Head to Head Survey: National Presto Industries (NYSE:NPK) versus Revelyst (NYSE:GEAR)

Institutional & Insider Ownership

58.6% of National Presto Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Revelyst shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.0% of National Presto Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Revelyst shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

National Presto Industries has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Revelyst has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares National Presto Industries and Revelyst”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Presto Industries	$351.95 million	1.96	$34.56 million	$4.75	20.45
Revelyst	$1.23 billion	0.96	-$5.51 million	($0.18)	-111.56

National Presto Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Revelyst. Revelyst is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Presto Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares National Presto Industries and Revelyst’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Presto Industries	9.63%	9.88%	7.95%
Revelyst	-0.34%	19.53%	9.44%

Summary

National Presto Industries beats Revelyst on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About National Presto Industries

National Presto Industries, Inc. provides housewares and small appliance, defense, and safety products in North America. The company’s Housewares/Small Appliance segment designs, markets, and distributes housewares and small electrical appliances, including pressure cookers and canners; heat control line of skillets, griddles, woks, and multi-purpose cookers; slow cookers; deep fryers; air fryers; waffle makers; pizza ovens; slicer/shredders; electric heaters; hot air, oil, and microwave corn poppers; dehydrators; vacuum sealers; rice cookers; microwave bacon cookers; egg cookers; coffeemakers and coffeemaker accessories; electric knife sharpeners; and timers under the Presto Control Master brand. This segment sells its products directly to retailers, as well as through independent distributors. Its Defense segment manufactures and sells 40mm ammunition, precision mechanical and electro-mechanical products, medium caliber cartridge cases; and metal parts; and detonators, booster pellets, release cartridges, lead azide, and other military energetic devices and materials. This segment primarily serves the United States Department of Defense (DOD) and DOD prime contractors. The company’s Safety segment patents machine learning, digital sensors, and cloud-based technology to monitor freezers and refrigerators that detects and alerts users to potential safety issues around pharmaceuticals and food. National Presto Industries, Inc. was founded in 1905 and is based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

About Revelyst

Vista Outdoor Inc. is the parent company of renowned brands which design, manufacture and market sporting and outdoor products. The company’s operating segment includes Outdoor Products and Sporting Products. Its brand portfolio includes Remington Ammunition, Bushnell, CamelBak, Bushnell Golf, Foresight Sports, Fiber Energy Products, Bell Helmets, Camp Chef, Giro, QuietKat, Stone Glacier, Federal Ammunition and more. The company principally serves outdoor enthusiasts, golfers, cyclists, backyard grillers, campers, hunters, recreational shooters, athletes, as well as law enforcement and military professionals. Vista Outdoor Inc. is based in ANOKA, Minn.