National Bankshares PE ratio NKSH

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 12.7×
10-year median: 16.5×
Against its 10-year history: 21st; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 9.5× to 24.9×
Peer median: 11.2×

National Bankshares' PE ratio is 12.7× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $40.48 against $3.18 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 16.5×, lower than on 79% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 9.5× in Jul 2022 to 24.9× in Jun 2018.

The median for 10 diversified banks of a similar size is 11.2×.

PE ratio over time

median 16.5×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	12.7×	12.6×	19.1×
2025	16.6×	14.5×	21.9×
2024	19.6×	12.5×	22.1×
2023	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2022	9.9×	9.5×	11.8×
2021	11.2×	11.1×	15.5×
2020	12.8×	9.6×	16.8×
2019	17.9×	12.9×	19.5×
2018	17.3×	17.1×	24.9×
2017	22.0×	17.1×	22.9×
2016	20.1×	13.7×	20.4×
2015	15.1×	11.3×	15.3×
2014	12.5×	10.9×	14.7×
2013	14.5×	12.4×	15.4×
2012	12.1×	11.0×	13.2×

Against its peers

Companies in Banks - Diversified nearest National Bankshares' size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
NKSHNational Bankshares	12.7×
VABKVirginia National Bankshares	10.9×
HWBKHawthorn Bancshares	10.7×
CMTVCommunity Bancorp	12.9×
LCNBLCNB	11.4×
FUNCFirst United	11.9×
CFBKCF Bankshares	11.8×
MRBKMeridian	10.2×
NEWTNewtekOne	5.2×
LARKLandmark Bancorp	10.1×
CBNAChain Bridge Bancorp	12.6×
Peer median	11.2×

Where National Bankshares ranks

#41of 65Diversified banks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.