---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-011637"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APT"
cik: "0000884269"
company_name: "ALPHA PRO TECH LTD"
filed_at: "2022-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T22:08:24.888838+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alpha Pro Tech Q1 sales down 23.7% to $17.7M; building supply up 22.7% to record $10.2M

## Summary
- Net income $1.5M ($0.12 diluted) vs $3.7M ($0.27) YoY; gross margin 36.5% vs 39.6%.
- Disposable Protective Apparel sales fell 49.9% to $7.4M; face masks -59%, face shields -52%.
- Building Supply segment hit record $10.2M (+22.7%) driven by roof underlayment (+13.9%) and housewrap (+18.4%).
- Cash $14.2M, no debt; repurchased 170k shares for $756k; $1.3M remaining in buyback program.
- Invested ~$4.0M in new equipment for Building Supply; final equipment expected operational in Q3 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-011637
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APT
- cik: 0000884269
- company_name: ALPHA PRO TECH LTD
- filed_at: 2022-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884269/000143774922011637/0001437749-22-011637-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884269/000143774922011637/apt20220509_8k.htm

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