---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-010426"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NPK"
cik: "0000080172"
company_name: "NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T02:17:29.372898+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Presto Q1 sales $60.8M, EPS $0.41 vs $1.28 YoY; defense sales down 25.9%

## Summary
- Net sales $60.8M vs $81.0M; net earnings $2.9M vs $9.0M; EPS $0.41 vs $1.28.
- Defense segment sales down 25.9% due to supply chain; operating earnings down 46.3%.
- Housewares/Small Appliance sales down 23.4% from price-increase delays; segment posted operating loss.
- New products launched at trade show: PopLite, Tuxedo digital skillets, nitro coffee dispenser.
- Safety segment sales were nominal and reported a loss.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-010426
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NPK
- cik: 0000080172
- company_name: NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80172/000143774922010426/0001437749-22-010426-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80172/000143774922010426/npk20220502_8k.htm

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