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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000868780-24-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DORM"
cik: "0000868780"
company_name: "Dorman Products, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T14:08:55.125212+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dorman Products Q2 2024: EPS up 47% to $1.53; raises full-year guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $503.0M (+4.7% YoY); Light Duty up 9%, Heavy Duty down 11%, Specialty Vehicle down 2%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.53 vs $1.04 (+47%); adjusted diluted EPS $1.67 vs $1.01 (+65%).
- Adjusted gross margin expanded 450 bps to 39.6%; generated $63M operating cash flow.
- Full-year 2024 diluted EPS guidance raised to $5.32-$5.52 (prior $4.71-$5.01); adjusted $6.00-$6.20.
- Repaid $15M of debt and repurchased $25M of shares in the quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000868780-24-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DORM
- cik: 0000868780
- company_name: Dorman Products, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-01T23:59:59+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/868780/000086878024000030/0000868780-24-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/868780/000086878024000030/dorm-20240801.htm

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