Is the business good?
How good a business is NPKI?
NPK International Inc. earns 10% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
10%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 1.4 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 17%
Operating margin · Building Products & Equipment median 16% · 12 months to Q1 2026
- Cash conversion
- 0.81×
Cash conversion · some of the reported profit has not turned into cash yet
- Share count, year on year
- −1.3%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | −16% |
| FY2021 | −1.4% |
| FY2022 | 3.4% |
| FY2023 | 11% |
| FY2024 | 15% |
| FY2025 | 17% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 36%
- Operating margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 17%
- Net margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 14%
- Free cash flow margin
- 11%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $287M
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $32M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $39M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 10%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Building Products & Equipment
Ranks #8 of 18 by Smart Score