---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001026655-26-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMT"
cik: "0001026655"
company_name: "CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-04T12:54:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-04T12:55:11.539532+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Core Molding Q2 net income $1.8M ($0.21/diluted); production revenue down 1.2% YoY; new business wins $25.7M in H1

## Summary
- Q2 production revenue $60.9M, down 1.2% YoY; ex-truck up 20.8%. Tooling $1.8M vs $17.6M.
- Gross margin 20.3% (19.4% ex one-time credit); adjusted EBITDA $7.6M (12.2% of revenue).
- Net income $1.8M ($0.21 diluted); adjusted net income $3.3M ($0.39).
- H1 new business awards $25.7M, 100% net new, 65% outside truck/powersports.
- FY2026 guidance: net sales flat to +5% growth; gross margin 17-19%; gradual truck recovery H2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001026655-26-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMT
- cik: 0001026655
- company_name: CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-04T12:54:15+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665526000049/0001026655-26-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665526000049/cmt-20260804.htm

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