Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. (APT)Industrials | Building Products & Equipment | Aurora, Canada | NYSE American
5.03 USD
-0.03
(-0.593%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 6:48 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Alpha Pro Tech is currently compromised by a severe lack of shareholder returns and a deteriorating price trend. Despite trading at an attractive valuation relative to book value and forward earnings, the company has not paid a dividend in five years, offering zero income to investors. More concerning is the multi-year price trajectory: after a massive spike in 2020, the stock has been in a secular decline, dropping nearly 20% in the most recent year and suffering four consecutive years of negative annual returns. This persistent underperformance suggests the market views the business quality as eroding, despite the low P/E ratio. While the short-term statistical forecast is weak and inconclusive, the options market is screaming caution, with traders aggressively buying protection against a drop to $3 or lower. Until there is evidence of a turnaround in profitability or a resumption of capital returns, this remains a speculative hold rather than a core investment. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.175132 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.176568 |
| AutoETS | 0.177410 |
| AutoTheta | 0.199423 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 40% |
| H-stat | 0.22 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.219 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.66 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 12.131 |
| Revenue per Share | 5.818 |
| Market Cap | 51,391,172 |
| Trailing P/E | 14.79 |
| Forward P/E | 4.34 |
| Beta | 0.88 |
| Profit Margins | 6.04% |
| Website | https://www.alphaprotech.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 6:48 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bearish, positioning heavy out-of-the-money put walls at strikes below the current price (notably $3.00 and $4.00) across multiple expirations, while call activity is sparse and concentrated near the money or further out. Implied volatility for puts is significantly elevated compared to calls, indicating a market expectation of downside risk rather than upside expansion.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.061181426 |
| Address1 | 53 Wellington Street East |
| All Time High | 41.59 |
| All Time Low | 0.53125 |
| Ask | 6.9 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Audit Risk | 7 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 66,760 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 99,270 |
| Average Volume | 99,270 |
| Average Volume10Days | 66,760 |
| Beta | 0.875 |
| Bid | 0.0 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Board Risk | 9 |
| Book Value | 6.219 |
| City | Aurora |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 10 |
| Country | Canada |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 5.03 |
| Current Ratio | 19.814 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 5.135 |
| Day Low | 4.95 |
| Debt To Equity | 12.131 |
| Display Name | Alpha Pro Tech |
| Earnings Growth | 0.212 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.145 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,786,019,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,786,019,400 |
| Ebitda | 4,896,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.08173 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 8.61 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.704 |
| Enterprise Value | 42,152,168 |
| Eps Forward | 1.16 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.34 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | ASE |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 5.4948 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.46479988 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.08458904 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 6.1181426 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 7.5 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.4699998 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.3293333 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 4.34 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.69000006 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.15898618 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 4.34 - 7.5 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 919,175,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 7,991,276 |
| Forward Eps | 1.16 |
| Forward P E | 4.3362074 |
| Free Cashflow | 4,576,500 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE American |
| Full Time Employees | 122 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.37827998 |
| Gross Profits | 22,661,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.15847 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.30347002 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 10,216,932 |
| Industry | Building Products & Equipment |
| Industry Disp | Building Products & Equipment |
| Industry Key | building-products-equipment |
| Ir Website | http://www.alphaprotech.com/investors/Investors.aspx |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets a range of disposable protective apparel and infection control products in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two business segments, Building Supply and Disposable Protective Apparel. The Building Supply segment offers construction supply weatherization products, such as housewraps; housewrap accessories, including window and door flashing, and seam tapes; synthetic roof underlayment products; synthetic roof underlayment accessories comprising self-adhered roof underlayments; and other woven materials. The Disposable Protective Apparel segment provides shoe covers, bouffant caps, coveralls, frocks, lab coats, and gowns and hoods, as well as face masks and face shields. It sells its products under the Alpha Pro Tech brand name, as well as under private labels. The company's products are used primarily in cleanrooms; industrial safety manufacturing environments; and health care facilities, such as hospitals, laboratories, and dental offices, as well as residential and multi-family building and re-roofing sites. It distributes its products through a network of purchasing groups, distributors, independent sales representatives, and its sales and marketing force. Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Aurora, Canada. |
| Long Name | Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 51,391,172 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_381981 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 3,620,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 51,391,167 |
| Open | 5.06 |
| Operating Cashflow | 6,341,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.03977 |
| Overall Risk | 9 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 905 479 0654 |
| Pre Market Change | -0.14000034 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -2.7833068 |
| Pre Market Price | 4.89 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,784,026,813 |
| Previous Close | 5.06 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.8088118 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.85787785 |
| Profit Margins | 0.06043 |
| Quick Ratio | 10.011 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0299997 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.59288 |
| Regular Market Day High | 5.135 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 4.95 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 4.95 - 5.135 |
| Regular Market Open | 5.06 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 5.06 |
| Regular Market Price | 5.03 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,800 |
| Regular Market Volume | 26,601 |
| Return On Assets | 0.03413 |
| Return On Equity | 0.05804 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.055 |
| Revenue Per Share | 5.818 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20365608 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 10,216,932 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0073 |
| Shares Short | 75,024 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 158,353 |
| Short Name | Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0087 |
| Short Ratio | 1.18 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | ON |
| Symbol | APT |
| Total Cash | 16,883,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.652 |
| Total Debt | 7,644,000 |
| Total Revenue | 59,905,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.34 |
| Trailing P E | 14.794118 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 4.92275 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.10725021 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.021786647 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 26,601 |
| Website | https://www.alphaprotech.com |
| Zip | L4G 1H6 |