Company Analysis

Dorman Products, Inc. (DORM)

Nasdaq: DORM · Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories · Colmar, PA · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade6.8
◀ Past 7.2● Present 7.0▶ Future 6.1

The grade of Dorman Products, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.8/10
◀ Past7.230% of the headline
● Present7.040% of the headline
▶ Future6.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 36 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Dorman Products, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
8.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+10.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 85th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Dorman Products, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $860 million in fiscal 2016 to $2.1 billion in fiscal 2025, up 10.6% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span10.6%top 25% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 6% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 22% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.8% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 15 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 34th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Dorman Products, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 15 sales (7 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 41% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 14%: 14¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 41%: owes 41¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 79th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Dorman Products, Inc. earned about 14 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 36 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 41 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 16% of its family
  • return on equitytop 18% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 4% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 30% of 35 in its family; net margin 9.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 70th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Dorman Products, Inc.'s standing among 35 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.1 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 49% by size; a net margin of 9.6% ranks in the top 13%; revenue growth of 7.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 30% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.13Btop 49% of its family
  • net margin9.6%top 13% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth7.1%top 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 45% of 27 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Dorman Products, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Olsen, Kevin M. (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2019-03-08, 7.7 years (top 46% of its family); the 19 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5 years (bottom 19%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 19 people in charge now (top 8%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 19 peopletop 8% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.0 yearsbottom 19% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record7.7 yearstop 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 44% of 35 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Dorman Products, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $49 million against debt of $402 million leaves -14.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 41% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 3.6% of revenue (bottom 41%); a gross margin of 42.1% (top 13%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-14.2%bottom 41% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue3.6%bottom 41% of its family
  • gross margin42.1%top 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 37% of 34 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Dorman Products, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 7.1% a year over the last three filed years against 10.6% over all 10, slowing (bottom 37% of its family); the newest year grew 6% (top 34%); research spending grew 17% a year (top 12%); capital spending grew 0.1% a year (top 39%) (its annual reports). Dorman Products, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Light Duty at $1.7 billion, Heavy Duty at $233 million, Specialty Vehicle at $206 million. 2 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 79% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-3.5 points a yearbottom 37% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth6.0%top 34% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending17.0%top 12% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending0.1%top 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 32% of 33 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 68th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Dorman Products, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.1 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 1.5% below the $2.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 47% of its family); net income of $204 million against a prior three-year average of $147 million (top 26%); a net margin of 9.6% against 7.7% before (top 23%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-1.5%top 47% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+39%top 26% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.9 pointstop 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton DORM · research, not advice