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Dorman Products

DORM
44
Auto - Parts · Consumer Cyclical
Price
$141.97
-2.15 (-1.49%)
Market Cap
$4.24B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
44
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

3.8% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 32.0M (2021) → 30.8M (2025)

Dorman Products, Inc. supplies replacement parts and fasteners for passenger cars, light trucks, and medium- and heavy-duty trucks in the automotive aftermarket industry worldwide. It offers original equipment dealer products, such as intake and exhaust manifolds, window regulators, radiator fan assemblies, tire pressure monitor sensors, exhaust gas recirculation coolers, and complex electronics modules; fluid reservoirs, variable valve timing components, complex electronics, and integrated door

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+4.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-23.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

13.5%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$43M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Dorman Products is growing revenue at 4% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
36.0%
Modest — 36.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
11.1%
Modest — 11.1% operating margin
ROCE
2.9%
Weak — 2.9% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+5.0%
Slow sales growth (5.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
-10.9%
Earnings shrinking (-10.9% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
56%
Weak — only 56% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
3.3%
Thin free cash flow (3.3%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.36
Conservative — low debt load (0.36)
Interest Cover
12.40x
Comfortably covers interest (12.4x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
22.8x
Growth-priced — P/E 22.8

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+8.3
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (22.8 → 14.5)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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