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RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES INC

Next earnings Aug 12, 2026

Avoid
$0.73
▲ +3.56%
$0.73▲ +14.08%
over 1Y
L $0.62H $1.06
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+3.6%
1W+5.0%
1M+9.0%
3M+5.8%
YTD-3.9%
1Y+14.1%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Avoid
Quality
C-
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Flagged
Avoid
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)

Syringe maker selling product at cost (0.1% gross margin) with cash nearly gone and 120% China tariffs — book-value discount can't offset broken economics.

Gross margin 0.1% · FY2025

Retractable's income statement describes a business that no longer makes money on the products it sells. FY2025 gross profit was just $47K on $38.3M of revenue — a 0.1% gross margin — meaning cost of goods effectively equals sales before a dollar of overhead. Operating income was -$21.2M (-55.3% margin) and net income -$12.6M, the fourth consecutive year of deterioration since the COVID windfall collapsed (revenue fell from $188M in 2021 to $33M in 2024, with FY2025's +15.8% rebound to $38.3M still leaving the company deeply unprofitable). Revenue growth off a tiny, unprofitable base is not a thesis when every incremental unit is sold at cost.

The filing makes the cause explicit and structural: 62.6% of products are sourced from China, and as of March 2026 the prevailing tariff on syringes and needles from China is 120% (a 100% Section 301 duty that the Supreme Court's IEEPA ruling left untouched, plus a new 10% Section 122 duty). Roughly $1.8M of tariff expense hit 2025, and management states tariffs are 'expected to have a continuing material impact.' The mitigation — reshoring 0.5mL/1mL/3mL and EasyPoint production domestically — is only expected to reach commercial quantities in 2H2026, and management has already resorted to reductions in force in Q2/Q3 2025. This is a company fighting for survival against its own cost structure.

Is RVP a buy? The one-page verdict, explained →

The options angle

model · matches our verdict
Bear put spread (caution)~60d expiry
  • Long put 0.5 @ ~0.00 est
  • Short put 0.5 @ ~0.00 est
debit $0max +$0max $0

AVOID means we wouldn't engage at all — if expressing the short side anyway, only with capped risk.

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Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Revenue$188M$94.8M$43.6M$33.0M$38.3M
Gross profit$95.4M$28.3M$9.11M-$1.03M$47.0K
Operating income$72.6M-$853K-$11.5M-$21.1M-$21.2M
Net income$56.1M$5.08M-$7.01M-$11.9M-$12.6M
Diluted EPS$1.63$0.15-$0.24-$0.40-$0.43
Net margin29.8%5.4%-16.1%-36.0%-32.8%

10-year statements — income, cash flow, balance sheet & CSV export →

Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$20.5M
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales0.5
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-57.5%
FCF yield-38.9%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)-22.1%
Free cash flow-$8.50M
Total debt$1.23M
Net cash$1.36M
Altman Z-Score0.56 distress
Piotroski F-Score5/9

Capital returns

Buyback yield34.9%
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield34.9%
Shares Δ YoY+0.0%

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Recent disclosure tone has skewed negative — read the flagged items.
  1. 8-K Other event2026-06-30

    Mid-year press release/other event; no financial change disclosed

  2. 8-K Other event2026-05-15

    Q1 2026: 120% China tariffs and ongoing losses pressure thin cash of $2.6M

  3. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-15

    Q1 2026: 120% China tariffs and ongoing losses pressure thin cash of $2.6M

  4. 8-K Shareholder vote2026-05-13

    Annual meeting voting results (Item 5.07); directors/proposals decided

  5. 8-K Other event2026-04-10

    Press release/other event; no material financial change disclosed

  6. 8-K Other event2026-03-27

    Annual proxy: board slate, comp and auditor up for shareholder vote

  7. 10-K Annual report2026-03-27

    Annual proxy: board slate, comp and auditor up for shareholder vote

  8. DEF 14A Proxy statement2026-03-27

    Annual proxy: board slate, comp and auditor up for shareholder vote

  9. 8-K Other event2025-12-30

    Year-end press release/other event; no financial change disclosed

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
8-KPeriod ending 2026-06-302026-06-30open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-152026-05-15open ↗10-QPeriod ending 2026-03-312026-05-15open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-082026-05-13open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-04-092026-04-10open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-03-272026-03-27open ↗10-KPeriod ending 2025-12-312026-03-27open ↗DEFA14AFiling2026-03-27open ↗DEF 14APeriod ending 2026-05-082026-03-27open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2025-12-302025-12-30open ↗4Period ending 2025-11-142025-11-17open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2025-11-142025-11-14open ↗

Quality score

C-
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueA+
GrowthC
ProfitabilityF
Financial healthC+
MomentumD
  • ✓Revenue growing year-over-year
  • ✗Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✗Net margin above 10%
  • ✗Return on equity above 15%
  • ✓Liabilities below 2× equity
0.6252-week1.06
Revenue
$38.3M
+15.8% YoY
Net margin
-32.8%
ROE
-16.9%
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

'21'22'23'24'25

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$38.3M+15.8%
Net income-$12.6M-5.7%
Gross profit$47.0K+104.6%
Operating income-$21.2M-0.3%
Diluted EPS-$0.43-7.5%
Cash & equivalents$2.59M-38.9%
Total assets$143M-11.3%
Total liabilities$68.3M-7.2%
Stockholders' equity$74.4M-14.7%
Gross: 0.1%Op.: -55.3%L/E: 0.92x

Frequently asked

Is RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES INC (RVP) a buy?
RVP currently carries a Avoid rating with 4/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Syringe maker selling product at cost (0.1% gross margin) with cash nearly gone and 120% China tariffs — book-value discount can't offset broken economics.
What is RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES INC's quality score?
RVP scores 53.81142891682786/100 (grade C-) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0000946563, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-15) · EODHD · Proprietary analysis · as of 7/4/2026, 4:46:19 AM.

›About this recommendation — produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg · not investment advice

AI-generated analysis, produced by our proprietary engine from SEC filing data.

Investment recommendation produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg. Completed Jul 4, 2026, 12:46 AM ET. Ratings & methodology: definitions · All recommendations to date: track record · Conflicts: disclosures. Not investment advice.

Research and education only — not financial advice. TENKis not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer and gives no personalized advice. Every call is impersonal — identical for all users, generated on a schedule from SEC filings plus a delayed/third-party price feed — may be wrong or out of date, and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. The operator and an affiliated trading operation may hold or trade the securities TENK rates; see Disclosures. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Do your own research.

Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC
2025-11-14
SHAW THOMAS J
PRESIDENT AND CEO
Buy5.73K @ $0.77$4.42K
2025-11-11
SHAW THOMAS J
PRESIDENT AND CEO
Buy100.00 @ $0.81$81.11
2025-11-05
SHAW THOMAS J
PRESIDENT AND CEO
Buy7.50K @ $0.83$6.20K
2025-10-30
SHAW THOMAS J
PRESIDENT AND CEO
Buy15.0K @ $0.86$12.9K
2025-10-28
SHAW THOMAS J
PRESIDENT AND CEO
Buy35.0K @ $0.92$32.0K
2025-10-27
SHAW THOMAS J
PRESIDENT AND CEO
Buy34.5K @ $0.94$32.5K
2025-10-23
SHAW THOMAS J
PRESIDENT AND CEO
Buy356.00 @ $0.95$338.56
2025-10-22
SHAW THOMAS J
PRESIDENT AND CEO
Buy10.0K @ $0.96$9.60K

Recent news

market news →
Retractable Stock Slips Post Q1 Earnings, Sales Decline Y/YBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-05-21
Retractable Technologies cuts workforce to boost domestic productionBullish
seekingalpha.com· 2026-04-09
RVP Stock Plunges Post Q4 Earnings Despite Revenue GrowthBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-04-01
Retractable Technologies declares $1.00 dividendBullish
seekingalpha.com· 2026-01-01
IUSV: Large Inflows Detected at ETFBullish
nasdaq.com· 2025-10-15
Shaw, president of Retractable Technologies, buys $26k in RVPBullish
investing.com· 2025-08-19

Vs tracked universe

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1195 tracked peers · median

TENK Score54 vs 67
Revenue growth15.8% vs 7.5%
Net margin-32.8% vs 10.0%
Return on equity-16.9% vs 12.0%
P/E— vs 26.2