---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-386460"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAKE"
cik: "0000798081"
company_name: "LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-09-09T20:15:18+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-09T20:17:36.218168+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lakeland Q2 FY27 net sales down 4.5% to $50.1M; net loss $4.9M vs prior-year profit

## Summary
- Net sales $50.1M, down 4.5% YoY; gross margin improved 114 bps to 37.0%.
- Net loss of $4.9M vs $0.8M income in Q2 FY26; adjusted EBITDA $1.4M, down 72.8%.
- Adjusted EBITDA ex FX $2.7M, more than doubled sequentially from Q1 FY27.
- Operating cash flow YTD $5.4M, up $15.1M YoY; inventory down $15.3M.
- Fire segment sales increased 12% sequentially; tender momentum building globally.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-386460
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAKE
- cik: 0000798081
- company_name: LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-09-09T20:15:18+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000119312526386460/0001193125-26-386460-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000119312526386460/lake-20260909.htm

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