---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001026655-22-000102"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMT"
cik: "0001026655"
company_name: "CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T02:39:17.738826+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Core Molding Q3 sales record $101.6M (+25% YoY), net income $1.3M vs loss

## Summary
- Net sales of $101.6M, up 25.4% YoY; product sales $92.3M, up 36.5%.
- Operating income $4.6M vs loss $2.4M; net income $0.16/diluted share vs loss $0.41.
- Adjusted EBITDA $8.4M (8.3% of sales) vs $0.4M (0.5%) last year.
- Signed 5-year agreement extension with Universal Forest Products.
- Refinanced with $75M credit facility; term debt $24.5M; interest rate swap fixed at 2.95%+margin.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001026655-22-000102
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMT
- cik: 0001026655
- company_name: CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665522000102/0001026655-22-000102-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665522000102/cmt-20221108.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC reported the third quarter ended September 30, 2022 results: revenue $101.6 million, net income $1.3 million, EPS $0.16 per diluted share.
  - Period: the third quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Revenue: $101.6 million
  - Net income: $1.3 million
  - EPS: $0.16 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net sales of $101.6 million, up 25.4% from $81.0 million in the prior year; and product sales of $92.3 million, up 36.5% from the prior year. • Gross margin of $13.3 million, or 13.1% of net sales, compared to $6.4 million or 7.9% of net sales. • Selling, general and administrative expenses of $8.7 million, or 8.5% of net sales compared to $8.8 million or 10.9% in the prior year same period. Fiscal 2021 results included $1.8 million of costs from a plant closure. • Operating income of $4.6 million, or 4.6% of net sales, versus operating loss of $(2.4) million, or (3.0)% of net sales in the prior year. • Net income of $1.3 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, compared to net loss of $(3.3) million, or $(0.41) a year ago.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665522000102/0001026655-22-000102-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC reported the nine months ended September 30, 2022 results: revenue $290.9 million, net income $7.4 million, EPS $0.87 per diluted share.
  - Period: the nine months ended September 30, 2022
  - Revenue: $290.9 million
  - Net income: $7.4 million
  - EPS: $0.87 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net sales of $290.9 million, up 24% from $234.3 million in the prior year; and product sales of $275.6 million, up 27.6% from the prior year. • Gross margin of $40.9 million, or 14.1% of net sales, compared to $32.9 million or 14.0% of net sales. • Selling, general and administrative expenses of $25.9 million, or 8.9% of net sales compared to $23.7 million or 10.1% in the prior year same period. Fiscal 2021 results included $2.0 million of costs from a plant closure. • Operating income of $15.0 million, or 5.2% of net sales, versus $9.1 million, or 3.9% of net sales in the prior year. • Net income of $7.4 million, or $0.87 per diluted share, compared to net income of $4.2 million, or $0.50 a year ago.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665522000102/0001026655-22-000102-index.htm

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