All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2020-11-05.
From the record
NPK International Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2020-11-05) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
-5.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 3 of 10.
From the record
NPK International Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $471 million in fiscal 2016 to $277 million in fiscal 2025, down 5.7% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 80% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2022; net income was positive in 3 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 3.0% a year. 29% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 16 sales, 1 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, NPK International Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 29% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 16 sales (16 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03, buying about $139 thousand (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 11%: 11¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 21%: owes 21¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, NPK International Inc. earned about 11 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 23 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 21 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.9% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 32% of 35 in its family; net margin 14.1%.
From the record
NPK International Inc.'s standing among 35 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $277 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 40% by size; a net margin of 14.1% ranks in the top 16%; revenue growth of 12.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 22% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 33% of 20 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.
From the record
NPK International Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lanigan, Matthew (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-05-24, 4.5 years (bottom 24% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.2 years (bottom 38%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (bottom 39%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 50% of 35 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
NPK International Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $5 million against debt of $12 million leaves -1.5% of its assets as net cash, top 49% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 9.5% of revenue (top 47%); a gross margin of 36.4% (bottom 46%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 15% of 34 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
NPK International Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 12.8% a year over the last three filed years against -5.7% over all 10, speeding up (top 7% of its family); the newest year grew 27.4% (top 22%); capital spending grew 18.2% a year (top 17%) (its annual reports). NPK International Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Rentaland Service at $184 million (66%), Product at $93 million (34%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 11% of 29 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
NPK International Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $277 million in fiscal 2025 came in 20% above the $231 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 19% of its family); net income of $39 million against a prior three-year average of $52 million (top 12%); a net margin of 14.1% against -24.3% before (top 2%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made