---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000868780-25-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DORM"
cik: "0000868780"
company_name: "Dorman Products, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T21:41:10.993063+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dorman Q2 net sales +7.6% to $541M; EPS beats; guides FY2025 up sharply

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $1.91 vs $1.53 (+25% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $2.06 vs $1.67 (+23%).
- Light Duty segment sales up 10% to $424.4M; segment margin improved 140 bps to 18.5%.
- FY2025 guidance raised: net sales growth 7-9% (prior 3-5%), diluted EPS $8.05-$8.35 (prior $7.00-$7.30).
- Gross margin improved 100 bps to 40.6%; SG&A up 8% to $137M, driven by investment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000868780-25-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DORM
- cik: 0000868780
- company_name: Dorman Products, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/868780/000086878025000041/0000868780-25-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/868780/000086878025000041/dorm-20250804.htm

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