Company Analysis

Lakeland Industries, Inc. (LAKE)

Nasdaq: LAKE · Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies · Huntsville, AL · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade4.1
◀ Past 3.8● Present 4.7▶ Future 3.5
1 est.

The grade of Lakeland Industries, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.1/10
◀ Past3.830% of the headline
● Present4.740% of the headline
▶ Future3.530% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.8/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
3.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

6 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-04-17.

weight 33% of this tense · 38th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Lakeland Industries, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 6 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2024-10-18); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 4 times, the latest 2025-04-17) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+10% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 39th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Lakeland Industries, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $99 million in fiscal 2019 to $193 million in fiscal 2026, up 10% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 96% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 6 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span10.0%top 34% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 26% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak96.2%bottom 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
3.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 3.6/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 37th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 37% of 26 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 26 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Lakeland Industries, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 3.6 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 37% of 26 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -20%: lost 20¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 38%: owes 38¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 44th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-31, Lakeland Industries, Inc. lost about 20 cents 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 38 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 29.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 41% of its family
  • return on equitytop 48% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 42% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 39% of 26 in its family; net margin -13.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Lakeland Industries, Inc.'s standing among 26 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $193 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 48% by size; a net margin of -13.1% ranks in the top 48%; revenue growth of 24.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 20% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$193Mtop 48% of its family
  • net margin-13.1%top 48% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth24.3%top 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 31% of 17 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 31st percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Lakeland Industries, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Jenkins, James M. (President, CEO & Exec. Chair, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-06-04, 2.4 years (bottom 38% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.4 years (bottom 16%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (bottom 39%; 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

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge11 in three years among 15 peoplebottom 39% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.4 yearsbottom 16% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.4 yearsbottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 34% of 25 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 34th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Lakeland Industries, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $13 million against debt of $30 million leaves -8.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 31% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -8.5% of revenue (top 50%); a gross margin of 32.9% (bottom 22%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-8.5%bottom 31% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-8.5%top 50% of its family
  • gross margin32.9%bottom 22% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 45% of 25 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Lakeland Industries, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 24.3% a year over the last three filed years against 10% over all 10, speeding up (top 18% of its family); the newest year grew 15.2% (top 22%); research spending grew -10.6% a year (bottom 6%); capital spending grew -30.3% a year (bottom 15%) (its annual reports). Lakeland Industries, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+14.3 points a yeartop 18% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth15.2%top 22% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-10.6%bottom 6% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-30.3%bottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
2.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 21% of 23 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 21st percentile among 23 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Lakeland Industries, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $193 million in fiscal 2026 came in 14% below the $224 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 15% of its family); net income of $25 million against a prior three-year average of $6 million (bottom 15%); a net margin of -13.1% against -3.2% before (bottom 33%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-14.0%bottom 15% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-300%bottom 15% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-9.9 pointsbottom 33% of its family

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

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