Park Aerospace is a small-cap aerospace materials maker with strong 27% YoY growth, a 3-of-4 earnings beat record and 41% analyst upside, but heavy insider selling, weak price momentum and customer concentration keep sizing at zero.
Thesis pillars
- Quality Balance Sheet Strength→Stable
- Strong Growth Earnings Beats→Stable
- Analyst Upside To Target→Stable
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Oct 24, 2026, based on the 10-K filed May 29, 2026
Park Aerospace Corp. (PKE) Stock Analysis
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $26.20: Concentration risk — Customer: ten largest customers (71.0%); Concentration risk — Supplier: sole-source raw materials.
Park Aerospace Corp., an aerospace company, develops and manufactures solution and hot-melt advanced composite materials used to produce composite structures for the aerospace market in North America, Asia, and Europe. It offers advanced composite materials, including film... Read more
Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $26.20: Concentration risk — Customer: ten largest customers (71.0%); Concentration risk — Supplier: sole-source raw materials. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 6.2/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, favorable risk/reward ratio, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 75d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on clean insider activity. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-10-29Recent Developments — Park Aerospace Corp.
Latest news
- NEWS PKE Q2'26 Earnings: EPS estimate is 0.16 USD - TradingView — TradingView neutral
- NEWS Park Aerospace Corp. (PKE) Dividend History, Yield & Ex-Date - Traders Union — Traders Union neutral
- NEWS Park Aerospace Corp. (PKE) Dividend History, Yield & Ex-Date - tradersunion.com — tradersunion.com neutral
- NEWS Park Aerospace: Sole-Source Defense Exposure And More Make It A Very Strong Buy (NYSE:PKE) - Seeking Alpha — Seeking Alpha positive
- NEWS PKE Q2 2026 Earnings: Reported EPS of $0.19; Stock Declines 2.44% - Buyback Announcement Report - DonanımHaber — DonanımHaber positive
Generated 2026-10-29T11:48:40Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCustomerten largest customers71%10-K Item 1A: 'During the Company's fiscal years ended March 1, 2026, March 2, 2025, and March 3, 2024, the Company's ten largest customers accounted for approximately 71%, 66%, and 64%, respectively, of net sales.'
- MEDIUMCustomersubtier suppliers of GE Aerospace39%10-K Item 1: 'During the Company's 2026, 2025, and 2024 fiscal years, 39.3%, 39.8%, and 37.7%, respectively, of the Company's total worldwide net sales were to affiliate and non-affiliate subtier suppliers of GE Aerospace, a leading manufacturer of aerospace engines.'
- LOWCustomerAerojet Rocketdyne12%10-K Item 1: 'In addition, sales to Aerojet Rocketdyne accounted for 11.7% of the Company's total worldwide sales in the 2026 fiscal year.'
- HIGHSuppliersole-source raw materials10-K Item 1A: 'The Company has qualified alternate sources of supply for many, but not all, of its raw materials, but certain raw materials are produced by only one supplier.'
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $26.20: Concentration risk — Customer: ten largest customers (71.0%); Concentration risk — Supplier: sole-source raw materials. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $24.37. Score 6.2/10, moderate confidence.
Analyst target: $36.13 (+37.9% upside). Prior stop was $24.37. Stop-loss: $24.37.
Concentration risk — Customer: ten largest customers (71.0%); Concentration risk — Supplier: sole-source raw materials; Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7.
Park Aerospace Corp. trades at a P/E of 36.9 (forward 51.4). TrendMatrix value score: 4.5/10. Verdict: Sell.
6 analysts cover PKE with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $43.
What does Park Aerospace Corp. do?Park Aerospace Corp., an aerospace company, develops and manufactures solution and hot-melt advanced composite...
Park Aerospace Corp., an aerospace company, develops and manufactures solution and hot-melt advanced composite materials used to produce composite structures for the aerospace market in North America, Asia, and Europe. It offers advanced composite materials, including film adhesives and lightning strike protection materials used to produce primary and secondary structures for jet engines, large and regional transport aircraft, military aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, business jets, general aviation aircraft, and rotary wing aircraft. The company also provides specialty ablative materials for rocket motors and nozzles; and designed materials for radome applications. In addition, it designs and fabricates composite parts, structures and assemblies, and low volume tooling for the aerospace industry. The company was formerly known as Park Electrochemical Corp. and changed its name to Park Aerospace Corp. in July 2019. Park Aerospace Corp. was incorporated in 1954 and is based in Westbury, New York.