---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000868780-24-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DORM"
cik: "0000868780"
company_name: "Dorman Products, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T16:11:14.618715+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dorman Q4 EPS $1.60 (+182%), guides FY2024 adjusted EPS $5.40-$5.70

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $494.3M (-1% YoY; +3% ex-extra week); gross margin 39.3% vs 31.5%.
- Full-year 2023 net sales $1.93B (+11%); diluted EPS $4.10 (+6%); adjusted diluted EPS $4.54 (-5%).
- 2024 guidance: net sales growth 3-5%, diluted EPS $4.71-$5.01, adjusted diluted EPS $5.40-$5.70.
- Repaid $30M debt and repurchased $15M shares in Q4; cash from ops $60M.
- Segment realignment into Light Duty, Heavy Duty, Specialty Vehicle; Light Duty Q4 segment margin 16.6%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000868780-24-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DORM
- cik: 0000868780
- company_name: Dorman Products, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/868780/000086878024000006/0000868780-24-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/868780/000086878024000006/dorm-20240226.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Dorman Products, Inc. updated its the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023 guidance (initiated).
  - Period: the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 26, 2024, Dorman Products, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/868780/000086878024000006/0000868780-24-000006-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.