On the 31st of December, Royce & Associates added 50 thousand National Presto Industries, Inc (NPK) shares for $4.4 million at an average price of $88.43 per share. Shares of National Presto Industries, Inc are up 4.72% since the transaction.
Royce & Associates's holding in National Presto Industries, Inc increased to about 453 thousand shares with the purchase.
Royce & Associates first bought National Presto Industries, Inc stock in the first quarter of 2001. Royce & Associates also owns Hooker Furniture Corporation (NASDAQ:HOFT), Flexsteel Industries, Inc. (FLXS), Ethan Allen Interiors Inc . (NYSE:ETH) and Skyline Champion Corporation (NYSE:SKY). National Presto Industries, Inc is its number two position by number of shares and market value among household durables stocks.
Other investors who also added to their National Presto Industries, Inc shares include California State Teachers Retirement System, the T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund, and Victory Capital Management. Contrary to Royce & Associates, Citigroup (NYSE:C) and Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management reduced NPK shares.
Royce & Associates has also recently added to their share in Hooker Furniture Corporation and Flexsteel Industries, Inc. The total value of the shares bought is estimated at around $2.4 million.
Royce & Associates also reduced their share in Hurco Companies, Inc. (HURC), Century Casinos , Inc. (NASDAQ:CNTY), Intevac , Inc. (NASDAQ:IVAC), Haynes International, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAYN), Kimball International, Inc. (KBAL), Insteel Industries , Inc. (NASDAQ:IIIN), FARO Technologies, Inc. (FARO), Bowl America, Inc. (BWL.A), Lindsay Corporation (NYSE:LNN), Frequency Electronics, Inc. (FEIM), Miller Industries, Inc. (MLR), Synalloy Corporation (SYNL), LSI Industries Inc. (LYTS), GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE:GPX), Northrim BanCorp Inc (NRIM), Gencor Industries Inc. (GENC) and SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc . (NYSE:SMHI). The total value of the shares sold is estimated at around $72 million.
Additionally, Royce & Associates increased their share in Houston Wire & Cable Company (HWCC), Northwest Pipe Company (NASDAQ:NWPX), Johnson Outdoors Inc. (NASDAQ:JOUT), Forrester Research , Inc. (NASDAQ:FORR), Fauquier Bankshares, Inc. (FBSS), AstroNova, Inc. (ALOT), IntriCon Corporation (IIN), Mesa Laboratories , Inc. (NASDAQ:MLAB), America's Car-Mart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRMT), CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (NYSE:CVU), EVI Industries, Inc. (EVI), Iteris , Inc. (NASDAQ:ITI), Aviat Networks , Inc. (NASDAQ:AVNW), Horizon Global Corporation (NYSE:HZN), MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCFT), International Money Express, In (NASDAQ:IMXI) and OneWater Marine Inc. (NASDAQ:ONEW). The total value of the shares bought is estimated at around $68 million.