---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-22-022838"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MPAA"
cik: "0000918251"
company_name: "MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA INC"
filed_at: "2022-06-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T02:12:04.400968+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Motorcar Parts of America reports record FY2022 sales $650.3M (+20.3% YoY); guides FY2023 sales $680-700M

## Summary
- Record net sales $650.3M, up 20.3% year-over-year from $540.8M.
- Net income $7.4M ($0.38 diluted EPS) vs $21.5M ($1.11) prior year, hit by transitory supply chain costs.
- FY2023 guidance: net sales $680-700M, operating income $57-61M before non-cash items.
- Q4 net sales $163.9M vs $168.1M; net loss $332,000 ($0.02 per share).
- Gross margin 18.1% for FY2022, pressured by non-cash items and supply chain disruptions; expects improvement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-22-022838
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MPAA
- cik: 0000918251
- company_name: MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA INC
- filed_at: 2022-06-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/918251/000114036122022838/0001140361-22-022838-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/918251/000114036122022838/brhc10038646_8k.htm

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