secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC (CMT)
CIK:        0001026655
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001026655-25-000083
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665525000083/0001026655-25-000083-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665525000083/cmt-20251104.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001026655-25-000083

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