---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001767258-25-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XPEL"
cik: "0001767258"
company_name: "XPEL, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T13:13:54.714904+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# XPEL Q1 revenue up 15.2% to $103.8M, net income +28.8%, announces $50M buyback

## Summary
- Revenue $103.8M (up 15.2% YoY); net income $8.6M ($0.31/sh) vs $6.7M ($0.24/sh) in Q1 2024.
- EBITDA $14.4M (+23.2% YoY); gross margin 42.3% vs 42.0% a year ago.
- China revenue surged 459% YoY to $8.1M; US revenue +11.6% to $58.1M.
- Board authorized $50M stock repurchase program; timing dependent on market conditions.
- Q2 2025 revenue guidance of $117-119M; CEO cites tariff uncertainty as ongoing risk.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001767258-25-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XPEL
- cik: 0001767258
- company_name: XPEL, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-06T23:59:59+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/1767258/000176725825000024/0001767258-25-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1767258/000176725825000024/xpel-20250506.htm

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