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Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.

$APT·$53M·Industrial - Specialties·Industrials
$5.14+3.2%YTD+15.2%1Y+6.9%
Price updated 2d ago·X counts updated 8h ago
APAPT
$APTAlpha Pro Tech, Ltd.
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Top X posts

The complete picture of $APT on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

741X posts · last 7 days
Sep 10Sep 27
Chatter Meter
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QuietNormal · 1×Loud

How loud $APT's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level, louder than 77% of tracked names.

Bullish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data13 posts analyzed · as of 2026-09-27

Aptos posters are riding a ~60% pump from $0.54 to $0.88 and calling it 'unstoppable,' with several traders posting entry/target screenshots and stretching for the $0.96 liquidity level next. The one non-cheer is a callout that Aptos' native stablecoin supply just fell 14.5% below $1B and Stellar overtook it for the #13 spot — but that data point gets no traction against the price-action euphoria dominating the thread.

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $APT — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersStalledAI verdict · as of 2026-09-28

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

Alpha Pro Tech is a tiny protective-apparel maker with clean fundamentals and a $52M market cap — a quiet compounder that nobody follows.

Alpha Pro Tech makes disposable protective apparel and infection-control products — the small-cap Canada-listed manufacturer that had its moment in 2020 and has been off the map since. The stock is up 15% YTD but trades in the bottom third of its 52-week range.

  • The financials are healthy for the size: Q1 revenue grew 5% YoY at 4% operating margins and a 10% free-cash-flow yield — nothing exciting, but a real profitable little business with almost no debt.
  • The valuation is undemanding: EV/EBITDA of 7.4 on 15% ROE — cheap enough that a small operating beat could re-rate the stock, but nothing here is going to force a re-rating on its own.
  • The auditor change to MNP LLP on Sept 14 is worth noting: the prior auditor's reports were clean with no reportable issues, but any auditor swap invites the question — usually just cost or workload, but occasionally more.

Q3 earnings on Nov 4 is unlikely to be a mover — the story only shifts on a real revenue-growth reacceleration or a small-cap discovery event. Absent either, this stays a value-and-carry name for holders, not a trade for anyone else.

What to watch: Q3 earnings on Nov 4 — only a real revenue reacceleration or small-cap discovery moves this; absent either, it stays a value-and-carry name. Also worth confirming the auditor change is admin-only, not signal.

On the calendar: 2026-11-04 — Q3 earnings

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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 Industrial - Specialties sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $APT.

Industrial - Specialties · Industrials

No material change from last week — AZZ metal-coating and galvanizing demand tracks US infrastructure and industrial capex spending.

What this means for $APT

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

Top industry ETF

$XLIIndustrial Select Sector SPDR
+9.3%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 4·consensus EPS $0.33

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.1.5×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.25%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.-1.2%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.+1.5%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 today0.5% 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.β0.915-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$27K
+ 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-KMaterial eventSep 168-K — Item 4.01
AI summary

Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. (APT) disclosed an auditor change effective September 14, 2026: the Audit Committee dismissed Tanner LLP and engaged MNP LLP for fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. Tanner's reports for FY2024 and FY2025 were clean with no adverse opinions or reportable events, and the termination was without disagreement — Tanner confirmed this in an attached letter. The switch from Tanner to MNP is an administrative auditor rotation, not indicative of any financial reporting concern.

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.

+ 8 other (2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys · 1 ARS) in window

Recent news

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

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