NPK International Inc (NYSE:NPKI) shares, rose in value, with the stock price up by 6.08% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $5.76.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $5.43, falling within a range of $5.52 and $5.785. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 2.42 whereas the PE ratio was 11.07 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $8.65, and the low was $4.76. On the whole, NPKI has fluctuated by -1.20% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of NPK International Inc currently standing at about $498.55 million, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Feb-25.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 238.13M, with a low estimate of 55M and a high estimate of 57.63M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 56.2M.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that NPKI’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the price of NPKI currently trading nearly 3.02% and -3.83% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 51.92, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 5.01% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 6.10%. Furthermore, NPK International Inc (NPKI)’s beta value is 2.06, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.36.
A comparison of NPK International Inc (NPKI) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. NPKI showed an intraday change of 6.08% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -22.68%%.
Data on historical trading for NPK International Inc (NYSE:NPKI) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.85 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 748.83K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 86.55 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 10.04% of NPK International Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 90.50% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 1.96 million shares as on 2025-03-31, resulting in a short ratio of 2.15. According to the data, the short interest in NPK International Inc (NPKI) stood at 236.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-03-31; the number of short shares registered in 2025-02-28 reached 1.79 million. The stock has fallen by -24.90% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the NPKI stock heading into the next quarter.
