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Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.

$APT·$54M·Construction·Industrials
$5.37-0.2%YTD+11.0%1Y+14.5%
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$APTAlpha Pro Tech, Ltd.
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $APT, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Stuck sidewaysStalledAI verdict · as of 2026-08-11

The move has stalled — likely just drifts unless something new shows up.

Sleepy micro-cap PPE-and-building-materials name grinding along — a fraction of its 2020 revenue peak and no catalyst in sight.

Alpha Pro Tech makes disposable protective apparel (masks, gowns, coveralls) and construction wraps and roof underlayments. Post-pandemic the PPE business collapsed and the company is now a quiet micro-cap ($54M market cap) with modest growth, no debt, and no near-term catalyst.

Where it stands:

  • The business is stable but shrinking: Q2 revenue of $18.7M was flat-to-modest, and EPS of $0.18 missed the $0.33 estimate by 46% — the fourth straight quarter of EPS misses reflecting a business that consensus keeps modeling too high.
  • Cash generation remains a bright spot: FCF yield of ~11% at current market cap and no meaningful debt (D/E of 0.12) means the company is genuinely profitable — just not growing.
  • Valuation is inexpensive but earned: 15x trailing PE and 0.9x sales are cheap because analyst estimates are systematically wrong (all four recent surprises missed by 45-79%), so consensus 2026 EPS of $1.79 is likely too high.
  • No insider activity to reference: no open-market transactions on the 4-quarter tape, so there's no conviction signal either way.
  • Position sits mid-range with low volume: 33rd percentile of the 52-week range, 3% above the 50-day, tiny 8M-share float — this is a stock that goes nowhere until either a new PPE-cycle catalyst arrives (unlikely) or the company shifts strategy (no signal).

Range-bound + stalled is the honest read — nothing is breaking, nothing is catalyzing. A meaningful revenue surprise (a big infection outbreak, a new building-materials contract) could break the range up; another EPS miss below the current $0.31 Q3 estimate is what confirms the stall. Otherwise this trades as a cash-generative micro-cap with no thesis.

What to watch: Q3 earnings on November 11: revenue growth holding at 5%+ and EPS clearing the $0.31 estimate. A miss again continues the stall; a beat plus commentary on a new distribution win could break the range.

On the calendar: 2026-11-11 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Mixed sentiment⚠45 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-12 · top-engagement diverged

Aptos discussion balances institutional-adoption optimism, including Mastercard, SK Telecom, Reliance Jio and BlackRock/Franklin Templeton RWA presence plus a Confidential APT privacy rollout, against a 95-96% drawdown from its ATH and ongoing unlock pressure through October 2026. Bulls cite the April 2026 governance changes that added a 2.1B hard cap, cut staking rewards in half, and burn 100% of increased gas fees, alongside 13.2M daily transactions. Skeptics point to DeFi TVL collapsing from $1B to $280M and Aave fully exiting the chain.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Manufactures disposable protective apparel and infection control products, with demand spikes during pandemic or health crisis periods.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Construction sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $APT.

Construction · Industrials

No material change from last week — PHOE's specialized civil engineering works are driven by Hong Kong construction pipeline without a broader macro catalyst this week.

What this means for $APT

Neutral — Manufactures disposable protective apparel and infection control products, with demand spikes during pandemic or health crisis periods; limited read-through from construction macro dynamics to this specific revenue mix.

Top industry ETF

$XLIIndustrial Select Sector SPDR
+19.8%YTD
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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
15.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
4.2%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
6.6%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
10.7%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.9Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
5.8%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
37.8%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 6, 2026$0.18$0.33-45.5%
Q1 2026May 7, 2026$0.07$0.33-78.8%
Q4 2025Mar 11, 2026$0.07$0.29-75.9%
Q3 2025Nov 5, 2025$0.09$0.32-71.9%
Next earningsWed, Nov 11·consensus EPS $0.31

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$14.6M+5.5%37.8%4.0%$0.07$-105K
Q4 FY25$13.9M+0.3%37.1%6.9%$0.07$51K
Q3 FY25$14.8M+3.7%39.7%7.4%$0.09$3.8M
Q2 FY25$16.7M+2.4%36.8%8.0%$0.12$1.9M

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 1 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$101.7M$101.7M – $101.7M$1.79$1.79 – $1.791
FY27$99.7M$99.7M – $99.7M$1.38$1.38 – $1.381
FY28$89.5M$89.5M – $89.5M$1.16$1.16 – $1.161

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.8×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.33%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+3.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+8.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatTiny float · 8.0M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.1% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.905-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellMay 15David R GarciaDirector6.2K sh$34KSellMay 14David R GarciaDirector4.9K sh$29KSellMay 12Charles D MontgomeryDirector20.0K sh$125KSellMay 11Charles D MontgomeryDirector3.9K sh$27KSellMar 17John RitotaDirector2.3K sh$11KSellMar 16John RitotaDirector4.7K sh$23K
+ 3 other (3 exempts) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KShareholder voteJun 158-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 10, 2026; seven director nominees were elected including James Buchan (4.48M for), David R. Garcia, Lloyd Hoffman, Donna Millar, Danny Montgomery, John Ritota, and Benjamin A. Shaw; Tanner LLP was ratified as independent auditor. Routine annual meeting governance outcomes for this small-cap protective products and building materials manufacturer.

+ 11 other (3 earnings 8-Ks · 2 10-Qs · 2 proxys · 2 13Gs) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

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