---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-014873"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NPK"
cik: "0000080172"
company_name: "NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T23:39:53.894382+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Presto Q1 net sales $118.6M (+14.5% YoY); EPS $0.93 vs $1.07

## Summary
- Net sales rose to $118.6M from $103.6M; net earnings fell to $6.6M ($0.93/sh) from $7.6M ($1.07/sh).
- Defense segment sales up $18.6M (+23%), op earnings up $1.1M (+8.2%); benefited from backlog shipments.
- Housewares/Small Appliance sales down $3.4M (-15.6%) due to warehouse startup issues and tariff-driven demand drop; segment posted a sizable loss.
- Safety segment also reported a loss, impacted by same warehouse disruption; unveiled Rely FX commercial fire extinguisher line.
- Weighted average shares outstanding: 7.159M vs 7.137M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-014873
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NPK
- cik: 0000080172
- company_name: NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/80172/000143774926014873/0001437749-26-014873-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80172/000143774926014873/npk20260504_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-014873.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC reported financial results for first quarter 2026.
  - Period: first quarter 2026
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 1, 2026, the Registrant issued a press release regarding the registrant's results of operations for the fiscal quarter ended April 5, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80172/000143774926014873/0001437749-26-014873-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.