---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-062698"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RVP"
cik: "0000946563"
company_name: "RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-15T20:41:00+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T21:05:08.366027+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Retractable Technologies Q1 net sales $7.2M (down 13% YoY); operating loss widens to $6.2M

## Summary
- Net sales $7.2M for Q1 2026, down from $8.3M in Q1 2025; net loss $4.2M.
- Operating loss widened to $6.2M from $4.7M; negative gross margin due to product mix.
- Domestic sales 82.9% of total (down from 89.6%); international sales up 42.4% on EasyPoint needle sales.
- In April 2026, workforce reduced by ~16%, expected to save $2.2M annually with ~$122K separation costs.
- Tariff expenses fell to ~$12K in Q1 2026 due to domestic production increase (39% produced domestically).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-062698
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RVP
- cik: 0000946563
- company_name: RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T20:41:00+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946563/000110465926062698/0001104659-26-062698-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946563/000110465926062698/tm2614715d1_8k.htm

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