---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-018820"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APT"
cik: "0000884269"
company_name: "ALPHA PRO TECH LTD"
filed_at: "2022-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T04:42:29.258532+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alpha Pro Tech Q2 net income falls 58.5% to $693K; building supply segment hits record sales

## Summary
- Net sales $17.4M, down 2.4% YoY; diluted EPS $0.05 vs $0.12 in Q2 2021.
- Building Supply segment sales record $10.8M (+10.4%); Disposable Protective Apparel down 18.1% to $6.6M.
- Gross margin 32.3% vs 35.0% due to higher ocean freight, raw material, and labor costs.
- Cash $15.3M, no debt; repurchased 225,500 shares for $960K in Q2.
- Recorded $490K loss on fixed assets from undelivered equipment; lawsuit filed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-018820
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APT
- cik: 0000884269
- company_name: ALPHA PRO TECH LTD
- filed_at: 2022-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884269/000143774922018820/0001437749-22-018820-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884269/000143774922018820/apt20220804_8k.htm

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