Gorman-Rupp Q3 2026 sales hit record $193M
Broad-based sales growth and lower interest expense accompanied higher margins and a $58.0 million year-to-date debt reduction.
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Rhea-AI Filing Summary
The Gorman-Rupp Company reported record third-quarter 2026 net sales of $193.3 million, up 11.8% from the third quarter of 2025. Net income was $22.7 million, or $0.86 per share, compared with $11.3 million, or $0.43 per share, a year earlier. Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, was $41.8 million, up 29.4%, and represented 21.6% of sales.
Gross margin rose to 33.4% from 29.2%, and operating margin to 17.5% from 12.4%. The company attributed gross-margin improvement to labor and overhead leverage, the nonrecurrence of 2025 facility optimization costs, and lower LIFO expense; sales increased across all markets, with volume growth and price increases taken in the first quarter of 2026 contributing. In the first nine months of 2026, operating cash flow was $114.9 million, and total debt decreased $58.0 million. Capital expenditures were $14.7 million; full-year 2026 spending is presently planned at approximately $22.0–$24.0 million.
How this balance works
Rhea-AI gives every point it takes from this document a weight. Minor counts 1, Moderate 3 and Major 9, so one Major point outweighs several Minor ones. The bar adds up the weights on each side, and when neither side holds more than 65% of the total the balance reads Mixed.
It reads the document as published, with the same rules for every company, and it does not look at what the market expected or at how the stock traded, so a point can be objectively good on a day the stock falls.
Rhea-AI Sentiment measures something else, the tone of the wording.
Positive
- Moderate pointThird-quarter sales rose 11.8% to $193.3 million.
- Moderate pointThird-quarter net income was $22.7 million, versus $11.3 million.
- Moderate pointAdjusted EBITDA increased 29.4% to $41.8 million in the third quarter.
- Moderate pointTotal debt decreased $58.0 million in the first nine months of 2026.
Negative
- None.
Filing Explained
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facility optimization costs financial
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Earnings Snapshot
Full-year 2026 capital expenditures are presently planned to be approximately $22.0–$24.0 million.
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