Company Analysis

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. (MPAA)

Nasdaq: MPAA · Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories · Torrance, CA · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.1
◀ Past 4.7● Present 5.1▶ Future 5.5

The grade of Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.1/10
◀ Past4.730% of the headline
● Present5.140% of the headline
▶ Future5.530% 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?

4.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2019-06-14.

weight 33% of this tense · 25th percentile among 36 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2018-11-20); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2019-06-14) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
7.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 5 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $422 million in fiscal 2017 to $790 million in fiscal 2026, up 7.2% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 5 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span7.2%top 37% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 6% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 28% 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
3.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.1% a year. 16% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-03-31, Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 16% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $10 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 36% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 35% 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?

5.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 5%: 5¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 74%: owes 74¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 34th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-03-31, Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. earned about 5 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 16 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 74 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 24% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 44% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 41% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 27% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 47% of 35 in its family; net margin 1.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.'s standing among 35 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $790 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 37% by size; a net margin of 1.6% ranks in the bottom 44%; revenue growth of 5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 39% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$790Mbottom 37% of its family
  • net margin1.6%bottom 44% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth5.0%top 39% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
9.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 10% of 27 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006.

weight 22% of this tense · 90th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Selwyn, Joffe (President, CEO & Chairman, as filed), filing under that title since 2006-09-01, 20.2 years (top 2% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 10.1 years (top 6%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (top 23%; 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 14 peopletop 23% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed10.1 yearstop 6% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record20.2 yearstop 2% 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?

5.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 40% of 35 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 40th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $15 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 1.4% of its assets as net cash, top 32% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2% of revenue (bottom 30%); a gross margin of 20.2% (top 47%); research spending of 1.8% of revenue (bottom 9%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets1.4%top 32% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue2.0%bottom 30% of its family
  • gross margin20.2%top 47% of its family
  • research spending against revenue1.8%bottom 9% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 42% of 34 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 5% a year over the last three filed years against 7.2% over all 10, slowing (bottom 43% of its family); the newest year grew 4.3% (top 40%); research spending grew 11.2% a year (top 18%); capital spending grew -4.2% a year (bottom 48%) (its annual reports). Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Reportable Segment Aggregation Before Other Operating at $708 million, All Other at $50 million. 2 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 93% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-2.3 points a yearbottom 43% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth4.3%top 40% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending11.2%top 18% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-4.2%bottom 48% 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
7.9/10

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

top 21% of 33 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 79th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $790 million in fiscal 2026 came in 1% below the $797 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 44% of its family); net income of $12 million against a prior three-year average of $24 million (top 5%); a net margin of 1.6% against -3.3% before (top 14%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-1.0%top 44% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+151%top 5% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+4.9 pointstop 14% 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 MPAA · research, not advice