---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001026655-26-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMT"
cik: "0001026655"
company_name: "CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-03-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T15:27:16.037091+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Core Molding Q4 revenue up 19.5% to $74.7M; full-year revenue down 9.5%; guides 2026 flat to +5%

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $74.7M (+19.5% YoY); product sales $55.4M (-7.8%); net income $3.1M ($0.36 diluted) vs net loss of $39K.
- Full-year 2025 revenue declined 9.5% driven by Truck weakness; gross margin 17.4% within target range; operating cash flow >$19M.
- Won $63M in new business in 2025; >65% outside Truck/Powersports; launched SMC in Building Products generating ~$10M revenue.
- Expects 2026 total sales flat to +5% vs 2025; Truck recovery anticipated in H2 2026; projects path to >$300M revenue in 2027.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $0.47 in Q4 vs $0.10 prior year; Adjusted EBITDA $7.6M (10.2% of sales) vs $5.7M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001026655-26-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMT
- cik: 0001026655
- company_name: CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-03-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1026655/000102665526000007/0001026655-26-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665526000007/cmt-20260310.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001026655-26-000007.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC updated its the year ended December 31, 2025 guidance (initiated).
  - Period: the year ended December 31, 2025
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Core Molding Technologies, Inc. (NYSE American: CMT) (“Core Molding”, “Core” or the “Company”), a leading engineered materials company specializing in molded structural products, principally in building products, industrial and utilities, medium and heavy-duty truck and powersports industries across the United States, Canada and Mexico today reported financial and operating results for the fiscal periods ended December 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665526000007/0001026655-26-000007-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC reported the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025 results: revenue $74.7 million, net income $3.1 million, EPS $0.36 per diluted share. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025
  - Revenue: $74.7 million
  - Net income: $3.1 million
  - EPS: $0.36 per diluted share
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net sales of $74.7 million, increased 19.5% from $62.5 million in the prior year; and product sales of $55.4 million, down 7.8% from the prior year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665526000007/0001026655-26-000007-index.htm

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