---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-22-004277"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MPAA"
cik: "0000918251"
company_name: "MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T09:49:37.722489+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Motorcar Parts Q3 net sales record $161.8M (+32% YoY); EPS drops to $0.16 from $0.44

## Summary
- Record net sales of $161.8M, up 32% YoY; net income $3.1M ($0.16 diluted EPS) vs $8.5M ($0.44) prior year.
- EBITDA $11.9M, impacted by $6.4M non-cash and $4.9M supply chain cost pressures; prior year $18.8M.
- Net debt $122.9M at Dec 31, 2021 vs $120.6M at Sep 30, 2021; share buybacks and inventory growth.
- Nine-month net sales record $486.4M (+31% YoY); net income $7.7M ($0.39 diluted) vs $20.6M ($1.07) prior year.
- Company expects freight surcharges and price increases to offset supply chain headwinds in fiscal Q4.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-22-004277
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MPAA
- cik: 0000918251
- company_name: MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/918251/000114036122004277/0001140361-22-004277-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/918251/000114036122004277/brhc10033561_8k.htm

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