← BackPARK AEROSPACE CORP · Aircraft Parts & Auxiliary Equipment, NECPKE
Moderate riskNext report: Around Jan 12, 2027 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with growing sales. Institutions are adding.
Going well
- Sales up 27% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
- Profitable every year for 10 years
- Sales up 18% last year
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 9.5% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (113 bought, 72 sold)
- Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$26.44+2.9% that day
- Company value
- $583M
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 36.7x
- You pay about $37 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 7.2x
- Company value is 7.2 times a year of sales
- Cash vs value
- 17%
- Cash as a share of company value
From PKE's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Aug '26$20.8M+27% vs a year earlier
Nov '23Tap a barAug '26
Last 12 months: $80.6M, up 28% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 9.6% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.0.0%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.No debt reported
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.0.0%
- PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$9.5M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-1.9% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.30.9%
- Revenue
- $73.3M
- +18.2% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +9.6%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- None
- 0.00x equity
- Current ratio
- 15.84x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Aug 30, 2026- Revenue
- $20.8M
- +26.9% YoY
- EPS
- $0.21
- vs $0.12
- Op. margin
- 22.8%
- +5.4 pts
- Gross margin
- 34.3%
- +3.1 pts
- Free cash flow
- -$1.8M
- Share count
- +9.7%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 1.4
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▲Accumulating+9.5%Institutions added 9.5% to their holdings. 113 bought, 72 sold. 4 quarters of net buying in a row.
Shares held by institutions19.5M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
+2.9%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
No debt reportedShares outstandingLatest reported
22MWhy moderate risk- Late quarterly report notice
Next reportAround Jan 12, 2027 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedOct 8
- Results filedJul 20
- Results filedMay 28
- Results filedJan 13
- Results filedOct 9, 2025
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
Quarterly reportOct 13 · Form 10-Q ↗Earnings resultsOct 8 · Form 8-K ↗Leadership changeSep 28 · Form 8-K ↗Leadership changeAug 17 · Form 8-K ↗SoldBrian E ShoreBoard Chairman & CEO, Director
80,000 shares at $38.09 avg ($37.75 to $38.17) · $3.0M
- -11% of holdings
- Now owns 621,369 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- 2 transactions
- Filed 1 day after trade
- Also: Option exercise
SoldMark A EsquivelPresident & COO
40,000 shares at $37.00 · $1.5M
- -73% of holdings
- Now owns 15,000 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 1 day after trade
- Also: Option exercise
Stock awardConstantine PetropoulosSee Remarks
25,000 shares
- Now owns 25,000 shares
- Exercise price $37.47
- Right to buy option
- Filed 2 days after trade
Planned insider saleAug 13 · Form 144 ↗5%+ holder update (passive)Aug 13 · Form SCHEDULE 13G/A ↗SoldBrian E ShoreBoard Chairman & CEO, Director
76,250 shares at $37.23 avg ($37.09 to $37.32) · $2.8M
- -11% of holdings
- Now owns 621,369 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- 2 transactions
- Filed 1 day after trade
- Also: Option exercise
Planned insider saleAug 10 · Form 144 ↗New 5%+ holder (passive)Aug 7 · Form SCHEDULE 13G ↗New 5%+ holder (passive)Aug 6 · Form SCHEDULE 13G ↗SoldMark A EsquivelPresident & COO
60,000 shares at $33.11 · $2.0M
- -80% of holdings
- Now owns 15,000 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 1 day after trade
- Also: Option exercise
Planned insider saleJul 29 · Form 144 ↗