---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001026655-24-000095"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMT"
cik: "0001026655"
company_name: "CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T12:04:45.578366+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Core Molding Q2 net sales down 9.2%; lowers FY sales guidance to ~15% decline

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $88.7M (-9.2% YoY); net income $6.4M ($0.73 diluted EPS) vs $7.9M ($0.91) YoY.
- Adjusted EBITDA $11.6M (13.0% of sales) vs $13.7M (14.1%) YoY; gross margin 20.0% vs 21.0%.
- Six-month net sales $166.9M (-15.4% YoY); net income $10.2M ($1.15 EPS) vs $13.8M ($1.59).
- Full-year sales guidance lowered to bottom of range, ~15% decline vs 2023, citing soft demand.
- Liquidity $87.8M; repurchased ~24k shares at avg $16.41 in Q2; capex guided ~$13M for 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001026655-24-000095
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMT
- cik: 0001026655
- company_name: CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665524000095/0001026655-24-000095-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665524000095/cmt-20240806.htm

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