---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-21-000908"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GRC"
cik: "0000042682"
company_name: "GORMAN RUPP CO"
filed_at: "2021-07-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T03:04:17.676190+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gorman-Rupp Q2 EPS $0.27, revenue $93M (+8.4%); orders up 46.6%

## Summary
- EPS $0.27 vs $0.22 (includes $0.05 pension charge); net income $7.1M vs $5.6M.
- Revenue $93.0M (+8.4% YoY); domestic +8.1%, international +9.1%.
- Backlog $153.0M, up $27.5M from Q1; incoming orders +46.6% vs Q2 2020.
- Operating margin improved 90 bps to 11.4%; gross margin improved 100 bps to 26.5%.
- CEO cites economic recovery but notes supply chain challenges; FY2021 capex planned $12-15M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-21-000908
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GRC
- cik: 0000042682
- company_name: GORMAN RUPP CO
- filed_at: 2021-07-23T23:59:59+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/42682/000115752321000908/0001157523-21-000908-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42682/000115752321000908/a52464783.htm

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