“The decrease was driven by lower outstanding principal on our revolving 20 Table of Contents credit facility and term loan, resulting from repayments over the last several quarters, as well as lower average Term SOFR rates during the current year period.”10-Q · Aug 4, 2026 ↗
Dorman Products, Inc.
DORM
Market read
Dorman Products, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 7 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 0.7% versus the comparable filing period.
- Specialty Vehicle sales were flat for the three months, with reduced customer demand partly offset by tariff-related pricing actions.
- Tariff-related pricing actions enacted in H2 2025 materially affected segment net sales (e.g., Heavy Duty net sales increased $6.1M, or 11.9%; Light Duty up $14.9M, or 3.6%).
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if DORM's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 7 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 0.7% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 6.1 percentage points.
- Net income increased 49.5% versus the comparable filing period.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- Specialty Vehicle sales were flat for the three months, with reduced customer demand partly offset by tariff-related pricing actions.
- Tariff-related pricing actions enacted in H2 2025 materially affected segment net sales (e.g., Heavy Duty net sales increased $6.1M, or 11.9%; Light Duty up $14.9M, or 3.6%).
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +6.0% year over year.
- Pricing and mix has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- Demand and volume has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- EV/sales is 133% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
126.74Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“21 Table of Contents Specialty Vehicle Specialty Vehicle net sales were flat for the three months ended June 27, 2026, compared to the prior year period, as reduced customer demand in the specialty vehicle sector was partially offset by tariff-related pricing…”10-Q · Aug 4, 2026 ↗
“Cash Flows The following summarizes the activities included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows: Six Months Ended (in thousands) June 27, 2026 June 28, 2025 Cash provided by operating activities $ 196,381 $ 59,785 Cash used in investing act…”10-Q · Aug 4, 2026 ↗
“Heavy Duty Heavy Duty net sales increased $10.3 million, or 9%, for the six months ended June 27, 2026, compared to the prior year period, primarily reflecting tariff-related pricing actions.”10-Q · Aug 4, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 1.8× · EV/sales 2.0×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for DORM. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-08-04 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-05.
Capital and cash conversion
Cash conversion improved
Capital-spending intensity declined while free-cash-flow margin improved.
- Capital spending YoY
- -9.8%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +1.6%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- +16.7%
- FCF margin change
- +12.8 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 0.7% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 6.1 percentage points.
- Net income increased 49.5% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
No thresholded deterioration was identified.
Filing receipts
“Impact of Interest Rates Our business is subject to interest rate risk under the terms of our customer accounts receivable sales programs, as a change in the Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“Term SOFR”) or alternative discount rate affects the cost incurred to factor eligible accounts receivable.”
“Six Months Ended June 27, 2026, Compared to Six Months Ended June 28, 2025 Net sales increased $24.7 million, or 2.4%, for the six months ended June 27, 2026, compared to the prior year period, primarily driven by tariff-related pricing actions enacted during the second half of 2025 across our segments, partially offset by lower volume when compared to the strong sales in the prior year period, and price concessions.”
“Six Months Ended June 27, 2026, Compared to Six Months Ended June 28, 2025 Light Duty Light Duty net sales increased $14.9 million, or 2%, for the six months ended June 27, 2026, compared to the prior year period, primarily due to tariff-related pricing actions enacted during the second half of 2025, partially offset by lower volume when compared to the strong sales in the prior year period.”
Historical filing backfill generated after the original filing window. It is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind DORM
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
TWINFiling-linked namepartnerFeb 27, 2026 ▾
“Olsen is also a director of Twin Disc, Inc., a publicly traded international manufacturer and worldwide distributor of heavy-duty off-highway and marine power transmission equipment and related products.”
CMICummins Inc.competitorFeb 27, 2026 ▾
“We compete against a broad range of companies (public and private, large and small) and brands, including, but not limited to, Standard Motor Products, Inc., Tenneco, Inc., TrakMotive, Bosch Auto Parts, Gates Corporation, Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.”
Depended on by
ORLYO'Reilly Automotive, Inc.supplierFeb 27, 2026 ▾
“Our merchandise generally consists of nationally recognized, well-advertised, premium name brand products, such as AC Delco, Armor All, Bosch, Castrol, Denso, Dorman, Fel-Pro, Gates Rubber, Lucas Oil, Mobil1, Monroe, NGK, Pennzoil, Prestone, Standard, STP, Tu…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
DORM is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Automotive Aftermarket Parts. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for DORM; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.