Park Aerospace Corp. filings document the company’s public-company reporting for an aerospace materials manufacturer with common stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange under PKE. Form 8-K reports include furnished quarterly operating results and financial-condition updates, as well as officer appointment disclosures under executive-change reporting items.
Proxy filings describe annual meeting matters for Park Aerospace shareholders, including director elections, advisory executive-compensation votes and auditor ratification. The filings also identify the company’s common stock class, New York incorporation, Exchange Act reporting status, exhibit filings and governance procedures tied to shareholder voting.
Park Aerospace Corp. (PKE) reported net sales of $20.8 million for the 13 weeks ended August 30, 2026, up 26.9% from $16.4 million in the 13 weeks ended August 31, 2025. Net earnings rose 88.6% to $4.5 million, and diluted earnings per share were $0.21 versus $0.12. Gross profit margin was 34.3%, compared with 31.2%; higher military and commercial sales and a more favorable product mix contributed to results.
For the 26 weeks ended August 30, sales increased 23.0% to $39.1 million and net earnings increased 79.9% to $8.1 million. Operating cash flow was a $1.3 million inflow, compared with a $0.5 million outflow in the comparable prior-year period. Cash and marketable securities totaled $114.7 million as of August 30, 2026.
Park completed its at-the-market sales program in June 2026, selling 869,852 shares for $27.2 million in gross proceeds and $26.3 million in net proceeds. It also plans a Tulsa composites manufacturing and development facility with an expected cost of approximately $65 million; the sublease starts September 1, 2026.
Park Aerospace Corp. reported second-quarter results for its 2027 fiscal year: net sales were $20.791 million for the 13 weeks ended August 30, 2026, compared with $16.381 million for the 13 weeks ended August 31, 2025. Net earnings were $4.534 million, versus $2.404 million, and Adjusted EBITDA, a supplemental non-GAAP measure, was $5.285 million, versus $3.401 million.
For the first six months of fiscal 2027, net sales were $39.103 million, net earnings were $8.067 million, and Adjusted EBITDA was $9.861 million; the corresponding prior-year figures were $31.781 million, $4.484 million, and $6.364 million. Quarterly basic and diluted earnings per share were both $0.21, compared with $0.12 for the prior-year quarter. Cash and marketable securities totaled $114.749 million as of August 30, 2026, compared with $89.368 million as of March 1, 2026.
Park Aerospace Corp. (PKE) says its Compensation Committee approved an increase in President and Chief Operating Officer Mark A. Esquivel’s annual base salary from $270,000 to $400,000, effective September 28, 2026.
PARK AEROSPACE CORP. appointed Constantine Petropoulos, age 48, as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective August 12, 2026. He has held senior legal and capital markets roles at the company since 2014, with prior experience at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, Scientific Games Corporation, Coca-Cola HBC SA, and Latham & Watkins LLP.
In connection with this appointment, his annual base salary increased from $357,000 to $425,000, effective August 12, 2026. He also received a stock option to purchase 25,000 shares of common stock under the 2018 Stock Option Plan, granted at an exercise price of $37.47 per share, vesting 25% on each of the first four anniversaries of the grant date and expiring ten years from the grant date. The company states there are no related-party relationships or transactions requiring disclosure.
PARK AEROSPACE CORP reported that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Constantine Petropoulos received a grant of stock options covering 25,000 shares of common stock on 2026-08-12. The options have an exercise price of $37.47 per share and expire on 2036-08-12. According to the footnote, this option becomes exercisable as to 25% of the shares on the stated exercise commencement date of 2027-08-12 and as to an additional 25% on each of the next three anniversaries. The filing also lists an existing direct option position with an exercise price of $14.00 per share, expiring on 2035-06-16, relating to 7,500 underlying shares.
PARK AEROSPACE CORP President & COO Mark A. Esquivel exercised stock options for 40,000 common shares on 2026-08-13, with strike prices of $12.80, $11.06, and $13.08 per share. The resulting 40,000 shares were sold at a weighted average price of $37.00, with individual trades between $36.80 and $37.625 per share in a same-day-sale exercise. Esquivel continues to hold unexercised options over 25,000 shares at $13.26 and 27,500 shares at $14.00, expiring in 2034 and 2035, respectively.
Park Aerospace Corp board chairman and CEO Brian E. Shore reported multiple option exercises and related stock sales. On August 12–13, 2026, he exercised options covering 80,000 shares of common stock at strike prices between $11.06 and $14.00 per share and executed same-day-sale transactions, including sales of 65,000 shares at a weighted average price of $38.17 and 15,000 shares at a weighted average price of $37.75, as described in the footnotes.
Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. filed an amended Schedule 13G reporting its beneficial ownership of common shares of PARK AEROSPACE CORP. Brandes reports beneficial ownership of 2,540,044 common shares, representing 12.166% of the class. Brandes has shared voting power over 1,690,323 shares and shared dispositive power over 2,540,044 shares, with no sole voting or dispositive power. The filing classifies Brandes as an investment adviser organized in Delaware.
Park Aerospace Corp received a notice that an affiliated holder plans to sell up to 40,000 common shares through Needham & Company LLC on 08/13/2026, in connection with a cashless exercise of stock options. The notice also reports a prior sale of 60,000 common shares on 07/29/2026.
PARK AEROSPACE CORP’s Board Chairman & CEO, Brian E. Shore, reported a series of option exercises and related stock sales. On August 10–11, 2026, he exercised options for a total of 76,250 shares of Common Stock at exercise prices of $11.58, $12.80 and $14.44 per share and sold 76,250 shares in open-market transactions at weighted-average prices of $37.09 and $37.3163 per share, each noted as part of same-day-sale exercises. The filing also lists remaining “Right to buy option” positions over Common Stock and indirect holdings in several family trusts, for which Shore acts as co-trustee and in some cases disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest.