---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000868780-24-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DORM"
cik: "0000868780"
company_name: "Dorman Products, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T21:26:14.138465+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dorman Products Q1 EPS $1.05 (adjusted $1.31); revenue $468.7M, up 0.4% YoY; confirms FY guidance

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $1.05 vs $0.18 prior year (+483%); adjusted diluted EPS $1.31 vs $0.56 (+134%).
- Net sales $468.7M, up 0.4%; gross margin expanded to 38.7% from 31.0% (adjusted 38.7% vs 32.4%).
- Light Duty segment sales up 3% to $359.3M; Heavy Duty down 15% to $57.8M; Specialty Vehicle up 1% to $51.6M.
- Generated $52M cash from ops; repaid $15M debt; repurchased $27M of shares.
- Confirms FY 2024 guidance: revenue growth 3-5%, diluted EPS $4.71-$5.01, adjusted diluted EPS $5.40-$5.70.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000868780-24-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DORM
- cik: 0000868780
- company_name: Dorman Products, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/868780/000086878024000018/0000868780-24-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/868780/000086878024000018/dorm-20240507.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Dorman Products, Inc. reported first quarter ended March 30, 2024 results: revenue $468.7 million, EPS $1.05. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 30, 2024
  - Revenue: $468.7 million
  - EPS: $1.05
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: • Net sales of $468.7 million, up 0.4% compared to $466.7 million • Diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) of $1.05, up 483% compared to $0.18
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/868780/000086878024000018/0000868780-24-000018-index.htm

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