Latest: Q2 2026 · from the cash-flow statements filed with the SEC
Free cash flow$2.1M in Q2 2026 · $5.8M over twelve months
Operating cash flow$2.2M
Capital spending−$142K
Free cash flow+$2.1M
Cash / net income1.2×
Analysis
In Q2 2026, Alpha Pro Tech generated $2.2M of operating cash flow and spent $142K on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $2.1M. That is $121K more than in Q2 2025 ($1.9M).
Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, operating cash flow was $6.5M; the largest uses were buybacks ($1.4M), capital spending ($625K), taxes on employees’ shares ($14K); besides operations, cash came from other financing ($46K); the cash balance rose by $4.4M.
Operating cash flow was $2.2M against net income of $1.8M — 1.2× profit, cash ran ahead of reported earnings. The largest differences: inventory +$3.4M, prepaid and other assets −$1.9M, receivables −$1.6M.
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow less capital spending.Latest (Q2 2026): Operating cash flow $2.2M, Capital spending $142K.
Capital allocation, year by year
Over these 5 years operating cash flow totalled $20.3M; the largest uses were buybacks ($20.1M) and capital spending ($8.3M). Cash-flow statements as filed.
Cash runway and the debt wall
Cash & investments$18.9M
Debtnone
Net cash$18.9M
Alpha Pro Tech funds itself: free cash flow was $5.8M over the last twelve months, with $18.9M of cash and investments and no debt on the balance sheet.
Where the cash came from and went
From profit to cash
Non-cash charges are added back; money tied up in receivables or inventory is subtracted.
Every quarter
Quarter
Operating cash flow
Capital spending
Buybacks
Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)
Free cash flow
Q2 2026
$2.2M
−$142K
−$99K
−$2.0M
$2.1M
Q1 2026
$12K
−$117K
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$105K
−$105K
Q4 2025
$318K
−$267K
−$713K
$670K
$51K
Q3 2025
$3.9M
−$99K
−$624K
−$3.2M
$3.8M
Q2 2025
$2.1M
−$138K
−$830K
−$1.1M
$1.9M
Q1 2025
−$4.0M
−$135K
−$1.2M
$5.3M
−$4.1M
Q4 2024
$2.4M
−$1.4M
−$721K
−$242K
$970K
Q3 2024
$5.3M
−$2.1M
−$1.0M
−$2.2M
$3.2M
Alpha Pro Tech: income statement and cash flow
Alpha Pro Tech, Q2 2026: revenue $18.7M (+12% year over year), operating margin 10.8%. The chart follows the revenue to costs, profit and cash.
Read automatically from the company’s XBRL cash-flow statements; quarterly figures for the fourth quarter are the year less the first three. Errors are possible. Not investment advice.