---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-021191"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NPK"
cik: "0000080172"
company_name: "NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-07-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T22:36:42.820330+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Presto Q2 EPS $0.77 vs $0.94; sales up 2.3%, but net earnings down 18%

## Summary
- Q2 net earnings $5.5M ($0.77 EPS) vs $6.7M ($0.94 EPS) prior year, down 18%.
- Net sales $78.9M, up 2.3% from $77.1M; Defense segment sales up 14.5% ($7.6M) on backlog shipments.
- Housewares/Small Appliance sales down 23.8% ($5.9M) on retailer 'Just-in-Time' inventory strategies.
- Defense operating earnings fell 17.2% on less favorable mix; Housewares operating profit up 40% on accrual changes.
- Six-month net earnings $14.4M ($2.02 EPS) vs $9.6M ($1.36 EPS), up 50%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-021191
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NPK
- cik: 0000080172
- company_name: NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80172/000143774923021191/0001437749-23-021191-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80172/000143774923021191/npk20230728_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC reported three months ended July 3, 2022 results: revenue Net Sales $ 77,138,000, net income Net Earnings $ 6,684,000, EPS Net Earnings Per Share $ .94.
  - Period: three months ended July 3, 2022
  - Revenue: Net Sales $ 77,138,000
  - Net income: Net Earnings $ 6,684,000
  - EPS: Net Earnings Per Share $ .94
  - Result: reported results
  source text: and systems that provide early warning of conditions that, if not corrected, would cause significant losses. THREE MONTHS ENDED July 2, 2023 July 3, 2022 Net Sales $ 78,946,000 $ 77,138,000 Net Earnings $ 5,503,000 $ 6,684,000 Net Earnings Per Share $ .77 $ .94 Weighted Shares Outstanding 7,106,000 7,081,000 SIX MONTHS ENDED July 2, 2023 July 3, 2022 Net Sales $
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80172/000143774923021191/0001437749-23-021191-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC reported three months ended July 2, 2023 results: revenue Net Sales $ 78,946,000, net income Net Earnings $ 5,503,000, EPS Net Earnings Per Share $ .77.
  - Period: three months ended July 2, 2023
  - Revenue: Net Sales $ 78,946,000
  - Net income: Net Earnings $ 5,503,000
  - EPS: Net Earnings Per Share $ .77
  - Result: reported results
  source text: detectors, and systems that provide early warning of conditions that, if not corrected, would cause significant losses. THREE MONTHS ENDED July 2, 2023 July 3, 2022 Net Sales $ 78,946,000 $ 77,138,000 Net Earnings $ 5,503,000 $ 6,684,000 Net Earnings Per Share $ .77 $ .94 Weighted Shares Outstanding 7,106,000 7,081,000 SIX MONTHS ENDED July 2, 2023 July 3, 2022 Net
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80172/000143774923021191/0001437749-23-021191-index.htm

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