NPKINPK International Inc.
Is the business good?
A genuinely good business: 7 of 9 health tests passed, earnings fully cash-backed (2.2×), and margins widening.
High fundamental quality. Nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year health from the filings.
Operating profit is fully backed by cash. Conversion is improving vs a year ago.
Positive operating leverage, operating profit is growing faster than sales, so margins widen as the business scales.
A balanced mix of margins, efficiency, and leverage. ROE 11% = margin × turnover × leverage.
Unless marked, from derived.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is NPKI?
NPK International Inc. earns 11% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 2.0 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 17%
Operating margin · Building Products & Equipment median 7.8% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Cash conversion
- 2.16×
Cash conversion · 0.96× a year ago · operating cash flow covers the operating profit after tax
- Share count, year on year
- +0.49%
Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | −16% |
| FY2021 | −1.4% |
| FY2022 | 3.4% |
| FY2023 | 11% |
| FY2024 | 15% |
| FY2025 | 17% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 36%
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 17%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 14%
- Free cash flow margin
- 9.2%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $301M
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $28M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $43M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 11%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.
Customers and suppliers
Who buys from NPKI and who it buys from, as the companies report it.
- One largest customer19%
Share of revenue · FY2025 10-K
- 20 largest customers74%
Combined share of revenue · FY2025 10-K
- Two largest customers15%
Combined share of revenue · FY2025 10-K
- Three largest customers10%
Combined share of revenue · FY2025 10-K
None disclosed.
A company has to disclose every customer behind 10% or more of its revenue. Each share comes from the latest annual report of the company that states it and shows on both companies’ pages; NPKI’s own figures are from its FY2025 10-K. Smaller customers and suppliers go unreported.
Building Products & Equipment
Ranks #13 of 19 by RyuScore