Park Aerospace Corp (NYSE: PKE)’s stock price has plunge by 3.15%relation to previous closing price of $14.91. Nevertheless, the company has seen a 9.47% surge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. globenewswire.com reported 2025-06-09 that NEWTON, Kan., June 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Board of Directors of Park Aerospace Corp. (NYSE-PKE) has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per share payable August 1, 2025 to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 1, 2025.
Is It Worth Investing in Park Aerospace Corp (NYSE: PKE) Right Now?
Park Aerospace Corp (NYSE: PKE) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 52.78x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.45. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy”, 1 as “overweight”, 0 as “hold”, and 0 as “sell”.
The public float for PKE is 17.21M, and at present, short sellers hold a 1.51% of that float. On July 04, 2025, the average trading volume of PKE was 55.36K shares.
PKE’s Market Performance
PKE stock saw an increase of 9.47% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 11.45% and a quarterly increase of 15.29%. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.54%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.45% for Park Aerospace Corp (PKE). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 8.51% for PKE stock, with a simple moving average of 10.05% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of PKE
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for PKE stocks, with Needham repeating the rating for PKE by listing it as a “Buy”. The predicted price for PKE in the upcoming period, according to Needham is $18 based on the research report published on June 30, 2016 of the previous year 2016.
Needham, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see PKE reach a price target of $21, previously predicting the price at $27. The rating they have provided for PKE stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on October 08th, 2015.
Needham gave a rating of “Buy” to PKE, setting the target price at $27 in the report published on May 10th of the previous year.
PKE Trading at 11.60% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought PKE to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -1.22% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.45%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.54%, as shares surge +10.81% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +16.69% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, PKE rose by +9.47%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +13.51% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $14.17. In addition, Park Aerospace Corp saw 15.03% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at PKE starting from Esquivel Mark A, who sold 4,500 shares at the price of $15.00 back on Jan 28 ’25. After this action, Esquivel Mark A now owns 0 shares of Park Aerospace Corp, valued at $67,500 using the latest closing price.
Esquivel Mark A, the Officer of Park Aerospace Corp, proposed sale 4,500 shares at $15.00 during a trade that took place back on Jan 28 ’25, which means that Esquivel Mark A is holding N/A shares at $67,500 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for PKE
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.15% for the present operating margin
- 0.28% for the gross margin
The net margin for Park Aerospace Corp stands at 0.09%. The total capital return value is set at 0.08%. Equity return is now at value 5.35%, with 4.62% for asset returns.
Based on Park Aerospace Corp (PKE), the company’s capital structure generated 0.0 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 13.18.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 11.36 million with net debt to EBITDA at -1.87. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 4.58. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.81for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.51. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 9.75.
Conclusion
To sum up, Park Aerospace Corp (PKE) has seen a better performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
