---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-315278"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GRC"
cik: "0000042682"
company_name: "GORMAN RUPP CO"
filed_at: "2026-07-24T13:39:02+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-24T13:40:08.075674+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gorman-Rupp Q2 2026: record net sales $186.1M, EPS $0.74, up 23% YoY

## Summary
- Record Q2 net sales $186.1M (+3.9% YoY); net income $19.4M ($0.74 EPS) vs $15.8M ($0.60 EPS) in Q2 2025.
- Adjusted EBITDA $38.2M (20.5% of sales), up 8.3% YoY; gross margin improved 130 bps to 32.6%.
- First half 2026 net sales $362.7M (+5.7%), net income $37.3M ($1.41 EPS), adjusted EBITDA $73.7M (20.3% of sales).
- Total debt reduced by $33.0M in first half; capital expenditures planned $22-24M for full year 2026.
- Incoming orders first half $370.8M (+1.4%), backlog $239.7M at June 30, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-315278
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GRC
- cik: 0000042682
- company_name: GORMAN RUPP CO
- filed_at: 2026-07-24T13:39:02+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/42682/000119312526315278/0001193125-26-315278-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42682/000119312526315278/grc-20260724.htm

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