secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC (NPK)
CIK:        0000080172
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-24-024325
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80172/000143774924024325/0001437749-24-024325-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80172/000143774924024325/npk20240801_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-024325

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