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BUKS
Butler National Corporation
~4 min film100% real numbersplain English
WHAT DOES THIS COMPANY DO?
Butler National Corporation. What it actually does.

Design, engineer, and manufacture aerostructures and aircraft components. Provide aircraft modifications, including upgrades for military and commercial applications. Now — the numbers.

on the stock market since 1994
368 employees
$271.7M market value
Revenue last year:
$98M
The net profit left over:
$21.9M
Out of every $100 in sales, $22 stays as net profit.
THE SLICE THAT TURNS INTO PROFIT: 22%

This is an established company with proven profits.

THE SALES TREND
Sales are growing — but slowly for a company this size.

Average growth of 7% a year over the last 4 years. Every year shown ended in profit.

$73.5M
2022
2023
2024
2025
$98M
2026
THE PRICE TAG
MARKET VALUE / ANNUAL PROFIT
12.4×

The market pays 12.4× for every dollar of annual profit — cheap, which is either an opportunity or a warning.

No analyst target is on record for this company.

What executives did with their own stock over the last 12 months:
32 buy8 sell

Executives buying with their own money is usually read as confidence in the company’s future.

THE COUNCIL REVIEW
9

angles, checked one by one.

The 3 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.

The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.

STRENGTHS
Fat profit per sale, but shrinking8/10
WEAK SPOTS
Little set aside for the future2/10
Thin trading in the shares2/10
WORTH WATCHING

R&D Investment: Spending on future research is low.

THE FIVE-YEAR JOURNEY
Trading below its recent peak.

The stock trades below its recent peak — about 14% off the top. A pullback, not a collapse.

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THE BRIGHT SIDE · 1/2
A fat but narrowing margin

The net profit margin is 22% — still a thick cushion, though costs have been eating into it lately.

2
THE BRIGHT SIDE · 2/2
Executives are buying their own stock

Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 32 buys and 8 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.

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THE RISKS · 1/2
Little set aside for the future

The share set aside for the future is small; the pace of new ideas may slow. Council score: 2/10.

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THE RISKS · 2/2
Thin trading in the shares

Getting in and out without moving the price could prove difficult. Council score: 2/10.

FINALE · THE GRADE
B
50 / 100 · MoonshotScore

Against everything we grade, BUKS lands somewhere in the middle. The grade moves as the numbers move.

The takeaway: BUKS is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s whether the price paid for the stock is too high.

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Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: earnings execution, the revenue breakdown.

This was a film — not investment advice.
Data: FMP & company filings
Sep 11, 2026 · stockexpertai.com · Stock Film