NPK — NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC

US Industrials Fabricated metals equity mkt cap 1.1B
149.95 -0.50% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 91.59 · high 150.71

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Performance

1 day-0.50%
1 week+7.21%
1 month+22.93%
3 months+16.45%
6 months+18.07%
Year to date+40.14%
1 year+44.56%
3 years+96.35%
5 years+65.93%

Technicals

RSI 1481.2
vs 50-day avg+15.69%
vs 200-day avg+19.59%
Volatility 1y35.3%
Max drawdown 1y-23.32%
Avg volume 30d91.5K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)0.67%
Paid last 12m1.0000
Payments in 12m1
Paying since2016-02-26

Measured signals that fired on NPK

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-18Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-17Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-04Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-03Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-01Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-25Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-04-30Morgan Jeffery Alan
VP-ENGINEERING
Shares withheld for tax349139.8448.8K
2026-03-17Peuse David J
CFO & TREASURER
Open-market sale500140.1670.1K
2026-03-16Morgan Jeffery Alan
VP-ENGINEERING
Shares withheld for tax100131.5813.2K
2026-03-16Peuse David J
CFO & TREASURER
Shares withheld for tax78131.5810.3K
2026-03-16MacKenzie John Roderick JR
VP-SALES
Shares withheld for tax62131.588.2K
2026-03-16Frederick Douglas J
COO, VP, SECRETARY
Shares withheld for tax36131.584.7K
2026-03-11LIEBLE RANDY F
Director
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan2.4K143.97348.0K
2026-01-02MacKenzie John Roderick JR
VP-SALES
Grant or award3270.000
2026-01-02Morgan Jeffery Alan
VP-ENGINEERING
Grant or award2340.000
2026-01-02Peuse David J
CFO & TREASURER
Grant or award3270.000

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.125.4M915.2K
STATE STREET CORP54.1M394.6K
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP43.1M314.3K
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC29.3M213.9K
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC20.3M148.3K
ADVISORY RESEARCH INC20.2M147.6K
Medina Value Partners, LLC19.0M138.7K
J. Goldman & Co LP17.5M127.6K
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC17.4M127.3K
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC13.3M97.1K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
8-K2026-08-142026-08-13on EDGAR ↗
10-Q2026-08-142026-07-05on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-08-032026-07-31on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-06-162026-06-15on EDGAR ↗
SCHEDULE 13D/A2026-06-15on EDGAR ↗
1442026-06-10on EDGAR ↗
SD2026-05-28on EDGAR ↗
32026-05-272026-05-19on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d57.0% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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