How to buy Lakeland Industries (LAKE) stock

Lakeland Industries, Inc is an apparel manufacturing business based in the US. Lakeland Industries shares (LAKE) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Lakeland Industries employs 2,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Lakeland Industries stock price (NASDAQ: LAKE)

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Lakeland Industries shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-07-23.

Latest market close	$25.22
52-week range	$17.88 - $47.95
50-day moving average	$23.06
200-day moving average	$27.85
Wall St. target price	$40.00
PE ratio	6.392
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$3.81

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Lakeland Industries price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $25.22 from 2021-05-28

1 week (2021-07-15)	N/A
1 month (2021-06-25)	11.69%
3 months (2021-04-26)	-13.48%
6 months (2021-01-22)	N/A

1 year (2020-07-22)	N/A
2 years (2019-07-22)	N/A
3 years (2018-07-22)	N/A
5 years (2016-07-22)	N/A

Is Lakeland Industries under- or over-valued?

Valuing Lakeland Industries stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Lakeland Industries's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Lakeland Industries's P/E ratio

Lakeland Industries's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 6x. In other words, Lakeland Industries shares trade at around 6x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Lakeland Industries's PEG ratio

Lakeland Industries's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.78. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Lakeland Industries's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Lakeland Industries's EBITDA

Lakeland Industries's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $39 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Lakeland Industries's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Lakeland Industries financials

Revenue TTM	$147.5 million
Operating margin TTM	25.1%
Gross profit TTM	$79.3 million
Return on assets TTM	18.31%
Return on equity TTM	28.17%
Profit margin	21.09%
Book value	$15.86
Market capitalisation	$190.1 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Lakeland Industries shares

There are currently 404,936 Lakeland Industries shares held short by investors – that's known as Lakeland Industries's "short interest". This figure is 42.8% down from 708,291 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Lakeland Industries shares can be evaluated.

Lakeland Industries's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Lakeland Industries's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Lakeland Industries shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Lakeland Industries shares traded daily (recently around 293431.88405797). Lakeland Industries's SIR currently stands at 1.38. In other words for every 100,000 Lakeland Industries shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1380 shares are currently held short.

However Lakeland Industries's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Lakeland Industries shares, or, against the total number of tradable Lakeland Industries shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Lakeland Industries's short interest could be expressed as 0.05% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Lakeland Industries shares in existence, roughly 50 shares are currently held short) or 0.0571% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Lakeland Industries shares, roughly 57 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Lakeland Industries.

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Lakeland Industries share dividends

We're not expecting Lakeland Industries to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Lakeland Industries's shares ever split?

Lakeland Industries's shares were split on a 11:10 basis on 30 July 2006. So if you had owned 10 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 11 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Lakeland Industries shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 9.1% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Lakeland Industries shares which in turn could have impacted Lakeland Industries's share price.

Lakeland Industries share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Lakeland Industries's shares have ranged in value from as little as $17.88 up to $47.9482. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Lakeland Industries's is -0.0092. This would suggest that Lakeland Industries's shares have been inversely-correlated to the average (for this exchange) – so when the broader market trended up or down, Lakeland Industries has bucked the trend.

Lakeland Industries overview

Lakeland Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells industrial protective clothing and accessories for the industrial and public protective clothing market worldwide. It offers limited use/disposable protective clothing, such as coveralls, laboratory coats, shirts, pants, hoods, aprons, sleeves, arm guards, caps, and smocks; high-end chemical protective suits to provide protection from highly concentrated, toxic and/or lethal chemicals, and biological toxins; and firefighting and heat protective apparel to protect against fire. The company also provides durable woven garments, including electrostatic dissipative apparel used in electronics clean rooms; flame resistant meta aramid, para aramid, and FR cotton coveralls/pants/jackets used in petrochemical, refining operations, and electrical utilities; FR fabrics; and cotton and polycotton coveralls, lab coats, pants, and shirts. In addition, it provides high visibility clothing comprising reflective apparel, including vests, T-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, coats, raingear, jumpsuits, hats, and gloves; and gloves and sleeves that are used in the automotive, glass, and metal fabrication industries. The company sells its products to a network of approximately 1,600 safety and industrial supply distributors through in-house sales teams, customer service group, and independent sales representatives. It serves end users, such as integrated oil, chemical/petrochemical, automobile, steel, glass, construction, smelting, cleanroom, janitorial, pharmaceutical, and high technology electronics manufacturers, as well as scientific, medical laboratories, and the utilities industry; and federal, state, and local governmental agencies and departments.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Lakeland Industries is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 3.026% of Lakeland Industries shares are held by insiders and 72.046% by institutions. How many people work for Lakeland Industries?
Latest data suggests 2,000 work at Lakeland Industries. When does the fiscal year end for Lakeland Industries?
Lakeland Industries's fiscal year ends in January. Where is Lakeland Industries based?
Lakeland Industries's address is: 202 Pride Lane SW, Decatur, AL, United States, 35603 What is Lakeland Industries's ISIN number?
Lakeland Industries's international securities identification number is: US5117951062 What is Lakeland Industries's CUSIP number?
Lakeland Industries's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 511795106