National Presto Industries (NPK) Competitors

Triumph Group (NYSE:TGI) and National Presto Industries (NYSE:NPK) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.

Is TGI or NPK a better dividend stock?

Triumph Group pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. National Presto Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Triumph Group pays out 2.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Presto Industries pays out 17.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do analysts prefer TGI or NPK?

Triumph Group presently has a consensus target price of $20.63, suggesting a potential downside of 19.13%. Given Triumph Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Triumph Group is more favorable than National Presto Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Triumph Group	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.90
National Presto Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to TGI or NPK?

In the previous week, Triumph Group had 7 more articles in the media than National Presto Industries. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Triumph Group and 3 mentions for National Presto Industries. National Presto Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Triumph Group's score of 1.60 indicating that National Presto Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Triumph Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
National Presto Industries	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, TGI or NPK?

Triumph Group has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Presto Industries has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TGI or NPK?

Triumph Group has higher revenue and earnings than National Presto Industries. Triumph Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Presto Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Triumph Group	$1.24B	1.59	$512.38M	$7.20	3.54
National Presto Industries	$388.23M	1.57	$34.56M	$5.81	14.73

Is TGI or NPK more profitable?

Triumph Group has a net margin of 45.08% compared to National Presto Industries' net margin of 9.63%. National Presto Industries' return on equity of 9.88% beat Triumph Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Triumph Group	45.08%	-55.18%	3.57%
National Presto Industries	9.63%	9.88%	7.95%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in TGI or NPK?

94.5% of Triumph Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of National Presto Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Triumph Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of National Presto Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TGI or NPK?

Triumph Group received 466 more outperform votes than National Presto Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.62% of users gave National Presto Industries an outperform vote while only 59.55% of users gave Triumph Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Triumph Group	Outperform Votes 608 59.55%	Underperform Votes 413 40.45%
National Presto Industries	Outperform Votes 142 67.62%	Underperform Votes 68 32.38%

Summary

Triumph Group beats National Presto Industries on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.