---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-25-003643"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MPAA"
cik: "0000918251"
company_name: "MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA INC"
filed_at: "2025-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T00:43:57.843424+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Motorcar Parts posts record Q3 sales $186.2M, gross profit $44.9M, net income $2.3M

## Summary
- Net sales $186.2M (+8.3% YoY); gross profit $44.9M (+49.4%); net income $2.3M ($0.11 EPS), vs loss $47.2M ($2.40 loss) year ago.
- Cash from operations $34.4M; net bank debt reduced $30.3M to $84.0M; repurchased 268,130 shares for $2.1M.
- Non-cash items reduced net income by $5.0M and gross profit by $3.4M in the quarter.
- Nine-month net sales record $564.2M (+6.8%); net loss $18.7M ($0.95 per share), improved from $50.6M loss prior year.
- Interest expense decreased $3.9M to $14.4M on lower debt and rates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-25-003643
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MPAA
- cik: 0000918251
- company_name: MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA INC
- filed_at: 2025-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/918251/000114036125003643/0001140361-25-003643-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/918251/000114036125003643/ef20042936_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-003643.txt

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