong and it looks cheap: trading at 19x earnings, below its usual 32x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
NPKI Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy |
NPKI's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently healthy.
NPKI PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 18x | $9.25 | — |
| Current | 19x | $9.25 | — |
| Cheap | 26x | $13.17 | +42% |
| Fair | 32x | $16.10 | +74% |
| Expensive | 42x | $20.87 | +126% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
NPKI's PE is in its cheap range at 19x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 18x next year's earnings.
NPKI Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for NPKI, with profitability improving.
NPKI Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.53 | +5.5% |
| Q3 2026 | $0.50 | +32% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.50 | +$2.18 |
| Q1 2026 | $0.46 | +$2.15 |
| Q4 2025 | $0.45 | +$2.17 |
| Q3 2025 | $0.38 | +$2.21 |
| Q2 2025 | -$1.68 | -772% |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.69 | -1039% |
| Q4 2024 | -$1.72 | -1175% |
NPKI earned $0.50 per share over the past year, up 32% from the year before.
NPKI Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $76.3M | +11% |
| Q2 2026 | $81.6M | +20% |
| Q1 2026 | $75.1M | +16% |
| Q4 2025 | $75.2M | +31% |
| Q3 2025 | $68.8M | +56% |
| Q2 2025 | $68.2M | -62% |
| Q1 2025 | $64.8M | -62% |
| Q4 2024 | $57.5M | -66% |
NPKI's revenue is recovering but still below its 2022 peak: $76M last quarter, up 11% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 12% | -1.2 points |
| Q2 2026 | 20% | +2.7 points |
| Q1 2026 | 19% | -1.7 points |
| Q4 2025 | 17% | -3.5 points |
| Q3 2025 | 13% | +10 points |
| Q2 2025 | 17% | +9.6 points |
| Q1 2025 | 21% | +14 points |
| Q4 2024 | 20% | +18 points |
NPKI's operating margin was 12% last quarter, down 1.2 points from the same quarter a year ago.
NPKI Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$5.2M | -143% |
| Q2 2026 | $5.4M | -45% |
| Q1 2026 | $4.4M | +$5.6M |
| Q4 2025 | $5.8M | +$23.5M |
| Q3 2025 | $12M | +$18.7M |
| Q2 2025 | $9.7M | -54% |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.2M | +$749K |
| Q4 2024 | -$17.7M | -165% |
NPKI usually generates cash, though not every quarter: the latest was −$5M, but it generated $10M over the past year.
NPKI Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.5% | -472K shares |
| 1 year | +0.4% | +306K shares |
| 3 years | -3% | -2.7M shares |
| 5 years | -7.1% | -6.6M shares |
| Available history | -4.9% | -4.4M shares |
NPKI has 85M diluted shares, about the same as a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $13.4M |
| Q2 2026 | $3.2M |
| Q1 2026 | $2.7M |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | $3.4M |
| Q2 2025 | $8.5M |
| Q1 2025 | $10.8M |
| Q4 2024 | $1,000 |
NPKI spent $19M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 15% from the year before.
NPKI Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | 0.0x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 0.2x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -0.3x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
NPKI's net debt is less than a year of its operating earnings (EBITDA), after holding more cash than debt a year ago.
NPKI Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 29.8 | Oversold |
| Stochastic | 13.4 | Oversold |
NPKI's weekly RSI is 30 (oversold) and its Stochastic is 13 (oversold).
NPKI PE vs Energy Sector
| Metric | NPKI | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 19x | 13x | 41% above |
| PE % | 1 | 61 | 60 pts below |
NPKI is trading at 19x earnings, a 41% premium to the Energy sector's median of 13x.
NPKI Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $10.5 | 12% below |
| 20 week MA | $12.4 | 25% below |
| 50 week MA | $13.4 | 31% below |
| 100 week MA | $11.0 | 16% below |
| 200 week MA | $8.68 | 6.6% above |
NPKI has fallen below most of its moving averages, though it's still 6.6% above its 200-week average.
NPKI Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $6.08 | $1.95 | -68% |
| 2021 | $1.95 | $3.01 | +54% |
| 2022 | $3.01 | $3.91 | +30% |
| 2023 | $3.91 | $6.64 | +70% |
| 2024 | $6.64 | $7.35 | +11% |
| 2025 | $7.35 | $12.1 | +65% |
| 2026 YTD | $12.1 | $9.25 | -24% |
NPKI has finished higher in five of the last six years, three of them by more than 50%. It's down 24% so far in 2026.