NPK vs TTC vs PNR Stock Comparison

National Presto Industries, Toro and Pentair Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
TTC Toro Co
$104.61 +7.8% 1M +40.4% 1Y
Market cap
$9.96B
P/E
27.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.75B
Div. yield
0.02%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
4 wins
PNR PENTAIR plc
$62.30 +16.1% 1M -42.9% 1Y
Market cap
$10.28B
P/E
16.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.97B
Div. yield
0.02%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Pentair leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Pentair 6, Toro 4, National Presto Industries 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNPKTTCPNRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.07B $9.96B $10.28B PNR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 25.1x 27.4x 16.8x PNR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.9x 22.1x 13.7x PNR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +20.9% +5.2% -3.9% NPK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.9% 7.6% 15.4% PNR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 16.4% 12.5% TTC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.2x 1.6x TTC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.02% 0.02% PNR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +38.4% +40.4% -42.9% TTC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +12.8%/yr +1.9%/yr -3.4%/yr NPK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 35.2% 25.7% 36.1% TTC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 49/100 57/100 61/100 PNR

Percentile Scorecard

NPKTTCPNR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisNPKTTCPNR
Valuation 29 #30 of 42 54 #94 of 203 72 #57 of 203
Growth 61 #17 of 42 53 #89 of 188 28 #135 of 188
Profitability 69 #13 of 40 92 #16 of 183 84 #31 of 183
Financial Health 65 #16 of 44 38 #134 of 217 45 #120 of 217
Shareholder Returns 19 #23 of 28 49 #78 of 153 76 #38 of 153
Overall 49 57 61
  • NPK ranked among 45 companies in Household Durables
  • TTC ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • PNR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodNPKTTCPNRSPY
1 month +4.1%+7.8%+16.1% -0.2%
3 months +22.0%+9.7%-6.7% +3.9%
6 months +2.8%+10.4%-24.8% +8.2%
Year to date +41.1%+32.9%-40.2% +12.9%
1 year +38.4%+40.4%-42.9% +12.3%
3 years +105.4%+28.7%+8.0% +87.4%
3 years, per year +27.1%+8.8%+2.6% +23.3%
5 years +82.2%+9.9%-15.9% +67.9%
5 years, per year +12.8%+1.9%-3.4% +10.9%
10 years +72.8%+122.1%+13.6% +261.1%
10 years, per year +5.6%+8.3%+1.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNPKTTCPNRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 35.2%25.7%36.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 35.5%23.8%40.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.730.390.94 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.091.57-1.19 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -31.4%-45.3%-53.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.9%-0.8%-42.9% -1.2%
52-week high $156.80$105.42$109.13 $779.14
52-week low $91.59$67.99$52.11 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleNPKTTCPNR
P/E now vs peer median 25.2xmedian 16.0x 27.4xmedian 25.2x 16.2xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 0.6x 2.1xmedian 1.9x 2.5xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.8xmedian 9.8x 16.8xmedian 14.0x 12.6xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 40.7xmedian 11.9x 13.9xmedian 21.7x 15.4xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 1.2x 7.4xmedian 2.3x 2.6xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.34median 0.64 16.25median 1.32 2.12median 1.32

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsNPKTTCPNR
Revenue $544.68M $4.75B $3.97B
Gross profit $89.69M $1.59B $1.64B
Operating income $52.52M $489.80M $777.40M
Net income $42.81M $363.30M $612.20M
Free cash flow $26.43M $711.50M $646.60M
R&D – – $94.10M
EPS (diluted) $6.20 $3.80 $3.82
Cash & equivalents $15.79M $175.30M $74.00M
Total debt – $962.00M $1.48B
Shares (diluted) 6.91M 95.60M 160.30M
Enterprise value $1.04B $9.07B $9.94B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricNPKTTCPNR
P/E 25.2x 27.4x 16.2x
P/FCF 40.7x 13.9x 15.4x
P/Operating cash flow 32.1x 12.5x 13.7x
P/S 2.0x 2.1x 2.5x
P/B 2.6x 7.4x 2.6x
P/Tangible book 2.6x 11.0x 3.5x
EV/EBITDA 17.8x 16.8x 12.6x
EV/EBIT 20.2x 21.8x 14.6x
EV/Revenue 1.9x 2.2x 2.9x
EV/FCF 40.1x 15.0x 17.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 31.6x 13.5x 15.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.34 16.25 2.12

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNPKTTCPNR
Revenue growth (1Y) 20.9% 5.2% -3.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 16.7% 0.1% -1.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 3.5% 5.6% -1.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 13.2% -1.2% 3.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 10.0% 14.9% -8.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 26.7% 0.2% 4.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 3.0% 9.1% -6.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 18.9% -1.2% 6.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 3.0% 13.0% -3.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 18.9% 1.7% 7.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 242.1% 34.0% -14.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -8.6% 38.5% 6.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 147.6% 44.6% -17.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -14.5% 79.1% 7.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNPKTTCPNR
Gross margin 16.5% 33.4% 41.2%
EBITDA margin 10.9% 13.4% 22.7%
Operating margin 9.6% 10.3% 19.6%
Pretax margin 10.0% 9.7% 17.5%
Net margin 7.9% 7.6% 15.4%
FCF margin 4.9% 15.0% 16.3%
Operating cash flow margin 6.1% 16.6% 18.3%
Return on equity 10.6% 26.9% 16.1%
Return on assets 8.8% 10.0% 9.2%
Return on invested capital – 16.4% 12.5%
Return on capital employed 12.9% 19.1% 13.5%
Asset turnover 1.1x 1.3x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x 2.2x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNPKTTCPNR
Debt / assets – 27.2% 22.3%
Debt / equity – 0.7x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.2x 1.6x
Debt / FCF – 1.4x 2.3x
Liabilities / assets 17.5% 62.2% 42.1%
Equity / assets 82.5% 37.8% 57.9%
Interest coverage – 8.7x –
Current ratio 5.2x 1.6x 1.5x
Quick ratio 0.2x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 10.72 5.25 3.85

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNPKTTCPNR
Dividend yield 0.7% 1.5% 1.7%
Net buyback yield 0.0% 3.2% 4.0%
Shareholder yield 0.7% 4.7% 5.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) 16.7% 41.3% 28.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) 27.1% 21.1% 26.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) 0.3% -0.4% 6.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -36.8% 2.9% 6.2%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusNPKTTCPNR
Forward P/E 30.9xFY2028 22.1xFY2026 13.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.88FY2028 $4.73FY2026 $4.55FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +12.6%FY2026 -7.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +16.3% +17.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $425.62MFY2028 $4.56BFY2026 $3.86BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +1.1%FY2026 -7.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +3.0% +10.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNPKTTCPNR
Held by institutions 61.0% 92.3% 95.0%
Institutions holding 182 590 719
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.2% +1.1% -0.1%
Institutions buying 92 295 353
Institutions selling 40 194 256
Buyers to sellers 2.30 1.52 1.38

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

NPKTTCPNR
NPK 1.00 0.18 0.06
TTC 0.18 1.00 0.26
PNR 0.06 0.26 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NPK, TTC and PNR?

Pentair (PNR) is the largest by market capitalisation: National Presto Industries (NPK) $1.07B, Toro (TTC) $9.96B, Pentair (PNR) $10.28B.

Which stock is cheaper, NPK, TTC and PNR?

Pentair (PNR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (National Presto Industries (NPK) 25.1x, Toro (TTC) 27.4x, Pentair (PNR) 16.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pentair (PNR) is cheapest (National Presto Industries (NPK) 30.9x, Toro (TTC) 22.1x, Pentair (PNR) 13.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

National Presto Industries (NPK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: National Presto Industries (NPK) +20.9%, Toro (TTC) +5.2%, Pentair (PNR) -3.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Pentair (PNR) has the highest net margin (National Presto Industries (NPK) 7.9%, Toro (TTC) 7.6%, Pentair (PNR) 15.4%). On return on invested capital, Toro (TTC) leads (Toro (TTC) 16.4%, Pentair (PNR) 12.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Toro (TTC) returned the most: National Presto Industries (NPK) +38.4%, Toro (TTC) +40.4%, Pentair (PNR) -42.9%. Over five years, National Presto Industries (NPK) compounded fastest (National Presto Industries (NPK) +12.8%/yr, Toro (TTC) +1.9%/yr, Pentair (PNR) -3.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Pentair (PNR) has the highest dividend yield: National Presto Industries (NPK) 0.01%, Toro (TTC) 0.02%, Pentair (PNR) 0.02%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Toro (TTC) has been the steadiest (National Presto Industries (NPK) 35.2%, Toro (TTC) 25.7%, Pentair (PNR) 36.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NPK, TTC and PNR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Pentair (PNR) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.