National Presto Industries (NPK)

National Presto Industries on one page: short interest, daily short volume, fails to deliver, planned sales, large holders, 13F holders, earnings dates and insider trades. Listed on NYSE.

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Short interest

settlement 2026-09-30

1.4

Days to cover

-1.0 days vs prior

63.9%

Short share of volume

2026-10-23

Fails to deliver

settlement 2026-08-27

Mon 26 Oct

Next earnings

estimated date

Insider flow, 90 days

0 buys, 0 sells

As of 2026-10-23.

Short interest

FINRA, twice a month. The newest 48 settlements in the table, 48 in the chart. JSON

As of 30 September 2026, short interest in NPK is 172,800 shares, down 87,581 shares over the last month. Over the last 48 readings it ranged from 75,042 shares (15 October 2024) to 306,714 shares (31 July 2026). At the reported average volume of 124K shares a day that is 1.4 days to cover.

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Settlement	Shares short	Change	Avg daily volume	Days to cover
2026-09-30	172,800	-29.1%	124,225	1.39
2026-09-15	243,733	-6.4%	99,760	2.44
2026-08-31	260,381	-14.3%	99,977	2.60
2026-08-14	303,747	-1.0%	98,161	3.09
2026-07-31	306,714	+4.8%	82,171	3.73
2026-07-15	292,627	-1.7%	83,960	3.49
2026-06-30	297,632	+12.5%	131,319	2.27
2026-06-15	264,629	+7.3%	166,457	1.59
2026-05-29	246,530	+6.1%	139,233	1.77
2026-05-15	232,263	+0.3%	83,693	2.78
2026-04-30	231,694	+6.1%	85,602	2.71
2026-04-15	218,387	+0.3%	74,078	2.95
2026-03-31	217,829	+9.3%	115,532	1.89
2026-03-13	199,317	+0.6%	104,249	1.91
2026-02-27	198,040	-6.5%	79,996	2.48
2026-02-13	211,893	+9.2%	82,827	2.56
2026-01-30	194,048	-1.2%	74,396	2.61
2026-01-15	196,454	+4.8%	83,141	2.36
2025-12-31	187,441	+11.2%	68,216	2.75
2025-12-15	168,623	+6.3%	55,468	3.04
2025-11-28	158,575	-5.5%	68,686	2.31
2025-11-14	167,765	+3.4%	62,705	2.68
2025-10-31	162,258	+0.4%	83,878	1.93
2025-10-15	161,618	+9.7%	73,161	2.21
2025-09-30	147,299	+7.8%	55,072	2.67
2025-09-15	136,653	-2.5%	43,656	3.13
2025-08-29	140,178	-7.1%	41,815	3.35
2025-08-15	150,926	-4.7%	52,805	2.86
2025-07-31	158,375	+1.3%	65,787	2.41
2025-07-15	156,352	+10.9%	246,099	1.00
2025-06-30	140,972	+6.7%	134,770	1.05
2025-06-13	132,067	+43.7%	69,481	1.90
2025-05-30	91,901	-0.1%	24,021	3.83
2025-05-15	92,017	+9.1%	30,601	3.01
2025-04-30	84,315	-3.5%	28,253	2.98
2025-04-15	87,344	-3.4%	44,140	1.98
2025-03-31	90,460	+2.2%	42,960	2.11
2025-03-14	88,528	-7.1%	53,202	1.66
2025-02-28	95,337	-17.0%	39,070	2.44
2025-02-14	114,814	-3.7%	33,020	3.48
2025-01-31	119,260	-17.0%	27,035	4.41
2025-01-15	143,670	-25.5%	44,900	3.20
2024-12-31	192,916	+31.2%	51,089	3.78
2024-12-13	147,040	+5.0%	50,092	2.94
2024-11-29	139,965	+13.2%	36,495	3.84
2024-11-15	123,686	+20.4%	38,665	3.20
2024-10-31	102,755	+36.9%	28,087	3.66
2024-10-15	75,042	+8.0%	29,340	2.56

Daily short volume

FINRA Reg SHO, the last 30 sessions. JSON

As of 23 October 2026, the short share of NPK volume is 63.9%, down 1.9 points over the last five sessions. Over the last 30 readings it ranged from 28.2% (23 September 2026) to 78.3% (15 October 2026). The latest reading is 8.2 points above the 30-session average of 55.6%, on 26K shares reported.

Date	Short volume	Total volume	Short share	Exempt
2026-10-23	17K	26K	63.9%	73
2026-10-22	11K	16K	67.2%	0
2026-10-21	16K	28K	56.3%	36
2026-10-20	20K	42K	47.0%	0
2026-10-19	16K	25K	64.3%	0
2026-10-16	16K	25K	65.7%	0
2026-10-15	19K	24K	78.3%	0
2026-10-14	11K	16K	66.7%	0
2026-10-13	10K	18K	56.1%	0
2026-10-12	12K	24K	51.4%	2
2026-10-09	10K	17K	55.9%	0
2026-10-08	22K	34K	64.9%	0
2026-10-07	15K	23K	64.3%	0
2026-10-06	8K	16K	48.0%	0
2026-10-05	13K	22K	60.1%	0
2026-10-02	17K	25K	68.6%	25
2026-10-01	17K	30K	55.6%	0
2026-09-30	14K	28K	50.0%	0
2026-09-29	13K	24K	54.5%	0
2026-09-28	11K	22K	49.9%	0
2026-09-25	8K	23K	32.5%	0
2026-09-24	14K	24K	59.5%	0
2026-09-23	9K	33K	28.2%	0
2026-09-22	23K	39K	58.7%	0
2026-09-21	13K	31K	41.4%	0
2026-09-18	20K	35K	56.2%	75
2026-09-17	21K	30K	71.0%	0
2026-09-16	15K	38K	38.9%	0
2026-09-15	14K	33K	42.6%	0
2026-09-14	27K	52K	51.7%	0

Fails to deliver

SEC, the last 30 settlement dates with a fail. JSON

As of 27 August 2026, the fails-to-deliver balance in NPK is 21 shares, up 19 shares over the last settlement date. Over the last 30 readings it ranged from 1 share (20 February 2026) to 1,531 shares (1 April 2026). The latest reading sits at the bottom of that range.

Settlement	Shares failed	Price	Value
2026-08-27	21	$151.15	$3K
2026-07-16	2	$123.24	$246
2026-07-08	1	$124.23	$124
2026-06-29	271	$125.00	$34K
2026-06-05	4	$131.04	$524
2026-06-02	94	$127.84	$12K
2026-05-15	115	$139.27	$16K
2026-04-29	68	$146.54	$10K
2026-04-10	60	$142.97	$9K
2026-04-06	1,531	$141.65	$217K
2026-04-02	1,531	$141.89	$217K
2026-04-01	1,531	$137.06	$210K
2026-03-18	957	$134.76	$129K
2026-03-17	448	$139.38	$62K
2026-02-24	55	$127.36	$7K
2026-02-20	1	$127.05	$127
2026-02-03	17	$131.95	$2K
2025-12-26	160	$109.76	$18K
2025-12-16	24	$104.93	$3K
2025-12-10	68	$101.00	$7K
2025-11-06	128	$107.86	$14K
2025-10-31	30	$105.53	$3K
2025-10-08	907	$116.00	$105K
2025-10-01	43	$112.15	$5K
2025-08-14	55	$105.09	$6K
2025-07-23	6	$105.71	$634
2025-07-08	25	$105.85	$3K
2025-07-01	47	$97.96	$5K
2025-06-25	7	$96.96	$679
2025-06-10	194	$94.94	$18K

Insider trades

SEC Form 4, newest first. JSON

No open-market insider trades were reported for NPK in the last 90 days. The most recent filings are listed below. Latest filing: Morgan Jeffery Alan (VP-ENGINEERING) on 2026-04-30.

Date	Insider	Title	Type	Shares	Price	Value	Owned after
2026-04-30	Morgan Jeffery Alan	VP-ENGINEERING	Tax withholding	349	$139.84	$49K	2K
2026-03-17	Peuse David J	CFO & TREASURER	Sell	500	$140.16	$70K	308
2026-03-16	Peuse David J	CFO & TREASURER	Tax withholding	78	$131.58	$10K	2K
2026-03-16	Morgan Jeffery Alan	VP-ENGINEERING	Tax withholding	100	$131.58	$13K	2K
2026-03-16	MacKenzie John Roderick JR	VP-SALES	Tax withholding	62	$131.58	$8K	2K
2026-03-16	Frederick Douglas J	COO, VP, SECRETARY	Tax withholding	36	$131.58	$5K	9K
2026-03-11	LIEBLE RANDY F	Director	Sell	2K	$143.97	$348K	5K
2026-01-02	QUINN PATRICK J	Director	Grant	100	$0.00	$0	1K
2026-01-02	Stienessen Joseph G	Director	Grant	100	$0.00	$0	2K
2026-01-02	LIEBLE RANDY F	Director	Grant	100	$0.00	$0	599
2026-01-02	Peuse David J	CFO & TREASURER	Grant	327	$0.00	$0	2K
2026-01-02	Morgan Jeffery Alan	VP-ENGINEERING	Grant	234	$0.00	$0	2K
2026-01-02	MacKenzie John Roderick JR	VP-SALES	Grant	327	$0.00	$0	2K
2026-01-02	Frederick Douglas J	COO, VP, SECRETARY	Grant	386	$0.00	$0	9K
2025-03-17	Frederick Douglas J	COO, VP, SECRETARY	Tax withholding	96	$89.01	$9K	9K
2025-03-17	Peuse David J	TREASURER	Tax withholding	19	$89.01	$2K	1K
2025-03-17	Morgan Jeffery Alan	VP-ENGINEERING	Tax withholding	78	$89.01	$7K	2K
2025-01-02	Frederick Douglas J	COO, VP, SECRETARY	Grant	406	$0.00	$0	9K
2025-01-02	MacKenzie John Roderick JR	VP-SALES	Grant	406	$0.00	$0	2K
2025-01-02	Morgan Jeffery Alan	VP-ENGINEERING	Grant	254	$0.00	$0	2K
2025-01-02	Peuse David J	TREASURER	Grant	254	$0.00	$0	1K
2025-01-02	LIEBLE RANDY F	Director	Grant	106	$0.00	$0	499
2025-01-02	QUINN PATRICK J	Director	Grant	106	$0.00	$0	1K
2025-01-02	Stienessen Joseph G	Director	Grant	106	$0.00	$0	2K
2025-01-02	COHEN MARYJO R	CEO	Grant	1K	$0.00	$0	231K
2024-03-15	Morgan Jeffery Alan	VP-ENGINEERING	Tax withholding	29	$76.06	$2K	2K
2024-03-15	Peuse David J	TREASURER	Tax withholding	11	$76.06	$837	1K
2024-01-02	LIEBLE RANDY F	Director	Grant	130	$0.00	$0	393
2024-01-02	QUINN PATRICK J	Director	Grant	130	$0.00	$0	1K
2024-01-02	Stienessen Joseph G	Director	Grant	130	$0.00	$0	2K
2024-01-02	Frederick Douglas J	COO, VP, SECRETARY	Grant	498	$0.00	$0	8K
2024-01-02	MacKenzie John Roderick JR	VP-SALES	Grant	435	$0.00	$0	1K
2024-01-02	Peuse David J	TREASURER	Grant	186	$0.00	$0	1K
2023-08-17	Peuse David J	TREASURER	Sell	150	$76.18	$11K	633
2023-08-17	Peuse David J	TREASURER	Sell	43	$76.18	$3K	1K
2023-03-15	Morgan Jeffery Alan	VP-ENGINEERING	Tax withholding	34	$74.48	$3K	2K
2023-03-15	Peuse David J	TREASURER	Tax withholding	22	$74.48	$2K	1K
2023-01-20	Jeffers Richard L	VP-SALES	Tax withholding	378	$71.05	$27K	2K
2023-01-05	Morgan Jeffery Alan	VP-ENGINEERING	Grant	482	$0.00	$0	2K
2023-01-05	Peuse David J	TREASURER	Grant	292	$0.00	$0	1K
2023-01-05	Frederick Douglas J	COO, VP, SECRETARY	Grant	1K	$0.00	$0	8K
2023-01-05	LIEBLE RANDY F	Director	Grant	146	$0.00	$0	263
2023-01-05	QUINN PATRICK J	Director	Grant	146	$0.00	$0	1K
2023-01-05	Stienessen Joseph G	Director	Grant	146	$0.00	$0	2K
2023-01-05	CARDOZO RICHARD N	Director	Grant	146	$0.00	$0	368
2023-01-05	COHEN MARYJO R	CEO	Grant	2K	$0.00	$0	230K
2023-01-05	Jeffers Richard L	VP-SALES	Grant	438	$0.00	$0	2K
2022-03-16	Peuse David J	TREASURER	Tax withholding	13	$79.62	$1K	783
2022-03-16	Morgan Jeffery Alan	VP-ENGINEERING	Tax withholding	16	$79.62	$1K	1K
2022-03-16	Frederick Douglas J	COO, VP, SECRETARY	Tax withholding	380	$79.62	$30K	7K
2022-01-06	LIEBLE RANDY F	Director	Grant	117	$0.00	$0	117
2022-01-06	QUINN PATRICK J	Director	Grant	117	$0.00	$0	817
2022-01-06	CARDOZO RICHARD N	Director	Grant	117	$0.00	$0	222
2022-01-06	Stienessen Joseph G	Director	Grant	117	$0.00	$0	2K
2021-12-31	COHEN MARYJO R	CEO	Grant	1K	$0.00	$0	228K
2021-12-31	Frederick Douglas J	COO, VP, SECRETARY	Grant	988	$0.00	$0	7K
2021-12-31	Jeffers Richard L	VP-SALES	Grant	497	$0.00	$0	2K
2021-12-31	Peuse David J	TREASURER	Grant	304	$0.00	$0	796
2021-12-31	Morgan Jeffery Alan	VP-ENGINEERING	Grant	402	$0.00	$0	1K
2021-03-16	Peuse David J	TREASURER	Tax withholding	17	$104.77	$2K	492
2021-03-16	Morgan Jeffery Alan	VP-ENGINEERING	Tax withholding	87	$104.77	$9K	950
2021-01-11	Stienessen Joseph G	Director	Grant	105	$0.00	$0	1K
2021-01-11	CARDOZO RICHARD N	Director	Grant	105	$0.00	$0	105
2021-01-11	QUINN PATRICK J	Director	Grant	105	$0.00	$0	105
2021-01-11	LIEBLE RANDY F	Director	Grant	105	$0.00	$0	8K
2021-01-06	Frederick Douglas J	COO, VP, SECRETARY	Grant	408	$0.00	$0	6K
2020-12-31	Jeffers Richard L	VP-SALES	Grant	339	$0.00	$0	1K
2020-12-31	COHEN MARYJO R	CEO	Grant	1K	$0.00	$0	227K
2020-12-31	Peuse David J	TREASURER	Grant	226	$0.00	$0	509
2020-12-31	Morgan Jeffery Alan	VP-ENGINEERING	Grant	339	$0.00	$0	1K
2020-12-31	Frederick Douglas J	COO, VP, SECRETARY	Grant	408	$0.00	$0	6K
2020-01-02	Morgan Jeffery Alan	Vice President-Engineering	Grant	226	$0.00	$0	698
2019-12-31	Jeffers Richard L	Vice President-Sales	Grant	339	$0.00	$0	908
2019-12-31	Peuse David J	Treasurer	Grant	56	$0.00	$0	283
2019-12-31	Frederick Douglas J	COO and Vice President	Grant	791	$0.00	$0	6K
2019-12-31	COHEN MARYJO R	Chair of Board, President, CEO	Grant	1K	$0.00	$0	226K
2019-09-03	LIEBLE RANDY F	Director	Tax withholding	2K	$85.95	$194K	8K

Form 4 filings are due within two business days of the trade. Insiders sell for many reasons that say nothing about the company; open-market buys are rarer.

Planned sales (Form 144)

Newest first. JSON

3 Form 144 notices on file for NPK worth $619K at the prices reported; 0 in the last 90 days worth $0. Latest: MORGAN JEFFERY A filed on 2026-06-10 to sell 1,532 shares ($201K) from 2026-06-10.

Filed	Seller	Shares	Market value	Of outstanding	Sale from	Broker
2026-06-10	MORGAN JEFFERY AFormer Officer (retired 4/30/2026)	2K	$201K	0.021%	2026-06-10	Computershare
2026-03-18	PEUSE DAVID J (NPK)Officer	500	$70K	0.007%	2026-03-17	Fidelity Investments
2026-03-11	LIEBLE RANDY FOfficer	2K	$348K	0.034%	2026-03-11	Stifel Nicolaus & Company Inc

Large holders (13D and 13G)

One row per reporting person with its latest filing, newest first. JSON

1 holder reports 5% or more of NPK in its latest filing, on Schedule 13G (passive). The holder is STATE STREET CORPORATION at 5.5% of the class (396,275 shares), filed 2026-05-12 for an event on 2026-03-31.

Filed	Form	Holder	Shares	Of class	Event
2026-06-15	13D/Ano. 1	Albion River Management LLCinvestment adviser	287K	4.0%	2026-06-11
2026-06-15	13D/Ano. 1	Ignium II, LPpartnership	287K	4.0%	2026-06-11
2026-06-15	13D/Ano. 1	Darren Farberindividual	287K	4.0%	2026-06-11
2026-05-12	13G	STATE STREET CORPORATIONparent holding company	396K	5.5%	2026-03-31
2026-03-27	13G/Ano. 1	The Vanguard Groupinvestment adviser	0	0.0%	2026-03-13

13F holders

Tracked managers holding NPK at their latest 13F. JSON

7 of the 30 tracked managers held NPK at their latest 13F, $35.7M in total at quarter-end prices. Renaissance Technologies is the largest at $15.5M (0.0% of its portfolio) as of 2026-06-30. Over the prior quarter 5 added shares and 2 cut.

Fund	Quarter	Shares	Value	Of portfolio	Change in shares
Renaissance Technologies	2026-06-30	124K	$15.5M	0.02%	-25K
Millennium Management	2026-06-30	75K	$9.3M	0.00%	+36K
Two Sigma Investments	2026-06-30	37K	$4.6M	0.00%	+30K
Citadel Advisors	2026-06-30	24K	$3.0M	0.00%	+14K
Point72 Asset Management	2026-06-30	13K	$1.7M	0.00%	new
AQR Capital Management	2026-06-30	7K	$840K	0.00%	-505
D. E. Shaw & Co.	2026-06-30	6K	$803K	0.00%	new

Only the 30 tracked managers on the funds hub; a 13F reports long positions in US listed stock at quarter end, 45 days late, and says nothing about shorts or positions sold since.

What this page is

National Presto Industries in the regulatory record

Regulators publish company data in separate files that never sit next to each other: FINRA's twice-monthly short interest, its daily short sale volume, the SEC's fails-to-deliver counts, and each insider's Form 4. A company page puts those series for one ticker on one URL, with planned sales, large holders, 13F holders and financials beside them, so the short position, the daily flow, the settlement fails and what insiders are doing can be read together.

Each section has its own history table, a one-line summary of the latest figures and its own JSON and CSV links, and says when its source last updated.

This page follows National Presto Industries (NPK), SEC CIK 80172, listed on NYSE. The cross-market tables live on the short interest and insider transactions hubs.

Source and updates

Short interest: FINRA consolidated short interestSource: FINRA.Twice a month, about eight business days after settlement. Latest 2026-09-30.JSON and CSV
Daily short volume: FINRA Reg SHO daily filesSource: FINRA.Every trading day, the morning after FINRA posts it. Latest 2026-10-23.JSON and CSV
Fails to deliver: SEC fails-to-deliver dataSource: SEC.Twice a month, a few weeks after the half month ends. Latest 2026-08-27.JSON and CSV
Planned sales: SEC EDGAR Form 144Source: SEC.New notices appear shortly after the SEC posts them; a notice is filed on or before the sale. Latest 2026-06-10.JSON and CSV
Large holders: SEC EDGAR Schedule 13D and 13GSource: SEC.New filings appear shortly after the SEC posts them. A 13D is due within five business days of crossing 5%; a 13G follows the passive schedule. Latest 2026-06-15.JSON and CSV
13F holders: SEC EDGAR Form 13F-HRSource: SEC.Quarterly, filed within 45 days of quarter end; 30 tracked managers. Latest 2026-06-30.JSON and CSV
Earnings dates: SEC EDGAR 8-K filings (Item 2.02)Source: SEC.Twice a day. Reported dates come from the company's 8-K filings; the next date is marked as an estimate until the 8-K arrives. Latest 2026-08-03.JSON and CSV
Insider trades: SEC EDGAR Form 4Source: SEC.New filings appear shortly after the SEC posts them; they're due two business days after the trade. Latest 2026-04-30.JSON and CSV
Company record: EDGAR filing index for CIK 80172Ticker, name and exchange from the SEC's company list, refreshed weekly.
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How to read it

Read the position against the flow: rising short interest with a high daily short share is new shorting; rising short interest with a normal short share is old shorts holding on.
Insider buys next to a large short position are rare and stand out; insider sells next to one are common and mean little.
Fails to deliver matter relative to the float, not in absolute shares; a million failed shares in a mega cap is noise.

Analysis of what the data shows, not advice. XOOMAR does not recommend buying, selling or holding anything.

Datasets

Frequently Asked Questions

How much of NPK is sold short?

172,800 shares were held short at the 2026-09-30 settlement, 1.4 days of average volume. FINRA publishes the next count about eight business days after the 15th and the last business day of the month.

What is NPK's daily short volume?

On 2026-10-23, 16,536 of the 25,895 NPK shares reported to FINRA were sold short, 63.9% of the day's reported volume. Short volume is a flow for one day, not a position.

Does NPK have fails to deliver?

The SEC's latest file shows 21 NPK shares failed to deliver at settlement 2026-08-27. Fails are reported per settlement date and published twice a month with a lag.

Are NPK insiders buying or selling?

No open-market insider trades were reported for NPK in the last 90 days. The most recent filings are listed below. Latest filing: Morgan Jeffery Alan (VP-ENGINEERING) on 2026-04-30.

Have NPK insiders filed to sell?

3 Form 144 notices on file for NPK worth $619K at the prices reported; 0 in the last 90 days worth $0. Latest: MORGAN JEFFERY A filed on 2026-06-10 to sell 1,532 shares ($201K) from 2026-06-10.

Who owns 5% or more of NPK?

Which tracked 13F managers own NPK?

7 of the 30 tracked 13F managers held NPK shares at their latest filing, $35.7M in all. The largest: Renaissance Technologies (124K shares, $15.5M), Izzy Englander's Millennium Management (75K shares, $9.3M), Two Sigma Investments (37K shares, $4.6M), Ken Griffin's Citadel Advisors (24K shares, $3.0M), Steve Cohen's Point72 Asset Management (13K shares, $1.7M), Cliff Asness's AQR Capital Management (7K shares, $840K). The table above lists all 7.

Data on this page is provided for informational purposes only and is not financial advice. See our editorial policy.

National Presto Industries (NPK)

Short interest

Daily short volume

Fails to deliver

Insider trades

Planned sales (Form 144)

Large holders (13D and 13G)

13F holders

National Presto Industries in the regulatory record

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