secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MARINE PRODUCTS CORP (MPX)
CIK:        0001129155
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-24-013560
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Marine Products Q3 net sales down 36% to $49.9M; EPS drops to $0.10 from $0.30
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- Net income fell 67% YoY to $3.4M; diluted EPS was $0.10 vs $0.30 in 3Q:23.
- Gross margin decreased 630 bps to 18.4% on lower volumes and incentive programs.
- EBITDA margin fell 810 bps to 8.6%; EBITDA was $4.3M vs $13.0M in prior year.
- Cash and cash equivalents $53.5M with no debt; regular dividend of $0.14/share declared.
- Management cited soft consumer demand and dealer destocking; production reduced.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1129155/000155837024013560/0001558370-24-013560-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1129155/000155837024013560/mpx-20241024x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-013560

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