---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-013056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NPK"
cik: "0000080172"
company_name: "NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T14:58:32.217116+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Presto Q1 sales $80.4M (+32% YoY), EPS $1.25 vs $0.41; Defense segment up 46%

## Summary
- Net earnings of $8.9M, up from $2.9M; diluted EPS $1.25 vs $0.41 year over year.
- Defense segment sales rose $18.5M (+45.9%); operating earnings up 74.2% to $4.5M.
- Housewares/Small Appliance sales flat (+3.7%) but swung to positive operating earnings; prices reduced in mid-April due to retailer demands.
- Safety segment generated nominal sales and reported an anticipated operating loss.
- Launched new FreshDaddy vacuum sealing product line with three sealers, bags, and containers at March 2023 Inspired Home Show.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-013056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NPK
- cik: 0000080172
- company_name: NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/80172/000143774923013056/0001437749-23-013056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80172/000143774923013056/npk20230508_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC reported the fiscal quarter ended April 2, 2023 results: revenue $80,409,000, net income $8,878,000, EPS $1.25.
  - Period: the fiscal quarter ended April 2, 2023
  - Revenue: $80,409,000
  - Net income: $8,878,000
  - EPS: $1.25
  - Result: reported results
  source text: THREE MONTHS ENDED April 2, 2023 April 3, 2022 Net Sales $ 80,409,000 $ 60,754,000 Net Earnings $ 8,878,000 $ 2,915,000 Net Earnings Per Share $ 1.25 $ .41 Weighted Average Shares Outstanding 7,097,000 7,073,000
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80172/000143774923013056/0001437749-23-013056-index.htm

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