Company Analysis

Park Aerospace Corp. (PKE)

NYSE: PKE · Aircraft Parts & Auxiliary Equipment, NEC · Melville, NY · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade6.2
◀ Past 5.7● Present 6.1▶ Future 6.8

The grade of Park Aerospace Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.2/10
◀ Past5.730% of the headline
● Present6.140% of the headline
▶ Future6.830% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-07-15.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Park Aerospace Corp.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 3 times, the latest 2026-07-15) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+9.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Park Aerospace Corp.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $32 million in fiscal 2017 to $73 million in fiscal 2026, up 9.7% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 23% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span9.7%top 50% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 36% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 14% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak22.9%bottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.6% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 8 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 88th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-03-01, Park Aerospace Corp.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 8 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 15% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 9%: 9¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 9%: owes 9¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 74th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-03-01, Park Aerospace Corp. earned about 9 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 16 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 9 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 4% of its family
  • return on equitytop 25% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 41% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 49% of 11 in its family; net margin 15.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Park Aerospace Corp.'s standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $73 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 35% by size; a net margin of 15.4% ranks in the top 14%; revenue growth of 10.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 32% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$73.3Mbottom 35% of its family
  • net margin15.4%top 14% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth10.7%bottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 48% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.

weight 22% of this tense · 48th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Park Aerospace Corp.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Shore, Brian E (Board Chairman & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-04-30, 8.5 years (top 36% of its family); the 6 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 11.8 years (top 25%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 6 people in charge now (bottom 5%; 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

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 6 peoplebottom 5% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed11.8 yearstop 25% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8.5 yearstop 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 23% of 11 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 77th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Park Aerospace Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $78 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 55.2% of its assets as net cash, top 5% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 12.9% of revenue (top 23%); a gross margin of 30.9% (top 41%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets55.2%top 5% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue12.9%top 23% of its family
  • gross margin30.9%top 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 42% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Park Aerospace Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 10.7% a year over the last three filed years against 9.7% over all 10, speeding up (top 50% of its family); the newest year grew 18.2% (top 32%); capital spending grew 24.8% a year (top 45%) (its annual reports). Park Aerospace Corp. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+1.0 points a yeartop 50% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth18.2%top 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending24.8%top 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 35% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 65th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Park Aerospace Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $73 million in fiscal 2026 came in 10.4% above the $66 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 15% of its family); net income of $11 million against a prior three-year average of $8 million (top 35%); a net margin of 15.4% against 14.2% before (bottom 45%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace10.4%top 15% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+40%top 35% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.2 pointsbottom 45% of its family

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

SI Assistanton PKE · research, not advice