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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-024325"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NPK"
cik: "0000080172"
company_name: "NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T14:07:49.667902+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Presto Q2 sales up 7.7%, EPS $0.85; defense drives growth, housewares profit slides

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $85.06M (+7.7% YoY); net earnings $6.08M; EPS $0.85 vs $0.77.
- Defense segment sales rose $6.4M (+10.8%); operating earnings up 27% on volume and mix.
- Housewares/Small Appliance sales down 1.4%; operating profit fell 81.6% on shipping and repair costs.
- Six-month net sales $161.7M (+1.5%); net earnings $12.65M (-12.1%); EPS $1.78 vs $2.03.
- Safety segment reported a loss as anticipated.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-024325
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NPK
- cik: 0000080172
- company_name: NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80172/000143774924024325/0001437749-24-024325-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80172/000143774924024325/npk20240801_8k.htm

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