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Lakeland Industries, Inc. (LAKE)

Consumer Cyclical | Apparel Manufacturing | Huntsville, United States | NasdaqGM
11.86 USD -0.09 (-0.753%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 11.86

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:47 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Lakeland Industries is currently fractured by a severe disconnect between its optimistic analyst consensus and its deteriorating operational reality. While four analysts rate this as a 'strong buy' with a mean target of $16.50, the company is bleeding cash, reporting negative operating margins, and posting negative free cash flow. The balance sheet is fragile, with debt significantly outweighing equity, and the business is trapped in a cycle of declining profitability. The recent price surge appears to be a speculative reaction to a single earnings beat and backlog news, which is insufficient to overcome the structural issues of negative returns on assets and equity. The options market reflects this uncertainty, with heavy positioning at the $15.0 resistance level, suggesting the market doubts the stock can sustainably break out of its downtrend. For a long-term investor, the negative fundamentals and lack of cash generation make this a dangerous hold despite the attractive-looking yield, which is likely unsustainable given the erosion of book value.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.068056
AutoARIMA0.083186
AutoETS0.083188
AutoTheta0.109484

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 39%
H-stat 2.43
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.525
Excess Kurtosis -0.31
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2025-11-16
Last Dividend Date 2025-11-16
Debt to Equity Ratio 31.651
Revenue per Share 19.894
Market Cap 117,048,280
Forward P/E 20.63
Beta 1.45
Profit Margins -10.88%
Website https://www.lakeland.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:47 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a volatile range-bound outcome rather than a directional breakout. Call volume is heavily skewed toward out-of-the-money strikes (15.0 and 22.5), suggesting bets on a significant upside surge, while put volume clusters around the money and lower strikes (7.5 and 10.0), indicating a hedge against a drop back to lows. The heavy concentration of open interest at the 15.0 strike across multiple expirations acts as a psychological resistance ceiling, implying traders expect the stock to struggle to break past that level without a major catalyst.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.21% 0.21% 0.51%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-11-17 0.03 0.205620
2025-08-15 0.03 0.200401
2025-05-15 0.03 0.167973
2025-02-14 0.03 0.124844
2024-11-15 0.03 0.146987
2024-08-15 0.03 0.125576
2024-05-14 0.03 0.174927
2024-02-14 0.03 0.171920
2023-11-14 0.03 0.215054
2023-08-14 0.03 0.207900
2023-05-12 0.03 0.272232
2023-02-14 0.03 0.194301
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2025-11-17
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.09
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.007531381
lastDividendValue 0.03
lastDividendDate 2025-11-17
dividendDate 2025-11-24

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.21664464
Address1 1,525 Perimeter Parkway
Address2 Suite 325
All Time High 47.95
All Time Low 0.51226
Ask 15.61
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 10
Average Daily Volume10 Day 59,140
Average Daily Volume3 Month 125,712
Average Volume 125,712
Average Volume10Days 59,140
Beta 1.448
Bid 8.56
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 6
Book Value 13.235
City Huntsville
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,798,675,200
Compensation Risk 7
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 11.86
Current Ratio 3.089
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 12.24
Day Low 11.74
Debt To Equity 31.651
Display Name Lakeland Industries
Dividend Date 1,763,942,400
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,788,984,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,788,984,000
Earnings Timestamp 1,788,984,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,788,984,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,788,984,000
Ebitda -1,793,000
Ebitda Margins -0.00927
Enterprise To Ebitda -78.606
Enterprise To Revenue 0.729
Enterprise Value 140,941,280
Eps Current Year -0.135
Eps Forward 0.575
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -2.16
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,763,337,600
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 256 350 3873
Fifty Day Average 11.3858
Fifty Day Average Change 0.4741993
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.041648306
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -21.664465
Fifty Two Week High 18.0
Fifty Two Week High Change -6.1400003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.34111112
Fifty Two Week Low 7.15
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.7099996
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.6587412
Fifty Two Week Range 7.15 - 18.0
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 526,656,600,000
Float Shares 8,507,219
Forward Eps 0.575
Forward P E 20.626087
Free Cashflow 12,152,125
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Full Time Employees 2,570
Fullday Change -0.0900002
Fullday Change Percent -0.753139
Fullday Price 11.86
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.32365
Gross Profits 62,567,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.1333
Held Percent Institutions 0.82932
Implied Shares Outstanding 9,869,164
Industry Apparel Manufacturing
Industry Disp Apparel Manufacturing
Industry Key apparel-manufacturing
Ir Website http://www.lakeland.com/financial
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,763,337,600
Last Dividend Value 0.03
Last Fiscal Year End 1,769,817,600
Last Split Date 1,154,304,000
Last Split Factor 11:10
Long Business Summary Lakeland Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells industrial protective clothing and accessories for the industrial and first responder markets. It offers firefighter protective apparel and accessories; high-end chemical protective suits to provide protection from highly concentrated, toxic and/or lethal chemicals, and biological toxins; and limited use/disposable protective clothing, such as coveralls, laboratory coats, shirts, pants, hoods, aprons, sleeves, arm guards, caps, and smocks. The company provides durable woven garments; high performance FR/AR apparel; and services for the inspection, cleaning, decontamination, maintenance, and repair of firefighting protective apparel. The company sells its products to a network of safety and industrial supply distributors through in-house sales teams, customer service group, and independent sales representatives. It serves end users, such as integrated oil, chemical/petrochemical, automobile, steel, glass, construction, smelting, cleanroom, janitorial, pharmaceutical, and high technology electronics manufacturers, as well as scientific, medical laboratories, and the utilities industry; and federal, state, and local governmental agencies and departments. The company has operations in the United States, Europe, Mexico, Asia, Canada, Latin America, and internationally. Lakeland Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama.
Long Name Lakeland Industries, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 117,048,280
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_283893
Most Recent Quarter 1,777,507,200
Net Income To Common -21,029,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,801,353,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 117,837,818
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 11.91
Operating Cashflow -5,108,000
Operating Margins -0.08813
Overall Risk 8
Payout Ratio 0.46150002
Peg Ratio 1.14
Phone 256 350 3873
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 11.86
Post Market Time 1,787,959,804
Previous Close 11.95
Price Eps Current Year -87.851845
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.8961088
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.6054702
Profit Margins -0.108780004
Quick Ratio 1.277
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0900002
Regular Market Change Percent -0.753139
Regular Market Day High 12.24
Regular Market Day Low 11.74
Regular Market Day Range 11.74 - 12.24
Regular Market Open 11.91
Regular Market Previous Close 11.95
Regular Market Price 11.86
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 23,529
Return On Assets -0.020350002
Return On Equity -0.15355
Revenue Growth 0.014
Revenue Per Share 19.894
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Share Holder Rights Risk 6
Shares Outstanding 9,869,164
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.1277
Shares Short 1,259,842
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 1,389,901
Short Name Lakeland Industries, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.17639999
Short Ratio 21.15
Source Interval 15
State AL
Symbol LAKE
Target High Price 19.0
Target Low Price 13.0
Target Mean Price 16.5
Target Median Price 17.0
Total Cash 17,419,000
Total Cash Per Share 1.765
Total Debt 41,312,000
Total Revenue 193,318,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.09
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.007531381
Trailing Eps -2.16
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 10.449
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.4109993
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.13503677
Type Disp Equity
Volume 23,529
Website https://www.lakeland.com
Zip 35,806