Employees: 125
Size Park Aerospace (PKE) is a United States Industrials company (Aerospace & Defense) with a market value of $515M, the 2676th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $23.38 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 30.4%, against -28.0% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 27.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.7%); the operating margin is 21.1% (peer median -3.7%).
Valuation It trades at 31.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 20.9× (5th most expensive of 11).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 5% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 20.6 points above its cost of capital (7.1% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 5.8% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 7 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $80.6M | $73.3M | $62.0M | $56.0M | $54.1M |
| Revenue growth | — | +18% | +11% | +4% | — |
| Gross profit | $26.3M | $22.7M | $17.6M | $16.5M | $16.5M |
| EBITDA | $18.9M | $15.4M | $11.2M | $9.78M | $11.1M |
| Net income | $14.9M | $11.3M | $5.88M | $7.47M | $10.7M |
| Free cash flow | $11.5M | $9.46M | $3.83M | $3.76M | $5.44M |
| Capital expenditure | $1.84M | $2.04M | $889,000 | $645,000 | $1.05M |
| Total debt | $296,000 | $317,000 | $358,000 | $135,000 | $182,000 |
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| Measure | PKE | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -21.2% | -9.0% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -30.4% | -28.0% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -41.3% | -48.5% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +27.7% | +4.7% | 6th highest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 21.1% | -3.7% | 2nd highest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 31.2× | 20.9× | 5th most expensive of 11 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 4.8% | 15.7% | 3rd least demanding of 7 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +9.6% | +15.5% | 3rd lowest of 7 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -4.8 pp | -3.1 pp | 3rd least demanding of 7 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +20.6 pp | -5.1 pp | 2nd highest of 19 |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.2× | 12.1× | most expensive of 6 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -6.1× | 0.9× | least indebted of 8 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Aerospace PKE | United States | $515M | -30% | +28% | 21% | 31.2× | 4.8% | +9.6% |
| Figeac Aero FGA.PA | France | $506M | -3% | +13% | 6% | 20.5× | 14.7% | +18.9% |
| Nippon Avionics 6946.T | Japan | $505M | -26% | +45% | 21% | 12.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Satellogic SATL | United States | $535M | -54% | +369% | -67% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tokyo Keiki 7721.T | Japan | $494M | -37% | +5% | 9% | 14.1× | n/a | n/a |
| TAT Technologies TATT | United States | $481M | +2% | +14% | 11% | 20.6× | 16.8% | +18.8% |
| Beijing Navigation Control Technology 688282.SS | China | $564M | -42% | -4% | -26% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Chengdu Lihang Technology 603261.SS | China | $458M | +19% | +35% | -52% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Maixinlin Aviation Science and Technology 688685.SS | China | $620M | -42% | -36% | -18% | 21.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Virgin Galactic SPCE | United States | $420M | -6% | -39% | -24,588% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Emerging Eastern Aviation Equipment 002933.SZ | China | $420M | -20% | -6% | 6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Eve EVEX | United States | $645M | -43% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Andawell Science & Technology 300719.SZ | China | $400M | -32% | -3% | -4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Chengdu Jouav Automation Tech 688070.SS | China | $399M | -34% | +5% | 2% | 17.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Sun-Create Electronics 600990.SS | China | $669M | -28% | -13% | -30% | 57.1× | 35.7% | -15.1% |
| Xi'An Tian He Defense Technology 300397.SZ | China | $713M | -28% | +69% | -5% | 31.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Shinmaywa Industries,Ltd 7224.T | Japan | $721M | -32% | +12% | 6% | n/a | -5.6% | +6.4% |
| Chengdu ALD Aviation Manufacturing 300696.SZ | China | $733M | -58% | -18% | -12% | 79.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Shandong Senter Electronic 001388.SZ | China | $742M | -16% | +5% | 6% | n/a | 21.1% | +17.7% |
| Ideaforge Technology IDEAFORGE.NS | India | $353M | -15% | +221% | -8% | 101.5× | n/a | n/a |
| MS International MSI.L | United Kingdom | $350M | -8% | -2% | 13% | n/a | -7.8% | +13.3% |