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National Presto Industries Inc

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What Do They Do?

Manufactures ammunition and other ordnance products for the U.S. Department of Defense and defense contractors, and sells housewares and small appliances to retailers.

How Do They Make Money?

Defense customers pay fixed contract prices for ammunition and other products when they formally accept them. Housewares and safety customers generally pay when ordered products ship, or in some cases when customers receive them.

revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
Housewares/Small Appliances
Sold outright

19%
FY2022: 37%
Defense
Sold outright

81%
FY2022: 63%
Safety
Sold outright
0.4%
FY2022: 0.3%

Who Are Their Customers?

Housewares are sold primarily to retail outlets in the United States and Canada, directly and through independent distributors. Defense contracts are primarily with the U.S. Department of Defense and its prime contractors.

Do Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 7 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2025, but spent more cash than it brought in: free cash flow was −$36.2M.

Operating income, FY2025
8% of revenue
▼ −11% vs FY2024 ($45.2M, 12%)
Net income, FY2025
7% of revenue
▼ −20% vs FY2024 ($41.5M, 11%)
Free cash flow, FY2025
−7% of revenue
▼ −41% (Loss) vs FY2024 (−$61M, −16%)

How Are They Changing?

Since the FY2025 annual report
Latest quarter: Q2 FY2026, the three months to Jul 5, 2026
Revenue
▲ +22%
vs $120.4M in Q2 FY2025
Net income
▲ +208%
vs $5.2M in Q2 FY2025
Defense share of revenue vs 82.9% in Q2 FY2025
  • Aug 14, 2026 AMTEC and Spectra received awards totaling $159.1 million AMTEC received 40mm contract option awards, and Spectra received a subcontract to produce a warhead for the Small Diameter Bomb program; together, the awards total $159.1 million.

Growing. Revenue grew 42% in 4 years, from $355.8M in FY2021 to $503.5M in FY2025, about 9% a year.

Safety portfolio narrowed The older report described Safety as spanning a fire extinguisher, refrigerator-monitoring systems and carbon monoxide alarms. The latest describes smoke and carbon monoxide alarms and a commercial fire extinguisher; the company sold Rusoh and some OneEvent refrigeration-monitoring assets, retaining OneEvent intellectual property.

Revenue over time
Housewares/Small Appliances Defense Safety
$1B$500M$0

Who Do They Compete With?

Competes with DSE

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