NPK International Inc (NPKI) 20 Days SMA touches 28.92%: The odds favor the bear

NPK International Inc (NYSE: NPKI) on Tuesday, soared 1.42% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $8.47. Within the past 52 weeks, NPKI’s price has moved between $4.76 and $8.66.

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Over the past five-year period, the drop rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Energy sector was -10.45%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 69.57%. With a float of $80.48 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $84.73 million.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 460 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 59.97%, operating margin of 30.06%, and the pretax margin is 28.82%.

NPK International Inc (NPKI) Insider Activity

Observing investor behavior towards Oil & Gas Equipment & Services industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of NPK International Inc is 4.79%, while institutional ownership is 91.85%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 08 ’25, was worth 99,998. In this transaction Director of this company bought 12,500 shares at a rate of $8.00, taking the stock ownership to the 12,500 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 05 ’25, when Company’s Director bought 10,000 for $5.38, making the entire transaction worth $53,800. This insider now owns 230,287 shares in total.

NPK International Inc (NPKI) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 69.57% per share during the next fiscal year.

NPK International Inc (NYSE: NPKI) Trading Performance Indicators

NPK International Inc (NPKI) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 2.37 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.10.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.55, a number that is poised to hit 0.09 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.47 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of NPK International Inc (NPKI)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 0.75 million, its volume of 0.92 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 96.48%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.36.

During the past 100 days, NPK International Inc’s (NPKI) raw stochastic average was set at 98.21%, which indicates a significant increase from 97.76% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 90.67% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 60.74% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $6.09, while its 200-day Moving Average is $7.04. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $8.65 in the near term. At $8.71, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $8.82. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $8.49, it is likely to go to the next support level at $8.38. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $8.32.

NPK International Inc (NYSE: NPKI) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 726.05 million based on 84,523K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 217,490 K and income totals -150,260 K. The company made 64,780 K in profit during its latest quarter, and 10,000 K in sales during its previous quarter.