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Park Aerospace

PKE
48
Aerospace & Defense · Industrials
Price
$32.44
+0.10 (+0.31%)
Market Cap
$677.3M
Winston Score
48
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

2.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 20.6M (2022) → 20.1M (2026)

Park Aerospace Corp. makes advanced composite materials used to build aircraft. These materials — mostly specialty fabrics and films — are sold to aerospace manufacturers and defense contractors who use them to make lighter, stronger airplane parts. The company is a small but focused supplier in the aerospace materials industry, serving both commercial aviation and military programs.

Park earns revenue by selling these engineered materials directly to manufacturers, with no subscription or software component — it is a straightforward product business. The company operates primarily in the United States and is relatively small, with a market cap under $1 billion, but it holds a defensible niche position because aerospace-grade composite materials require strict certifications that take years to obtain. The main risk is customer concentration, since a small number of large aerospace programs likely account for a significant share of sales, meaning any slowdown in defense spending or commercial aircraft production could meaningfully hurt results.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+3.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-52.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

9.3%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$22M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Park Aerospace is growing revenue at 4% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
29.3%
Modest — 29.3% gross margin
Operating Margin
16.8%
Healthy — 16.8% operating margin
ROCE
2.7%
Weak — 2.7% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+7.5%
Steady sales growth (7.5% YoY)
EPS YoY
+20.7%
Earnings growing fast (20.7% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
64%
Modest — 64% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
5.2%
Thin free cash flow (5.2%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
75.1x
Expensive — P/E 75.1

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward
+39.8
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (75.1 → 35.3)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.54%
Small dividend — 1.54% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+0.0%
Dividend flat

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