Park Aerospace Corp. (PKE) Key Metrics
PKE valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $572.3M
- Enterprise value
- $562.1M
- P/E (TTM)
- 37.1 10-yr median 35.3
- Forward P/E
- 17.1
- PEG ratio
- 1.49
- Price / sales
- 7.1 10-yr median 5.1
- Price / book
- 5.0 10-yr median 2.2
- EV / EBITDA
- 33.1 10-yr median 18.7
- Dividend yield
- 1.90% $0.50 a year
- Beta
- 0.39
PKE key metrics, FY2017–FY2026
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 · U.S. dollarsPKE valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
PKE returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
PKE per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
PKE financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
PKE efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
PKE valuation history
PKE returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
PKE debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
PKE cash returned to shareholders
PKE price vs earnings per share
PKE key metrics
FY2017–FY2026| FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $550.8M | $271.6M | $339.1M | $275.8M | $268.2M | $270.7M | $259.5M | $320.0M | $341.3M | $361.5M |
| Enterprise value | $461.8M | $203.1M | $262.1M | $170.6M | $158.1M | $154.3M | $137.6M | $168.4M | $233.1M | $194.9M |
| P/E ratio | 48.9 | 46.2 | 45.4 | 25.7 | 31.7 | 55.7 | 27.2 | 2.8 | 16.6 | 38.9 |
| Price / sales | 7.5 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Price / book | 4.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
| Price / free cash flow | 58.2 | 70.9 | 90.1 | 50.7 | 70.0 | 49.1 | — | 67.0 | 139.0 | 28.0 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 47.9 | 57.6 | 76.9 | 42.5 | 32.7 | 20.8 | 49.7 | 42.4 | 102.2 | 27.5 |
| EV / sales | 6.3 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| EV / EBITDA | 27.3 | 17.9 | 24.2 | 15.4 | 12.3 | 18.8 | 11.2 | 18.7 | 71.5 | — |
| EV / free cash flow | 48.8 | 53.1 | 69.6 | 31.3 | 41.3 | 28.0 | — | 35.2 | 94.9 | 15.1 |
| Earnings yield | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 3.9% | 3.2% | 1.8% | 3.7% | 35.5% | 6.0% | 2.6% |
| Free cash flow yield | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 2.0% | 1.4% | 2.0% | −0.6% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 3.6% |
| Dividend yield | 1.8% | 3.7% | 9.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 11.1% | 29.7% | 20.2% | 2.2% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 2.2% | 5.3% | 9.9% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.6% | 11.1% | 30.9% | 20.2% | 2.2% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $27.38 | $13.45 | $16.63 | $13.45 | $13.05 | $13.22 | $12.60 | $15.70 | $16.84 | $17.86 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $3.64 | $3.07 | $2.75 | $2.64 | $2.61 | $2.26 | $2.91 | $2.51 | $5.49 | $5.66 |
| Earnings per share | $0.56 | $0.29 | $0.37 | $0.52 | $0.41 | $0.24 | $0.46 | $5.57 | $1.02 | $0.46 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $0.57 | $0.23 | $0.22 | $0.32 | $0.40 | $0.64 | $0.25 | $0.37 | $0.16 | $0.65 |
| Free cash flow per share | $0.47 | $0.19 | $0.18 | $0.27 | $0.19 | $0.27 | −$0.08 | $0.23 | $0.12 | $0.64 |
| Cash per share | $4.44 | $3.41 | $3.79 | $5.14 | $5.37 | $5.69 | $5.94 | $7.44 | $5.34 | $11.79 |
| Book value per share | $6.46 | $5.31 | $5.54 | $5.65 | $6.60 | $6.64 | $6.88 | $7.80 | $6.67 | $9.03 |
| Tangible book value per share | $5.97 | $4.82 | $5.06 | $5.18 | $6.12 | $6.16 | $6.40 | $7.32 | $6.19 | $8.55 |
| Dividends per share | $0.50 | $0.50 | $1.50 | $0.40 | $0.40 | $0.40 | $1.39 | $4.66 | $3.39 | $0.40 |
| Capex per share | $0.10 | $0.04 | $0.03 | $0.05 | $0.21 | $0.37 | $0.33 | $0.14 | $0.04 | $0.01 |
| Debt per share | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.01 | $0.01 | $0.01 | $0.01 | $0.02 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $3.56 |
| Shares outstanding | 20.1M | 20.2M | 20.4M | 20.5M | 20.6M | 20.5M | 20.6M | 20.4M | 20.3M | 20.2M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −0.4% | −1.0% | −0.6% | −0.2% | +0.4% | −0.6% | +1.0% | +0.6% | +0.1% | −0.6% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 9.5% | 5.3% | 6.5% | 8.5% | 6.2% | 3.5% | 6.4% | 77.2% | 12.9% | 5.1% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 25.4% | 15.6% | 28.5% | 53.5% | 36.4% | 25.7% | 57.4% | 32.7% | 9.6% | 52.1% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 8.5% | 4.6% | 5.1% | 6.7% | 5.2% | 2.9% | 5.3% | 63.5% | 8.6% | 3.0% |
| Return on tangible assets | 8.5% | 5.2% | 6.1% | 7.2% | 5.6% | 3.2% | 5.9% | 63.4% | 12.9% | 3.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 12.9% | 6.2% | 6.7% | 10.1% | 7.1% | 11.9% | −2.7% | 9.3% | 2.2% | 11.3% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.02 | 0.80 | 0.59 | 0.60 | 0.97 | 2.68 | 0.55 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 1.42 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $317,000 | $358,000 | $135,000 | $182,000 | $227,000 | $119,000 | $420,000 | $0 | $0 | $72.0M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $89.4M | $68.8M | $77.2M | $105.4M | $110.4M | $116.5M | $122.4M | $151.6M | $108.2M | $238.6M |
| Net debt | −$89.1M | −$68.5M | −$77.1M | −$105.3M | −$110.1M | −$116.4M | −$121.9M | −$151.6M | −$108.2M | −$166.6M |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.39 |
| Debt / assets | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.23 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −5.27 | −6.03 | −7.11 | −9.49 | −8.60 | −14.15 | −9.93 | −16.85 | −33.21 | — |
| Current ratio | 18.24 | 9.75 | 10.23 | 4.37 | 20.10 | 16.56 | 16.68 | 15.05 | 11.55 | 19.76 |
| Quick ratio | 17.00 | 8.97 | 9.57 | 4.14 | 19.36 | 15.96 | 15.94 | 14.58 | 10.64 | 18.94 |
| Interest coverage | — | — | — | 9.2 | 30.4 | 13.1 | 2.5 | — | 0.9 | 7.0 |
| Working capital | $102.7M | $81.0M | $89.2M | $96.5M | $120.1M | $124.3M | $136.5M | $156.8M | $129.0M | $255.5M |
| Invested capital | $40.9M | $38.7M | $35.8M | $10.7M | $25.5M | $19.5M | $19.7M | $7.4M | $27.0M | $16.2M |
| Tangible asset value | $120.2M | $97.4M | $103.1M | $106.2M | $125.8M | $126.1M | $131.9M | $149.2M | $125.4M | $173.0M |
| Net current asset value | $96.4M | $75.3M | $79.5M | $81.6M | $101.2M | $104.8M | $115.1M | $138.1M | $107.5M | $143.4M |
| Graham number | $9.02 | $5.90 | $6.76 | $8.16 | $7.82 | $5.96 | $8.47 | $31.27 | $12.35 | $9.66 |
| Graham net-net per share | $4.43 | $3.33 | $3.45 | $3.56 | $4.56 | $4.74 | $5.03 | $6.45 | $4.21 | $6.49 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $10.0M | $10.1M | $30.6M | $8.2M | $8.2M | $8.2M | $28.7M | $95.1M | $68.8M | $8.1M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $2.2M | $4.3M | $2.9M | $0 | $0 | $1.6M | $0 | $3.9M | $0 | $0 |
| Dividend payout ratio | 88.4% | 171.0% | 409.8% | 76.3% | 96.5% | 167.6% | 300.7% | 83.7% | 334.1% | 87.2% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 128.2% | 373.8% | 890.4% | 150.4% | 213.3% | 177.5% | — | — | — | 62.6% |
| Capex / revenue | 2.8% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.9% | 8.2% | 16.2% | 11.4% | 5.4% | 0.8% | 0.2% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 17.7% | 18.8% | 14.6% | 16.1% | 53.3% | 57.6% | 131.2% | 36.6% | 26.5% | 1.8% |
| Capex / depreciation | 1.10 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.92 | 3.85 | 6.52 | 4.43 | 1.55 | 0.48 | 0.08 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.2% | 2.4% | 1.3% | 1.1% |
| SG&A / revenue | 12.5% | 13.3% | 14.6% | 12.1% | 11.7% | 13.2% | 13.2% | 17.5% | 8.9% | 9.0% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 59.4 | 74.4 | 72.9 | 61.9 | 54.4 | 73.2 | 61.7 | 58.2 | 39.7 | 63.4 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 52.7 | 56.0 | 60.9 | 55.5 | 48.4 | 61.6 | 51.4 | 85.8 | 47.9 | 46.0 |
| Days payables outstanding | 22.3 | 24.8 | 37.3 | 34.4 | 29.9 | 44.3 | 34.9 | 26.1 | 12.9 | 22.3 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 89.8 | 105.6 | 96.5 | 83.0 | 72.9 | 90.5 | 78.2 | 118.0 | 74.7 | 87.1 |
| Receivables turnover | 6.14 | 4.91 | 5.01 | 5.90 | 6.71 | 4.99 | 5.92 | 6.27 | 9.19 | 5.76 |
| Payables turnover | 16.35 | 14.73 | 9.80 | 10.62 | 12.23 | 8.24 | 10.46 | 13.99 | 28.21 | 16.36 |
| Inventory turnover | 6.92 | 6.52 | 5.99 | 6.58 | 7.55 | 5.92 | 7.10 | 4.25 | 7.61 | 7.93 |
| Asset turnover | 0.55 | 0.49 | 0.38 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.28 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.47 | 0.37 |
| Average receivables | $11.9M | $12.6M | $11.2M | $9.2M | $8.0M | $9.3M | $10.1M | $8.2M | $12.1M | $19.9M |
| Average payables | $3.1M | $3.0M | $4.0M | $3.5M | $2.9M | $4.0M | $4.0M | $2.5M | $3.0M | $5.2M |
| Average inventory | $7.3M | $6.8M | $6.6M | $5.7M | $4.7M | $5.6M | $5.8M | $8.2M | $11.1M | $10.7M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 6.9% | 8.0% | 7.4% | 6.1% | 6.1% | 6.0% | 5.7% | 5.2% | 5.8% | 3.2% |
Computed from PKE's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed May 29, 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.
PKE valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2026 (March 31, 2026), Park Aerospace traded at 48.9 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 35.3. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 37.1 and the forward P/E is 17.1. Park Aerospace earned a return on equity of 9.5% and a return on invested capital of 25.4% in fiscal 2026. It ended the year with $0.3 million of debt and $89.4 million in cash and short-term investments, a net cash position of $89.1 million. It returned $12.1 million to shareholders: $10.0 million in dividends and $2.2 million in share buybacks, 128% of free cash flow.
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PKE key metrics FAQ
What is Park Aerospace's P/E ratio?
Park Aerospace's trailing P/E ratio is 37.1 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 17.1. At the end of fiscal 2026 it was 48.9, compared with a 10-year median of 35.3.
What is Park Aerospace's EV/EBITDA?
Park Aerospace's enterprise value was 27.3 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2026 (enterprise value $461.8 million, EBITDA $16.9 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 33.1.
What is Park Aerospace's return on equity?
Park Aerospace's return on equity (ROE) was 9.5% in fiscal 2026: net income of $11.3 million on average shareholders' equity of $118.6 million.
What is Park Aerospace's ROIC?
Park Aerospace's return on invested capital was 25.4% in fiscal 2026, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Park Aerospace have?
Park Aerospace had total debt of $0.3 million at the end of fiscal 2026, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.00 and more cash than debt.
What is Park Aerospace's dividend yield?
Park Aerospace's forward dividend yield is 1.90%. Park Aerospace paid $10.0 million in dividends in fiscal 2026 ($0.50 per share), a payout ratio of 88.4%.
Does Park Aerospace buy back its shares?
Yes. Park Aerospace spent $2.2 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2026 Shares outstanding changed −0.4% over the year, to 20.1M..
What is Park Aerospace's free cash flow yield?
Park Aerospace generated $9.5 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2026, a free cash flow yield of 1.7% on its market value at year-end ($550.8 million).
What is Park Aerospace's current ratio?
Park Aerospace's current ratio was 18.24 at the end of fiscal 2026: current assets were 18.24 times current liabilities.