Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Napco Security Technologies in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" NSSC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in NSSC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Napco Security Technologies' stock. Their NSSC share price forecasts range from $24.00 to $32.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $28.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.4% from the stock's current price.
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Napco Security Technologies' stock was trading at $27.48 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, NSSC stock has decreased by 15.3% and is now trading at $23.27.
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Napco Security Technologies saw a decrease in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,730,000 shares, a decrease of 53.1% from the August 15th total of 5,820,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 713,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 6th 2023.
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Napco Security Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSSC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 29th. The industrial products company reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.28. The industrial products company had revenue of $44.66 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $44.70 million. Napco Security Technologies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 28.39% and a net margin of 21.33%. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.20 earnings per share.

Napco Security Technologies announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 1st will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share on Friday, September 22nd. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 31st. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.06.
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Napco Security Technologies (NASDAQ:NSSC) pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.40%. The dividend payout ratio is 32.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NSSC will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.70% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Napco Security Technologies's stock split before market open on Friday, December 17th 2021. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, December 17th 2021. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, December 17th 2021. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Napco Security Technologies updated its fourth quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Friday, August, 18th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $44.70 million-$44.70 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $45.00 million.

13 employees have rated Napco Security Technologies Chief Executive Officer Richard L. Soloway on Glassdoor.com. Richard L. Soloway has an approval rating of 41% among the company's employees. This puts Richard L. Soloway in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Napco Security Technologies trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NSSC."

Napco Security Technologies' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.37%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.33%), Ranger Investment Management L.P. (1.95%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.79%), State Street Corp (1.73%) and abrdn plc (1.69%). Insiders that own company stock include Donna Anne Soloway, Kevin S Buchel, Michael Carrieri, Paul Stephen Beeber and Richard Soloway.
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Shares of NSSC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of NSSC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.27.

Napco Security Technologies (NASDAQ:NSSC) has a market capitalization of $855.64 million and generates $170 million in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $27.13 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.97 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,150 workers across the globe.

Napco Security Technologies' mailing address is 333 BAYVIEW AVE, AMITYVILLE NY, 11701. The official website for the company is www.napcosecurity.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (631) 842-9400, via email at investorinfo@napcosecurity.com, or via fax at 631-789-9292.