NPK vs. AIR, TGI, ATRO, SYPR, GE, BA, HON, LMT, TDG, and GD
Should you be buying National Presto Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Presto Industries include AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), Astronics (ATRO), Sypris Solutions (SYPR), GE Aerospace (GE), Boeing (BA), Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), TransDigm Group (TDG), and General Dynamics (GD). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
National Presto Industries vs. Its Competitors
National Presto Industries (NYSE:NPK) and AAR (NYSE:AIR) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.
National Presto Industries has a net margin of 9.63% compared to AAR's net margin of 0.41%. AAR's return on equity of 10.46% beat National Presto Industries' return on equity.
58.6% of National Presto Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of AAR shares are held by institutional investors. 28.0% of National Presto Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of AAR shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, AAR had 1 more articles in the media than National Presto Industries. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for AAR and 3 mentions for National Presto Industries. AAR's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat National Presto Industries' score of 1.05 indicating that AAR is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
National Presto Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. AAR pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. National Presto Industries pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AAR pays out -83.3% 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.
AAR received 195 more outperform votes than National Presto Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.30% of users gave National Presto Industries an outperform vote while only 60.50% of users gave AAR an outperform vote.
AAR has a consensus target price of $80.20, indicating a potential upside of 17.10%. Given AAR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AAR is more favorable than National Presto Industries.
AAR has higher revenue and earnings than National Presto Industries. AAR 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.
National Presto Industries has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AAR has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AAR beats National Presto Industries on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NPK) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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