---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001026655-25-000083"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMT"
cik: "0001026655"
company_name: "CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T00:31:09.613608+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Core Molding Q3 sales down 20% to $58.4M; net income $1.9M vs $3.2M

## Summary
- Net sales $58.4M (-19.9% YoY); gross margin 17.4% stable; net income $1.9M ($0.22 diluted EPS) vs $3.2M ($0.36) prior year.
- Adjusted net income $2.1M ($0.24 diluted EPS); Adjusted EBITDA $6.4M (11.0% of sales) vs $7.5M (10.3%).
- 2025 full-year sales guidance lowered to down 10-12% from prior year; strategic $25M capex for Mexico plants ongoing.
- $47M in new incremental business wins over next two years, spanning SMC, topcoat, DCPD molding.
- Operational excellence highlighted: 2% scrap, 98%+ on-time delivery, PPM under 100.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001026655-25-000083
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMT
- cik: 0001026655
- company_name: CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-11-04T23:59:59+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/1026655/000102665525000083/0001026655-25-000083-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665525000083/cmt-20251104.htm

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