---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-031807"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NPK"
cik: "0000080172"
company_name: "NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:16:45.414415+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Presto Q3 net sales up 25.7% but EPS falls to $0.74 from $1.13 on tariff impacts

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $115.5M (+25.7% YoY); net earnings $5.3M (-34.2%); diluted EPS $0.74 vs $1.13.
- Defense segment sales up $25.8M (+38.6%); Housewares/Small Appliance down $2.3M (-9.2%) due to retailer resistance to tariff price increases.
- Housewares segment reports sizable operating loss from Trump tariffs treated as period costs under LIFO; Safety startup posts nominal sales and loss.
- Nine-month net earnings $18.1M (-12.8% YoY); nine-month EPS $2.53 vs $2.91.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-031807
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NPK
- cik: 0000080172
- company_name: NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/80172/000143774925031807/0001437749-25-031807-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80172/000143774925031807/npk20251027_8k.htm

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