---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-003210"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NPK"
cik: "0000080172"
company_name: "NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T08:37:51.209910+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Presto 2021 net earnings fall 45.4% to $25.7M; declares $4.50 dividend

## Summary
- Net earnings $25.7M ($3.64/share) vs $47.0M ($6.67/share) in 2020, down 45.4%.
- Net sales $355.8M up 0.9%; Housewares sales down 1.5% due to supply chain disruption.
- All segment operating profits down; Housewares had operating loss from freight/material cost increases.
- 2022 dividend: $4.50/share ($1.00 regular + $3.50 extra); record March 1, pay March 15.
- Defense backlog healthy; but supply chain issues, labor shortages, and inflation remain headwinds.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-003210
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NPK
- cik: 0000080172
- company_name: NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80172/000143774922003210/0001437749-22-003210-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80172/000143774922003210/npk20220211_8k.htm

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