All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-09-16.
From the record
Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2022-12-28); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2026-09-16) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+3.8% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.
From the record
Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $44 million in fiscal 2017 to $59 million in fiscal 2025, up 3.8% a year; it rose in 4 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 44% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 6.2% a year. 71% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 17 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.'s diluted share count shrank about 6.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 71% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 17 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-01 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 6%: 6¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 16%: owes 16¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. earned about 6 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 30 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 16 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 6.1% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 44% of 26 in its family; net margin 6%.
From the record
Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.'s standing among 26 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $59 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 44% by size; a net margin of 6% ranks in the top 33%; revenue growth of -1.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 20% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 5% of 17 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2016.
From the record
Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Hoffman, Lloyd (CEO AND PRESIDENT, as filed), filing under that title since 2016-06-27, 10.4 years (top 9% of its family); the 8 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 13.4 years (top 3%); no officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 8 people in charge now (top 5%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 46% of 25 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $17 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 22.9% of its assets as net cash, top 35% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2.9% of revenue (top 34%); a gross margin of 38.1% (bottom 30%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 37% of 25 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -1.6% a year over the last three filed years against 3.8% over all 9, slowing (bottom 26% of its family); the newest year grew 2.3% (bottom 30%); capital spending grew 9.1% a year (top 44%) (its annual reports). Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Building Supply at $36 million, Disposable Protective Apparel at $23 million. 2 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 61% of revenue (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 45% of 23 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $59 million in fiscal 2025 came in 5.8% above the $56 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 27% of its family); net income of $4 million against a prior three-year average of $4 million (bottom 41%); a net margin of 6% against 6.3% before (top 50%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made