---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-022578"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GRC"
cik: "0000042682"
company_name: "GORMAN RUPP CO"
filed_at: "2025-02-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T01:09:38.557121+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gorman-Rupp Q4 net income up to $0.42/share; full-year adjusted EPS $1.75 up 28% YoY

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $162.7M (+1.3% YoY); net income $11.0M ($0.42) vs $9.0M ($0.34).
- Full-year 2024 net sales $659.7M (flat); net income $40.1M ($1.53); adjusted EPS $1.75 vs $1.37.
- Gross margin improved to 31.0% from 29.8%; operating income $91.4M vs $87.0M.
- Total debt reduced $43M in 2024; interest expense down to $33.6M from $41.3M.
- Incoming orders up 6.8%; backlog $206M; FY2025 capex ~$20M; dividend increased 52nd consecutive year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-022578
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GRC
- cik: 0000042682
- company_name: GORMAN RUPP CO
- filed_at: 2025-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/42682/000119312525022578/0001193125-25-022578-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42682/000119312525022578/d926363d8k.htm

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