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

National Presto Industries' (NPK) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 9.88% in Q4 2025, down 1919.0% year-on-year from 0.54% in Q4 2024, and down 17.58% on a QoQ basis from 11.99% in Q3 2025.

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

National Presto Industries (NPK) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 9.88% in Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 1919.0% year-over-year to 9.88% in Q4 2025; TTM through Dec 2025 was 9.88%, a 1919.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 10.53%, down 161.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 stood at 9.88%, down from 11.99% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for NPK reached as high as 46.81% in Q3 2024 and fell as low as 5.45% in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 13.16% across 5 years, with a median of 10.77% in 2025.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 4032 bps in 2024 and plunged 3482 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 8.12% in 2021, then gained by 11 bps to 8.99% in 2022, then advanced by 9 bps to 9.83% in 2023, then soared by 196 bps to 29.07% in 2024, then slumped by 66 bps to 9.88% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 9.88% in Q4 2025, 11.99% in Q3 2025, and 14.96% in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 General Electric 373.69 Bn 364.34 Bn -3.10 Bn 5.60%
2 Rtx 288.50 Bn 280.19 Bn 9.91 Bn 9.62%
3 Boeing 167.94 Bn 147.92 Bn 2.41 Bn 8.25%
4 Lockheed Martin 132.53 Bn 128.74 Bn 2.45 Bn 24.71%
5 Howmet Aerospace 112.75 Bn 110.31 Bn 854.00 Mn 23.50%
6 General Dynamics 102.61 Bn 98.28 Bn 6.76 Bn 13.87%
7 Northrop Grumman 75.96 Bn 73.66 Bn 3.72 Bn 6.15%
8 TransDigm 73.04 Bn 69.15 Bn 1.51 Bn 19.95%
9 L3Harris Technologies 50.97 Bn 50.38 Bn 1.40 Bn 12.10%
10 National Presto Industries 860.50 Mn 860.50 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 9.88%
Sep 28, 2025 11.99%
Jun 29, 2025 14.96%
Mar 30, 2025 14.95%
Dec 31, 2024 29.07%
Sep 29, 2024 46.81%
Jun 30, 2024 11.66%
Mar 31, 2024 8.98%
Dec 31, 2023 9.83%
Oct 1, 2023 6.49%
Jul 2, 2023 7.55%
Apr 2, 2023 11.98%
Dec 31, 2022 8.99%
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%