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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000868780-26-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DORM"
cik: "0000868780"
company_name: "Dorman Products, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-03T20:32:43+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-03T20:33:36.472776+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dorman Q2 EPS up 53% to $2.93; net sales +0.7% to $544.6M; guidance updated

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $2.93 (up 53% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $3.08 (up 50% YoY).
- Net sales $544.6M, up 0.7% YoY; gross margin expanded to 46.1% from 40.6%.
- Light Duty segment profit margin 24.7% (+620 bps); Heavy Duty profit margin 4.2% (+340 bps).
- Full-year 2026 guidance: net sales growth 3-5% (prior 7-9%); diluted EPS $7.93-$8.23 (prior $7.57-$7.97).
- Generated $152.6M operating cash flow; repurchased $47M of shares in Q2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000868780-26-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DORM
- cik: 0000868780
- company_name: Dorman Products, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-03T20:32:43+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/868780/000086878026000037/0000868780-26-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/868780/000086878026000037/dorm-20260803.htm

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