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How National Presto Industries, Inc. stacks up
NPK · against 891 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
73/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #210 of 892 · scores higher than 75% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score87 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including NPK · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 73?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 9.6% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 64% of peers. Return on invested capital: 10.5% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 90% of peers. Return on assets: 8.6% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = NPK, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | NPK | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 857 reported | 10.5% | 6.7% | 67% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 890 reported | 9.6% | 7.6% | 62% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 844 reported | 8.6% | 3.0% | 93% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 836 reported | 10.9% | 7.6% | 66% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 893 reported | 16.5% | 25.2% | 26% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around NPKScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score