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Dorman Products, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Dorman Products, Inc. had return on equity of 14.7%, an operating margin of 14.1%, debt equal to 29.8% of equity and a current ratio of 3.09. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin34.9%38.6%36.9%37.7%39.3%38.2%38.4%39.3%39.7%38.3%34.3%35.1%34.4%32.6%35.5%40.1%42.1%41.1%
Operating margin11.6%17.5%17.1%18.3%19.3%18.7%18.2%19.6%19.5%17.6%10.7%12.2%12.8%9.9%11.1%14.6%14.1%13.3%
Net margin7.0%10.5%10.4%12.4%12.3%12.0%11.5%12.3%11.8%13.7%8.4%9.8%9.8%7.0%6.7%9.5%9.6%9.3%
Free-cash-flow margin5.2%4.4%3.9%5.4%5.6%4.0%8.8%11.8%7.7%5.3%6.6%12.5%6.0%0.2%8.5%9.5%3.6%12.4%
Return on equity12.3%19.3%18.4%21.8%21.9%20.6%18.8%18.9%17.2%19.6%11.2%13.1%14.7%12.3%11.7%15.4%14.7%13.3%
Return on assets—14.3%15.2%18.0%17.4%16.6%15.7%15.9%14.4%15.3%8.3%9.5%9.1%6.1%5.6%8.1%8.3%8.0%
Asset turnover—1.361.471.451.411.381.361.291.221.120.980.970.930.860.830.850.870.86
Current ratio—5.556.965.284.674.744.865.314.813.103.422.861.621.872.252.433.093.65
Debt to equity0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%25.7%70.4%49.3%37.3%29.8%28.2%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)127.3x———————————79.3x11.0x4.5x7.4x10.5x10.8x
Effective tax rate38.8%37.3%35.8%36.2%35.9%36.0%36.7%37.0%39.6%21.9%20.8%21.3%22.5%22.2%23.3%25.9%25.9%26.2%
R&D as % of revenue—1.0%1.7%1.8%2.0%2.1%2.1%———————————
SG&A as % of revenue23.3%21.0%19.8%19.5%20.0%19.5%20.2%19.7%20.2%20.8%23.6%22.9%21.7%22.7%24.4%25.6%25.4%25.1%
Capital spending as % of revenue2.1%2.6%3.5%3.2%3.7%4.0%2.7%2.3%2.7%2.7%3.0%1.4%1.5%2.2%2.3%2.0%1.8%1.5%
Free cash flow ÷ net income74.6%41.8%37.5%43.5%45.0%33.1%76.2%95.7%65.5%38.9%78.5%127.7%61.2%3.1%127.5%100.9%37.1%133.2%
Dividends ÷ net income———77.1%——————————————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow———177.5%——————————————

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

4 of 6 checks passed · September 26, 2026
What it owns · $2.6bn
Short-term assets $1.6bnLonger-term assets $935m
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.0bn
Short-term liabilities $445mShareholders' equity $1.6bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.6bn of assets due within a year against $445m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $167m of cash against $441m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 28% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 0% to 28% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $303m of operating cash flow against $441m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $289m against $27m of interest.

From Dorman Products, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

61 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Dorman Products's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 9 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 8.1% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 12 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 37.3%, moving by 3.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 13 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 13.6%; its worst year was 8.8%.

  • Cash conversion 14 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 6.9% of revenue.

  • Discipline 19 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 5.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.6% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (66 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Dorman Products, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Dorman Products, Inc.