National Presto Industries (NPK) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025)

National Presto Industries (NPK) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 9.88% for Q4 2025, down 499.0% YoY from 2.48% in Q4 2024, and down 17.58% sequentially from 11.99% in Q3 2025.

National Presto Industries (NPK) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

National Presto Industries has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 15 years of filings, most recently posting 9.88% for Q4 2025.

  • In Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 499.0% year-over-year to 9.88%; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at 9.88% (down 499.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 10.53%, down 161.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed slipped to 9.88% in Q4 2025, from 11.99% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for NPK reached as high as 24.27% in Q3 2024 and fell as low as 2361.43% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 10.36% (2023), against an average of 107.04%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Capital Employed tumbled 236898 bps — and 2025, when it surged 237410 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 8.12% in 2021, then advanced by 1 bps to 8.16% in 2022, then increased by 21 bps to 9.83% in 2023, then soared by 51 bps to 14.87% in 2024, then sank by 34 bps to 9.88% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 9.88%, 11.99%, and 12.67% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Boeing 1,106.33 Bn 1,085.43 Bn 2.55 Bn 7.00%
2 Rtx 258.51 Bn 253.40 Bn 9.08 Bn 8.75%
3 General Dynamics 174.86 Bn 171.21 Bn 9.09 Bn 14.01%
4 Lockheed Martin 119.99 Bn 118.10 Bn 2.08 Bn 19.82%
5 Howmet Aerospace 107.26 Bn 104.82 Bn 854.00 Mn 23.50%
6 TransDigm 76.18 Bn 72.30 Bn 1.51 Bn 19.95%
7 Northrop Grumman 73.88 Bn 71.79 Bn 3.45 Bn 6.49%
8 Rocket Lab 60.59 Bn 59.31 Bn 76.49 Mn -10.40%
9 L3Harris Technologies 54.60 Bn 54.60 Bn 1.40 Bn 12.10%
10 National Presto Industries 918.81 Mn 918.81 Mn - -

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 9.88%
Sep 28, 2025 11.99%
Jun 29, 2025 12.67%
Mar 30, 2025 12.67%
Dec 31, 2024 14.87%
Sep 29, 2024 24.27%
Jun 30, 2024 -2,361.43%
Mar 31, 2024 21.31%
Dec 31, 2023 9.83%
Oct 1, 2023 6.49%
Jul 2, 2023 7.55%
Apr 2, 2023 10.83%
Dec 31, 2022 8.16%
Oct 2, 2022 7.04%
Jul 3, 2022 5.45%
Apr 3, 2022 6.25%
Dec 31, 2021 8.12%
Oct 3, 2021 12.41%
Jul 4, 2021 15.03%
Apr 4, 2021 15.80%