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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-051627"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DORM"
cik: "0000868780"
company_name: "Dorman Products, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T18:39:36.513438+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dorman Q3 net sales up 16% to $348.4M; GAAP EPS $1.04, adjusted $1.18; completes Dayton Parts acquisition

## Summary
- Record net sales $348.4M (+16% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $1.04 vs $1.06; adjusted diluted EPS $1.18 vs $1.14.
- Gross margin fell to 33.5% (35.9% Q3 2020) due to transportation/inflation; pass-through pricing to offset but lowers margin%.
- Completed Dayton Parts acquisition in August using $252M debt + $102M cash; net leverage 0.80x; $350M available on credit facility.
- FY 2021 guidance: net sales growth now 19%-22% (revised up); adjusted EPS unchanged $4.56-$4.80.
- Repurchased 232,618 shares for $23.2M at avg $99.81; $153M remaining under authorization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-051627
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DORM
- cik: 0000868780
- company_name: Dorman Products, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/868780/000156459021051627/0001564590-21-051627-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/868780/000156459021051627/dorm-8k_20211025.htm

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