NPK International Inc. (NPKI) Key Metrics
NPKI valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $914.5M
- Enterprise value
- $1.01B
- P/E (TTM)
- 23.4 10-yr median 28.4
- Forward P/E
- 18.6
- PEG ratio
- 1.30
- Price / sales
- 3.0 10-yr median 1.2
- Price / book
- 2.7 10-yr median 1.2
- EV / EBITDA
- 12.1 10-yr median 11.8
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.47
NPKI key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsNPKI valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
NPKI returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
NPKI per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
NPKI financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
NPKI efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
NPKI valuation history
NPKI returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
NPKI debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
NPKI cash returned to shareholders
NPKI price vs earnings per share
NPKI key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $1.02B | $670.3M | $586.4M | $390.1M | $268.9M | $173.2M | $562.9M | $638.4M | $756.6M | $627.7M |
| Enterprise value | $1.05B | $671.2M | $658.4M | $500.9M | $382.0M | $262.0M | $701.1M | $744.0M | $860.7M | $696.1M |
| P/E ratio | 28.4 | — | 40.4 | — | — | — | — | 19.8 | — | — |
| Price / sales | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| Price / book | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Price / free cash flow | 38.8 | — | 8.3 | — | — | 4.3 | 20.5 | 35.0 | 107.9 | — |
| Price / operating cash flow | 14.0 | 17.6 | 5.9 | — | — | 3.1 | 7.8 | 10.1 | 19.7 | 56.6 |
| EV / sales | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.4 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 11.6 | — | 12.0 | 6.9 | 12.4 | — |
| EV / free cash flow | 40.0 | — | 9.3 | — | — | 6.5 | 25.5 | 40.7 | 122.8 | — |
| Earnings yield | 3.5% | −22.4% | 2.5% | −5.3% | −9.5% | −46.6% | −2.3% | 5.1% | −0.8% | −6.5% |
| Free cash flow yield | 2.6% | −0.8% | 12.1% | −13.7% | −9.2% | 23.1% | 4.9% | 2.9% | 0.9% | −4.4% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 2.2% | 0.7% | 5.8% | 5.2% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 3.9% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $11.92 | $7.67 | $6.64 | $4.15 | $2.94 | $1.92 | $6.27 | $6.87 | $8.60 | $7.50 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $3.23 | $2.49 | $2.35 | $2.05 | $6.72 | $5.46 | $9.13 | $10.19 | $8.50 | $5.63 |
| Earnings per share | $0.42 | −$1.72 | $0.16 | −$0.22 | −$0.28 | −$0.89 | −$0.14 | $0.35 | −$0.07 | −$0.49 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $0.85 | $0.44 | $1.13 | −$0.27 | −$0.03 | $0.62 | $0.81 | $0.68 | $0.44 | $0.13 |
| Free cash flow per share | $0.31 | −$0.06 | $0.80 | −$0.57 | −$0.27 | $0.44 | $0.31 | $0.20 | $0.08 | −$0.33 |
| Cash per share | $0.06 | $0.20 | $0.01 | $0.25 | $0.26 | $0.34 | $0.54 | $0.60 | $0.64 | $1.05 |
| Book value per share | $4.10 | $3.74 | $4.70 | $4.50 | $5.06 | $5.41 | $6.11 | $6.13 | $6.22 | $5.98 |
| Tangible book value per share | $2.96 | $3.08 | $4.03 | $3.78 | $4.27 | $4.66 | $5.31 | $5.39 | $5.39 | $5.67 |
| Capex per share | $0.54 | $0.50 | $0.33 | $0.30 | $0.24 | $0.18 | $0.50 | $0.49 | $0.36 | $0.46 |
| Debt per share | $0.43 | $0.21 | $0.82 | $1.42 | $1.50 | $1.32 | $2.08 | $1.74 | $1.82 | $1.87 |
| Shares outstanding | 85.7M | 87.4M | 88.3M | 94.0M | 91.5M | 90.2M | 89.8M | 92.9M | 88.0M | 83.7M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −1.9% | −1.0% | −6.1% | +2.8% | +1.4% | +0.5% | −3.4% | +5.6% | +5.1% | +1.2% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 10.6% | −40.5% | 3.5% | −4.7% | −5.4% | −15.6% | −2.3% | 5.8% | −1.2% | −8.0% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 9.9% | 7.9% | 3.2% | 0.6% | −1.2% | −9.8% | 1.2% | 6.5% | 3.6% | −7.8% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 8.6% | −29.0% | 2.1% | −2.8% | −3.5% | −10.0% | −1.4% | 3.6% | −0.7% | −4.9% |
| Return on tangible assets | 10.4% | −44.7% | 2.5% | −3.2% | −3.8% | −12.6% | −1.6% | 3.8% | −0.7% | −5.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | 9.5% | −2.5% | 34.1% | −27.6% | −4.0% | 8.1% | 3.4% | 1.9% | 0.9% | −5.8% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 2.03 | — | 6.89 | — | — | — | — | 1.96 | — | — |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $36.6M | $18.6M | $72.7M | $133.9M | $137.2M | $119.1M | $186.8M | $161.7M | $160.5M | $156.3M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $5.1M | $17.8M | $789,000 | $23.2M | $24.1M | $30.3M | $48.7M | $56.1M | $56.4M | $87.9M |
| Net debt | $31.5M | $867,000 | $72.0M | $110.7M | $113.1M | $88.8M | $138.1M | $105.6M | $104.1M | $68.4M |
| Debt / equity | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.18 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.24 | 0.34 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.31 |
| Debt / assets | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.20 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.43 | 0.01 | 1.30 | 2.52 | 3.45 | — | 2.37 | 0.98 | 1.51 | — |
| Current ratio | 1.43 | 2.53 | 2.62 | 2.61 | 2.58 | 2.14 | 3.72 | 3.69 | 3.19 | 2.57 |
| Quick ratio | 1.22 | 2.20 | 2.48 | 1.70 | 1.55 | 1.17 | 2.19 | 2.30 | 2.14 | 1.78 |
| Interest coverage | — | 12.3 | 5.6 | 1.9 | -1.0 | -7.2 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 2.4 | -5.8 |
| Working capital | $24.3M | $68.3M | $220.9M | $263.0M | $238.1M | $174.5M | $349.9M | $381.4M | $346.6M | $283.1M |
| Invested capital | $382.6M | $327.4M | $487.3M | $533.8M | $575.5M | $576.8M | $686.8M | $675.3M | $651.6M | $568.9M |
| Tangible asset value | $253.5M | $268.9M | $355.6M | $355.7M | $390.1M | $420.2M | $476.6M | $500.7M | $473.9M | $474.5M |
| Net current asset value | −$9.1M | $45.8M | $130.3M | $134.1M | $98.0M | $107.0M | $127.4M | $177.1M | $149.8M | $165.3M |
| Graham number | $6.22 | — | $4.17 | — | — | — | — | $6.92 | — | — |
| Graham net-net per share | −$0.41 | $0.16 | −$2.09 | −$0.13 | −$0.47 | −$0.12 | −$0.47 | −$0.01 | −$0.19 | $0.27 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Share buybacks (net) | $22.7M | $4.5M | $34.3M | $20.2M | $1.4M | $333,000 | $21.7M | $3.9M | $3.2M | $1.2M |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 86.2% | — | 48.4% | — | — | 0.8% | 79.1% | 21.2% | 46.2% | — |
| Capex / revenue | 16.8% | 20.0% | 14.1% | 14.6% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 5.5% | 4.8% | 4.2% | 8.2% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 63.9% | 114.0% | 29.2% | — | — | 28.3% | 62.0% | 71.2% | 81.7% | 346.5% |
| Capex / depreciation | 1.83 | 1.58 | 0.93 | 0.73 | 0.52 | 0.35 | 0.95 | 0.98 | 0.79 | 1.01 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 2.0% | 2.4% | 3.2% | 3.6% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 2.6% |
| SG&A / revenue | 19.5% | 21.2% | 24.6% | 25.3% | 15.4% | 17.6% | — | — | — | — |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 88.7 | 98.7 | 250.5 | 412.8 | 99.5 | 132.5 | 104.8 | 100.3 | 117.2 | 162.8 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 26.8 | 43.3 | 227.2 | 418.4 | 104.5 | 132.9 | 105.0 | 86.2 | 92.8 | 128.1 |
| Days payables outstanding | 42.8 | 46.6 | 148.6 | 244.5 | 46.1 | 49.8 | 45.4 | 42.7 | 46.2 | 57.3 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 72.7 | 95.4 | 329.2 | 586.7 | 157.9 | 215.7 | 164.4 | 143.8 | 163.7 | 233.6 |
| Receivables turnover | 4.12 | 3.70 | 1.46 | 0.88 | 3.67 | 2.75 | 3.48 | 3.64 | 3.11 | 2.24 |
| Payables turnover | 8.53 | 7.84 | 2.46 | 1.49 | 7.91 | 7.34 | 8.04 | 8.56 | 7.90 | 6.37 |
| Inventory turnover | 13.63 | 8.44 | 1.61 | 0.87 | 3.49 | 2.75 | 3.48 | 4.23 | 3.94 | 2.85 |
| Asset turnover | 0.66 | 0.42 | 0.31 | 0.26 | 0.84 | 0.61 | 0.90 | 1.04 | 0.88 | 0.57 |
| Average receivables | $67.3M | $58.8M | $142.5M | $218.3M | $167.7M | $178.9M | $235.6M | $260.1M | $240.1M | $210.3M |
| Average payables | $20.9M | $17.9M | $55.0M | $89.1M | $66.9M | $64.5M | $85.2M | $89.6M | $77.0M | $68.7M |
| Average inventory | $13.1M | $16.6M | $84.1M | $152.5M | $151.6M | $172.4M | $196.9M | $181.1M | $154.5M | $153.6M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 22.1% | 14.6% | 9.3% | 9.4% | 9.6% | 9.6% | 8.0% | 7.5% | 8.2% | 3.3% |
Computed from NPKI's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 27, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
NPKI valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), NPK International traded at 28.4 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 28.4. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 23.4 and the forward P/E is 18.6. NPK International earned a return on equity of 10.6% and a return on invested capital of 9.9% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $36.6 million of debt and $5.1 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $31.5 million. It returned $22.7 million to shareholders: $0 in dividends and $22.7 million in share buybacks, 86% of free cash flow.
See the NPKI income statement, the NPKI chart for price history, or the NPKI stock overview for the latest quote and news.
NPKI key metrics FAQ
What is NPK International's P/E ratio?
NPK International's trailing P/E ratio is 23.4 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 18.6. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 28.4, compared with a 10-year median of 28.4.
What is NPK International's EV/EBITDA?
NPK International's enterprise value was 14.4 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $1.1 billion, EBITDA $73.2 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 12.1.
What is NPK International's return on equity?
NPK International's return on equity (ROE) was 10.6% in fiscal 2025: net income of $35.9 million on average shareholders' equity of $338.8 million.
What is NPK International's ROIC?
NPK International's return on invested capital was 9.9% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does NPK International have?
NPK International had total debt of $36.6 million at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10 and $31.5 million of net debt (0.43 times EBITDA).
Does NPK International buy back its shares?
Yes. NPK International spent $22.7 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −1.9% over the year, to 85.7M..
What is NPK International's free cash flow yield?
NPK International generated $26.3 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 2.6% on its market value at year-end ($1.0 billion).
What is NPK International's current ratio?
NPK International's current ratio was 1.43 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.43 times current liabilities.