Park Aerospace Corp. Reports Second Quarter Results
MWN-AI** Summary
Park Aerospace Corp. (NYSE-PKE) announced its second-quarter financial results for the fiscal year 2026, concluding on August 31, 2025. The company reported net sales of $16.38 million, slightly down from $16.71 million in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year but an improvement from the first quarter of 2026, where sales were recorded at $15.4 million. For the first six months of 2026, net sales reached $31.78 million, up from $30.68 million for the same period in 2025.
Net earnings for the second quarter increased to $2.40 million, surpassing the $2.07 million reported in the previous year's second quarter and exceeding the first quarter's $2.08 million. Over the first half of 2026, net earnings totaled $4.48 million, compared to $3.06 million for the same time frame in 2025.
Earnings per share (EPS) showed notable growth, with both basic and diluted EPS reaching $0.12 for the second quarter, up from $0.10 a year earlier and matching the first quarter's figure. Cumulatively, EPS for the first half of fiscal 2026 was $0.23, compared to $0.15 in 2025. Adjusted EBITDA improved significantly, with a reported $3.40 million for the second quarter and $6.36 million for the first half of the fiscal year, reflecting an increase from $5.81 million the previous year.
Interestingly, Park Aerospace did not report any special items affecting the results during the second quarter or first half of the fiscal year, contrasting with previous periods that included pre-tax charges related to storm damage at its Newton, Kansas facilities.
The company specializes in advanced composite materials for the aerospace industry, and a conference call to discuss these earnings will occur at 5:00 p.m. EDT today.
MWN-AI** Analysis
Park Aerospace Corp. (NYSE: PKE) recently announced its Q2 2026 fiscal year results, demonstrating growth in several key areas. The company reported net sales of $16.4 million, a slight decrease from $16.7 million in the same quarter last year but an increase from $15.4 million in Q1 2026. Importantly, net earnings rose to $2.4 million from $2.1 million year-over-year, indicating effective cost management and operational efficiency, particularly since there were no special items impacting these results.
Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter reached $3.4 million versus $3.2 million in Q2 2025, reinforcing an upward trend in operational profitability. The company's gross profit margin also improved, climbing to 31.2%, continuing to reflect effective strategic control over costs relative to sales.
With earnings per share (EPS) of $0.12, up from $0.10 in Q2 2025, Park Aerospace’s financial performance suggests robust demand for its advanced composite materials, particularly as aerospace markets evolve toward new technologies such as UAVs and next-generation aircraft.
Despite the overall modest decrease in sales, the fundamentals remain strong. The company has reported consistent growth in net earnings and has effectively maintained its earnings before special items, which suggests a stable performance despite market volatility. Additionally, the absence of storm damage charges this quarter reflects a recovery from previous hardships, allowing for clearer financial evaluation.
For investors, Park Aerospace may represent a solid opportunity. The company's focus on high-demand composite materials and its strategic navigational ability through external challenges positions it well for future growth. However, potential investors should remain attentive to broader economic conditions impacting the aerospace sector. Overall, taking a position in Park Aerospace could be worthwhile, particularly as analysts await insights from today's conference call, which may further clarify future growth trajectories.
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NEWTON, Kan., Oct. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Park Aerospace Corp. (NYSE-PKE) reported results for the 2026 fiscal year second quarter ended August 31, 2025. The Company will conduct a conference call to discuss its financial results and other matters at 5:00 p.m. EDT today. A live audio webcast of the event, along with presentation materials, will be available at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/qarc64p9 at 5:00 p.m. EDT today. The presentation materials will also be available at approximately 4:15 p.m. EDT today at https://parkaerospace.com/shareholders/investor-conference-calls/ and on the Company’s website at www.parkaerospace.com under “Investor Conference Calls” on the “Shareholders” page.
Park reported net sales of $16,381,000 for the 2026 fiscal year second quarter ended August 31, 2025 compared to $16,709,000 for the 2025 fiscal year second quarter ended September 1, 2024 and $15,400,000 for the 2026 fiscal year first quarter ended June 1, 2025. Park’s net sales for the six months ended August 31, 2025 were $31,781,000 compared to $30,679,000 for the six months ended September 1, 2024. Net earnings for the 2026 fiscal year second quarter were $2,404,000 compared to $2,066,000 for the 2025 fiscal year second quarter and $2,080,000 for the 2026 fiscal year first quarter. Net earnings were $4,484,000 for the current year’s first six months compared to $3,059,000 for last year’s first six months.
Net earnings before special items for the 2026 fiscal year second quarter were $2,404,000 compared to $2,092,000 for the 2025 fiscal year second quarter and $2,080,000 for the 2026 fiscal year first quarter. Net earnings before special items for the six months ended August 31, 2025 were $4,484,000 compared to $3,873,000 for last fiscal year’s first six months.
Adjusted EBITDA for the 2026 fiscal year second quarter was $3,401,000 compared to $3,206,000 for the 2025 fiscal year second quarter and $2,963,000 for the 2026 fiscal year first quarter. Adjusted EBITDA for the current fiscal year’s first six months was $6,364,000 compared to $5,816,000 for last fiscal year’s first six months.
During the 2026 fiscal year second quarter and first six months, the Company did not report any special items. During the 2025 fiscal year second quarter and first six months, respectively, the Company recorded $46,000 and $1,098,000 of pre-tax charges related to storm damage to the Company’s facilities in Newton, Kansas.
Park reported basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.12 for the 2026 fiscal year second quarter compared to $0.10 for the 2025 fiscal year second quarter and $0.10 for the 2026 fiscal year first quarter. Basic and diluted earnings per share before special items were $0.12 for the 2026 fiscal year second quarter compared to $0.10 for the 2025 fiscal year second quarter and $0.10 for the 2026 fiscal year first quarter.
Park reported basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.23 and $0.22, respectively, for the 2026 fiscal year’s first six months compared to $0.15 and $0.15, respectively, for the 2025 fiscal year’s first six months. Basic and diluted earnings per share before special items were $0.23 and $0.22, respectively, for the 2026 fiscal year’s first six months compared to $0.19 and $0.19, respectively, for the 2025 fiscal year’s first six months.
The Company will conduct a conference call to discuss its financial results at 5:00 p.m. EDT today. Forward-looking and other material information may be discussed in this conference call. The conference call dial-in number is (877) 407-3982 in the United States and Canada, and (201) 493-6780 in other countries. The required passcode for attendance by phone is 13756197.
For those unable to listen to the call live, a conference call replay will be available from approximately 8:00 p.m. EDT today through 11:59 p.m. EDT on Thursday, October 16, 2025. The conference call replay will be available at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/qarc64p9 and on the Company’s website at www.parkaerospace.com under “Investor Conference Calls” on the “Shareholders” page. It can also be accessed by dialing (844) 512-2921 in the United States and Canada, and (412) 317-6671 in other countries. The required passcode for accessing the replay by phone is 13756197.
Any additional material financial or statistical data disclosed in the conference call, including the investor presentation, will also be available at the time of the conference call on the Company's website at https://parkaerospace.com/shareholders/investor-conference-calls/ .
Park believes that an evaluation of its ongoing operations would be difficult if the disclosure of its operating results were limited to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) financial measures, which include a special item, a charge related to storm damage. Accordingly, in addition to disclosing its operating results determined in accordance with GAAP, Park discloses non-GAAP measures, including Adjusted EBITDA, and operating results that exclude special items in order to assist its shareholders and other readers in assessing the Company’s operating performance, since the Company’s on-going, normal business operations do not include such special items. The detailed operating information presented below includes a reconciliation of the non-GAAP operating results before special items to earnings determined in accordance with GAAP and a reconciliation of GAAP pre-tax earnings to Adjusted EBITDA. Such non-GAAP financial measures are provided to supplement the results provided in accordance with GAAP.
Park Aerospace Corp. develops and manufactures solution and hot-melt advanced composite materials used to produce composite structures for the global aerospace markets. Park’s advanced composite materials include film adhesives (Aeroadhere ® ) and lightning strike protection materials (Electroglide ® ). Park offers an array of composite materials specifically designed for hand lay-up or automated fiber placement (AFP) manufacturing applications. Park’s advanced composite materials are used to produce primary and secondary structures for jet engines, large and regional transport aircraft, military aircraft, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs commonly referred to as “drones”), business jets, general aviation aircraft and rotary wing aircraft. Park also offers specialty ablative materials for rocket motors and nozzles and specially designed materials for radome applications. As a complement to Park’s advanced composite materials offering, Park designs and fabricates composite parts, structures and assemblies and low volume tooling for the aerospace industry. Target markets for Park’s composite parts and structures (which include Park’s proprietary composite SigmaStrut™ and AlphaStrut™ product lines) are, among others, prototype and development aircraft, special mission aircraft, spares for legacy military and civilian aircraft and exotic spacecraft. Park’s objective is to do what others are either unwilling or unable to do. When nobody else wants to do it because it is too difficult, too small or too annoying, sign us up.
Additional corporate information is available on the Company’s website at www.parkaerospace.com
| Performance table, including non-GAAP information (in thousands, except per share amounts –unaudited): | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 Weeks Ended | 13 Weeks Ended | 13 Weeks Ended | 26 Weeks Ended | ||||||||||||||||
| August 31, 2025 | September 1, 2024 | June 1, 2025 | August 31, 2025 | September 1, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Sales | $ | 16,381 | $ | 16,709 | $ | 15,400 | $ | 31,781 | $ | 30,679 | |||||||||
| Net Earnings before Special Items 1 | $ | 2,404 | $ | 2,092 | $ | 2,080 | $ | 4,484 | $ | 3,873 | |||||||||
| Special Item, Net of Tax: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Storm Damage Charge | - | (46 | ) | - | - | (1,098 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Income Tax Effect on Pretax Special Items | - | 20 | - | - | 284 | ||||||||||||||
| Net Earnings | $ | 2,404 | $ | 2,066 | $ | 2,080 | $ | 4,484 | $ | 3,059 | |||||||||
| Basic Earnings per Share: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Basic Earnings before Special Items 1 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.10 | $ | 0.10 | $ | 0.23 | $ | 0.19 | |||||||||
| Special Item: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Storm Damage Charge | - | - | - | - | (0.05 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Income Tax Effect on Pretax Special Items | - | - | - | - | 0.01 | ||||||||||||||
| Basic Earnings per Share | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.10 | $ | 0.10 | $ | 0.23 | $ | 0.15 | |||||||||
| Diluted Earnings before Special Items 1 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.10 | $ | 0.10 | $ | 0.22 | $ | 0.19 | |||||||||
| Special Item: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Storm Damage Charge | - | - | - | - | (0.05 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Income Tax Effect on Pretax Special Items | - | - | - | - | 0.01 | ||||||||||||||
| Diluted Earnings per Share | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.10 | $ | 0.10 | $ | 0.22 | $ | 0.15 | |||||||||
| Weighted Average Shares Outstanding: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | 19,875 | 20,216 | 19,919 | 19,897 | 20,234 | ||||||||||||||
| Diluted | 19,986 | 20,291 | 19,968 | 19,977 | 20,331 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 Refer to "Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures" below for information regarding Special Items. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Condensed comparative balance sheets (in thousands) : | |||||
| August 31, 2025 | March 2, 2025 | ||||
| Assets | (unaudited) | ||||
| Current Assets | |||||
| Cash and Marketable Securities | $ | 61,553 | $ | 68,834 | |
| Accounts Receivable, Net | 12,640 | 12,903 | |||
| Inventories | 8,101 | 7,213 | |||
| Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets | 1,012 | 1,344 | |||
| Total Current Assets | 83,306 | 90,294 | |||
| Fixed Assets, Net | 21,403 | 21,650 | |||
| Operating Right-of-use Assets | 282 | 308 | |||
| Other Assets | 11,457 | 9,856 | |||
| Total Assets | $ | 116,448 | $ | 122,108 | |
| Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity | |||||
| Current Liabilities | |||||
| Accounts Payable | $ | 3,324 | $ | 2,513 | |
| Accrued Liabilities | 1,250 | 1,318 | |||
| Operating Lease Liability | 42 | 40 | |||
| Income Taxes Payable | 125 | 5,390 | |||
| Total Current Liabilities | 4,741 | 9,261 | |||
| Long-term Operating Lease Liability | 296 | 318 | |||
| Deferred Income Taxes | 5,541 | 5,304 | |||
| Other Liabilities | 75 | 71 | |||
| Total Liabilities | 10,653 | 14,954 | |||
| Shareholders’ Equity | 105,795 | 107,154 | |||
| Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity | $ | 116,448 | $ | 122,108 | |
| Additional information | |||||
| Equity per Share | $ | 5.31 | $ | 5.36 | |
| Condensed comparative statements of operations (in thousands – unaudited): | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 Weeks Ended | 13 Weeks Ended | 13 Weeks Ended | 26 Weeks Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
| August 31, 2025 | September 1, 2024 | June 1, 2025 | August 31, 2025 | September 1, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net Sales | $ | 16,381 | $ | 16,709 | $ | 15,400 | $ | 31,781 | $ | 30,679 | |||||||||||||
| Cost of Sales | 11,265 | 11,952 | 10,682 | 21,947 | 21,823 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gross Profit | 5,116 | 4,757 | 4,718 | 9,834 | 8,856 | ||||||||||||||||||
| % of net sales | 31.2 | % | 28.5 | % | 30.6 | % | 30.9 | % | 28.9 | % | |||||||||||||
| Selling, General & Administrative Expenses | 2,271 | 2,140 | 2,299 | 4,570 | 4,157 | ||||||||||||||||||
| % of net sales | 13.9 | % | 12.8 | % | 14.9 | % | 14.4 | % | 13.5 | % | |||||||||||||
| Earnings from Operations | 2,845 | 2,617 | 2,419 | 5,264 | 4,699 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Storm Damage Charge | - | (46 | ) | - | - | (1,098 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest and Other Income: | 390 | 245 | 355 | 745 | 584 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings from Operations before Income Taxes | 3,235 | 2,816 | 2,774 | 6,009 | 4,185 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Income Tax Provision | 831 | 750 | 694 | 1,525 | 1,126 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net Earnings | $ | 2,404 | $ | 2,066 | $ | 2,080 | $ | 4,484 | $ | 3,059 | |||||||||||||
| % of net sales | 14.7 | % | 12.4 | % | 13.5 | % | 14.1 | % | 10.0 | % | |||||||||||||
| Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures (in thousands – unaudited): | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reconciliation of GAAP Net Earnings to Adjusted EBITDA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 Weeks Ended | 13 Weeks Ended | 13 Weeks Ended | 26 Weeks Ended | 26 Weeks Ended | |||||||||||||||||||
| August 31, 2025 | September 1, 2024 | June 1, 2025 | August 31, 2025 | September 1, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GAAP Net Earnings | $ | 2,404 | $ | 2,066 | $ | 2,080 | $ | 4,484 | $ | 3,059 | |||||||||||||
| Adjustments: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income Tax Provision | 831 | 750 | 694 | 1,525 | 1,126 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest and Other Income | (390 | ) | (245 | ) | (355 | ) | (745 | ) | (584 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Depreciation | 455 | 488 | 456 | 911 | 927 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stock Option Expense | 101 | 101 | 88 | 189 | 190 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Special Item: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Storm Damage Charge | - | 46 | - | - | 1,098 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 3,401 | $ | 3,206 | $ | 2,963 | $ | 6,364 | $ | 5,816 | |||||||||||||
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