NPK International Inc. specializes in supplying products, rental equipment, and diverse services, primarily catering to the exploration and production (E&P) sector of ...
NPK International Inc. is a diversified industrial products and services company with roots extending back to 1932. The company operated for many years as Newpark Resources, Inc. before adopting the NPK International name in December 2024. Its corporate headquarters are located at 9320 Lakeside Boulevard, The Woodlands, Texas. NPKI is ...NPK International Inc. is a diversified industrial products and services company with roots extending back to 1932. The company operated for many years as Newpark Resources, Inc. before adopting the NPK International name in December 2024. Its corporate headquarters are located at 9320 Lakeside Boulevard, The Woodlands, Texas. NPKI is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker NPKI and is classified in the Basic Materials sector and Construction Materials industry.
The company operates through two primary business divisions. The Fluids Systems division supplies drilling, completion, and stimulation fluid products, supported by technical services and application expertise. These offerings are primarily used by exploration and production customers in oil and natural gas markets. Its geographic reach includes North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The division's value proposition depends on product performance, field engineering, technical support, logistics, and the ability to help customers manage well-construction and production-related requirements.
The Industrial Solutions division is centered on temporary worksite access. NPK manufactures, sells, and rents recyclable composite matting systems used to create temporary roads, platforms, and stabilized working surfaces where conventional access is difficult or environmentally sensitive. The products are used in power transmission, oil and gas exploration and production, pipelines, renewable energy, petrochemicals, general construction, and infrastructure projects. Beyond mat sales and rentals, NPK provides planning, logistics, site preparation, access-road construction, environmental protection, erosion control, restoration, and related integrated site services. These services allow customers to use a single provider for both physical access products and project execution support.
The composite matting business requires manufacturing materials, product design and engineering, inventory management, transportation, maintenance, and rental fleet utilization. Its economics can therefore include product sales, rental revenue, project-service revenue, equipment and fleet costs, labor, freight, repairs, depreciation, and manufacturing overhead. The business may benefit from recurring rental activity and demand for lower-impact access solutions, while results can be affected by energy-sector cycles, infrastructure spending, weather, project timing, commodity prices, raw-material costs, and transportation expenses.
Based on the supplied trailing-twelve-month data, NPKI reported a gross profit margin of approximately 35.3%, an EBITDA margin of approximately 27.4%, and a net profit margin of approximately 12.9%. The company had an enterprise value of roughly $1.16 billion and relatively modest leverage, with debt-to-equity of about 0.052 and net debt-to-EBITDA of approximately 0.132. Its current ratio was approximately 1.61, indicating reported short-term assets exceeded short-term liabilities. These figures are market and accounting snapshots rather than forecasts and may change with subsequent filings.
Matthew S. Lanigan has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a director since 2022. NPK reported 510 full-time employees in the supplied company data, placing it in the 501-1000 employee range. The company's strategic objectives are centered on expanding sustainable temporary access solutions, increasing utilization of its composite matting fleet, supporting customers across infrastructure and energy markets, maintaining operational discipline, and developing integrated services that combine products, rentals, logistics, and site remediation.
YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength.
QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes.
RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three).
$277.0M
+27.4%
+8.7%
Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day.
$35.9M
+123.9%
+14.4%
Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials.
+35.6%
+0.5%
+4.1%
Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on).
+16.9%
+13.4%
+0.7%
Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales.
+13.0%
+118.8%
+5.3%
Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock.
$26.3M
+590.8%
+21.6%
FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine.
+9.5%
+485.3%
+11.9%
Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe.
10.4%
+82.8%
-5.2%
Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking.
1.43x
-43.6%
+2.0%
Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground.
Operator: Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us, and welcome to NPK International 2Q '26 Earnings. . I will now hand the conference over to Gregg Piontek, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Please go ahead.
Greggg Piontek: Thank you, operator. I'd like to welcome everyone to the NPK International Second Quarter 2026 Conference Call. Joining me today is Matthew Lanigan, our President and Chief Executive Officer. Before handing over to Matthew, I'd like to highlight that today's discussion contains forward-looking statements regarding future business and financial expectations. Actual results may differ significantly from those projected in today's forward-looking statements due to various risks and uncertainties including the risks described in our periodic reports filed with the SEC. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update our forward-looking statements. Our comments on today's call may also include certain non-GAAP financial measures. Additional details and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are included in our quarterly earnings release, which can be found on our website. There will be a replay of today's call that will be available by webcast within the Investor Relations section of our website at npki.com. Please note that the information disclosed on today's call is current as of July 30, 2026. At the conclusion of our prepared remarks, we will open the line for questions. And with that, I would like to turn the call over to our President and CEO, Matthew Lanigan.
Matthew Lanigan: Thanks, Gregg, and welcome to everyone joining us on today's call. Our solid second quarter results yet again demonstrate our team's commitment to growth, the continued momentum in our core markets and the operating leverage inherent in our business model. During the quarter, we made meaningful progress on our strategic priorities, including our manufacturing expansion, which has us well positioned for further scale and strength moving forward. Looking at the quarter, we delivered $82 million of revenue, an increase of 20% from last year with strong profitability capture driven by year-over-year growth in both product sales and rentals. Total rental and service revenues achieved another quarterly high at $54 million, a 16% year-over-year increase. This result was particularly pleasing due to the unique nature of our second quarter. As we mentioned on our Q1 call, our Q2 expectation was influenced by the anticipated completion timing of multiple large-scale projects, which ultimately represented over 25% of our domestic mat fleet. Despite the accelerated timing relative to previous expectations, our ability to absorb these large project transitions while continuing to grow profitably in the quarter once again demonstrates the benefits of our scale, the resilience of our business model and our operations team's ability to manage multiple large project transitions for our customers. …