This week I’m seeking a prestigious and long-term dividend-paying stock from the technology business sector. 

That technology sector has nineteen industries ranging from communication equipment, computers, consumer electronics, and contract manufacturing, to health and information technology and services to internet, scientific instruments, software, solar and all such technological marvels. 

Today I’m reviewing a small-cap semiconductor equipment and materials company, named Park Electrochemical Corporation. Its trading ticker symbol is PKE. 

Park Electrochemical Corp. develops, manufactures, markets and sells digital and radio frequency microwave printed circuit material products for the telecommunications, internet infrastructure, high-end computing, and military/ aerospace markets.

The company’s advanced electronics materials are used to fabricate complex multilayer printed circuit boards and other electronic interconnect systems.

It markets and sells its electronics materials to independent printed circuit board fabricators, electronic manufacturing service companies, and electronic contract manufacturers, as well as electronic original equipment manufacturers in the computer, networking, telecommunications, wireless communications, aerospace, military, instrumentation, and automotive industries.

The company has operations in North America, Europe, and Asia. 

Park Electrochemical Corp. was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.

I use three key data points to gauge the value of any dividend equity or fund like Park Electrochemical Corp. (PKE): 

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Besides those three, four more keys will finally unlock an equity or fund in which to invest.

But those first three primary keys, best tell whether a company has made, is making, and will make money. 

PKE Price

Park’s price per share was $18.04 at yesterday’s market close. A year ago its price was $18.87 for a price drop of $0.83 per share for the year, that’s a 4.4% loss.