With 1.19 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.87 million shares. During the session, the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services company that operates in wider Energy sector, reached to the highest price of $8.665 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $8.44. The 52-week range on NPKI shows that it touched its highest point at $8.88 and its lowest point at $4.76 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $11.25. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.12.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of NPKI was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.82%, but this was up by 4.98% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 42.50% while six-month performance rose 18.01%. The stock gained 12.78% in the past year, while it has gained 7.05% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NPKI yields 0.55 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.47. For the next quarter, that number is 0.09. This implies an EPS growth rate of 69.57% for this year and 21.37% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 84.73 million NPKI shares are outstanding with a float of 79.67 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-06-13, short shares totaled 1.95 million, which was 231.0 higher than short shares on 1747267200. In addition to Mr. Matthew S. Lanigan as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Gregg S. Piontek CPA serves as its Senior VP & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.92974997 of NPKI’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-03-31, NPKI reported revenue of $64777000.0 and operating income of $13528000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $19016000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.11.
Analysts Ratings:
In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With NPKI analysts setting a high price target of 12.0 and a low target of 10.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 11.25. Based on these targets, NPKI could surge 38.73% to reach the target high and rise by 15.61% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 30.06% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $0.32192 being high and $0.31087 being low. For NPKI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.315.
