---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000868780-23-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DORM"
cik: "0000868780"
company_name: "Dorman Products, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T21:00:09.090713+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dorman Q2 net sales $480.6M (+15%), but adj. EPS $1.01 vs $1.29 YoY

## Summary
- Net sales $480.6M, up 15% YoY; organic ex-acquisitions up 1%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.04; adjusted diluted EPS $1.01, down from $1.29.
- Adjusted gross margin improved 110 bps to 35.1% sequentially; up 270 bps vs Q1.
- Generated $67M operating cash; repaid $52M debt; inventory down $113M since Dec 2022.
- Reaffirmed FY2023 guidance: net sales $1.95-2.00B, adj. diluted EPS $5.15-5.35.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000868780-23-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DORM
- cik: 0000868780
- company_name: Dorman Products, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/868780/000086878023000006/0000868780-23-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/868780/000086878023000006/dorm-20230801.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Dorman Products, Inc. reported second fiscal quarter ended July 1, 2023 results: revenue $480.6 million, net income $32.8 million, EPS $1.04 per diluted share. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: second fiscal quarter ended July 1, 2023
  - Revenue: $480.6 million
  - Net income: $32.8 million
  - EPS: $1.04 per diluted share
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Reports Second Quarter 2023 Results Highlights (All comparisons are to the prior year period unless otherwise noted) : • Net sale s of $480.6 million, up 15% • Diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) of $1.04, compared to $1.20 • Adjusted diluted EPS* of $1.01, compared to $1.29 • Generated $67 million of cash from operating activities; repaid $52 million of debt • The Company confirms its full-year 2023 guidance of net sales of $1.95 billion to $2.00 billion, diluted EPS of $4.35 to $4.55, and adjusted diluted EPS* of $5.15 to $5.35 COLMAR, PA ( August 1, 2023 ) – Dorman Products, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/868780/000086878023000006/0000868780-23-000006-index.htm

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