
| • |
Net sales increased 9.9 percent to $212.3 million.
|
| • |
Gross profit increased 30.9 percent to $50.4 million.
|
| • |
Gross margin increased to 23.7 percent from 19.9 percent.
|
| • |
Operating income increased 29.4 percent to $21.1 million.
|
| • |
Net income was $9.7 million compared with net loss of $722,000 in the prior year.
|
| • |
Repurchased 286,136 shares for $3.0 million at an average share price of $10.48.
|
| • |
Awarded significant new business commitments and opportunities within a changing competitive landscape.
|
| • |
Increasing utilization of brake-related capacity is expected to continue to support its margin accretion.
|
| • |
Overall operating efficiencies are expected to result in continuing operating income improvement.
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
Year Ended March 31,
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2026
|
2025
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||||||||||
|
Net sales
|
$
|
212,275,000
|
$
|
193,105,000
|
$
|
789,806,000
|
$
|
757,354,000
|
||||||||
|
Cost of goods sold
|
161,896,000
|
154,610,000
|
629,905,000
|
603,526,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Gross profit
|
50,379,000
|
38,495,000
|
159,901,000
|
153,828,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Operating expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
General and administrative
|
18,209,000
|
16,113,000
|
63,303,000
|
64,047,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Sales and marketing
|
6,120,000
|
5,657,000
|
25,491,000
|
22,561,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Research and development
|
3,502,000
|
3,521,000
|
14,196,000
|
11,405,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Foreign exchange impact of lease liabilities and forward contracts
|
1,487,000
|
(3,074,000
|
)
|
(8,924,000
|
)
|
15,892,000
|
||||||||||
|
Total operating expenses
|
29,318,000
|
22,217,000
|
94,066,000
|
113,905,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Operating income
|
21,061,000
|
16,278,000
|
65,835,000
|
39,923,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Other expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Interest expense, net
|
10,284,000
|
12,546,000
|
46,696,000
|
55,550,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Change in fair value of compound net derivative liability
|
(1,270,000
|
)
|
2,520,000
|
(1,130,000
|
)
|
60,000
|
||||||||||
|
Total other expenses
|
9,014,000
|
15,066,000
|
45,566,000
|
55,610,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Income (loss) before income tax expense
|
12,047,000
|
1,212,000
|
20,269,000
|
(15,687,000
|
)
|
|||||||||||
|
Income tax expense
|
2,323,000
|
1,934,000
|
7,875,000
|
3,783,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Net income (loss)
|
$
|
9,724,000
|
$
|
(722,000
|
)
|
$
|
12,394,000
|
$
|
(19,470,000
|
)
|
||||||
|
Basic net income (loss) per share
|
$
|
0.51
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
$
|
0.64
|
$
|
(0.99
|
)
|
||||||
|
Diluted net income (loss) per share
|
$
|
0.42
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
$
|
0.62
|
$
|
(0.99
|
)
|
||||||
|
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
19,080,145
|
19,519,836
|
19,304,105
|
19,685,322
|
||||||||||||
|
Diluted
|
22,482,230
|
19,519,836
|
19,979,070
|
19,685,322
|
||||||||||||
|
March 31, 2026
|
March 31, 2025
|
|||||||
|
ASSETS
|
||||||||
|
Current assets:
|
||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
14,650,000
|
$
|
9,429,000
|
||||
|
Short-term investments
|
2,028,000
|
1,881,000
|
||||||
|
Accounts receivable — net
|
112,614,000
|
91,064,000
|
||||||
|
Inventory — net
|
380,603,000
|
341,209,000
|
||||||
|
Inventory unreturned
|
16,438,000
|
18,460,000
|
||||||
|
Contract assets
|
34,552,000
|
29,606,000
|
||||||
|
Income tax receivable
|
5,241,000
|
4,208,000
|
||||||
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
17,856,000
|
15,614,000
|
||||||
|
Total current assets
|
583,982,000
|
511,471,000
|
||||||
|
Plant and equipment — net
|
30,739,000
|
31,990,000
|
||||||
|
Operating lease assets
|
63,103,000
|
66,603,000
|
||||||
|
Deferred income taxes
|
4,039,000
|
4,569,000
|
||||||
|
Long-term contract assets
|
331,221,000
|
336,268,000
|
||||||
|
Goodwill
|
3,205,000
|
3,205,000
|
||||||
|
Intangible assets — net
|
235,000
|
552,000
|
||||||
|
Other assets
|
2,913,000
|
2,978,000
|
||||||
|
TOTAL ASSETS
|
$
|
1,019,437,000
|
$
|
957,636,000
|
||||
|
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
||||||||
|
Current liabilities:
|
||||||||
|
Accounts payable
|
$
|
167,229,000
|
$
|
141,906,000
|
||||
|
Accrued liabilities
|
33,270,000
|
30,211,000
|
||||||
|
Customer finished goods returns accrual
|
29,923,000
|
34,411,000
|
||||||
|
Contract liabilities
|
61,201,000
|
38,158,000
|
||||||
|
Revolving loan
|
94,668,000
|
90,787,000
|
||||||
|
Other current liabilities
|
4,348,000
|
5,570,000
|
||||||
|
Operating lease liabilities
|
8,957,000
|
9,982,000
|
||||||
|
Total current liabilities
|
399,596,000
|
351,025,000
|
||||||
|
Convertible notes, related party
|
38,993,000
|
35,207,000
|
||||||
|
Contract liabilities, less current portion
|
249,108,000
|
241,404,000
|
||||||
|
Deferred income taxes
|
425,000
|
362,000
|
||||||
|
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion
|
56,969,000
|
65,308,000
|
||||||
|
Other liabilities
|
8,336,000
|
6,631,000
|
||||||
|
Total liabilities
|
753,427,000
|
699,937,000
|
||||||
|
Commitments and contingencies
|
||||||||
|
Shareholders’ equity:
|
||||||||
|
Preferred stock; par value $.01 per share, 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
|
Series A junior participating preferred stock; par value $.01 per share, 20,000 shares authorized; none issued
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
|
Common stock; par value $.01 per share, 50,000,000 shares authorized;18,924,818 and 19,435,706 shares issued and outstanding at March 31,
2026 and 2025, respectively
|
189,000
|
194,000
|
||||||
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
226,709,000
|
234,413,000
|
||||||
|
Retained earnings
|
32,427,000
|
20,033,000
|
||||||
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income
|
6,685,000
|
3,059,000
|
||||||
|
Total shareholders’ equity
|
266,010,000
|
257,699,000
|
||||||
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
$
|
1,019,437,000
|
$
|
957,636,000
|
||||
| Items Impacting Net Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 | Exhibit 1 |
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
$ |
Per Diluted
Share
|
|
$ |
Per Diluted
Share
|
|||||||||||
|
GAAP net income (loss)
|
$
|
9,724,000
|
$
|
0.42
|
$
|
(722,000
|
)
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
||||||
|
Non-cash items impacting net income
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Core and finished goods premium amortization
|
$
|
3,086,000
|
$
|
0.14
|
$
|
2,725,000
|
$
|
0.14
|
||||||||
|
Revaluation - cores on customers’ shelves
|
785,000
|
0.03
|
489,000
|
0.03
|
||||||||||||
|
Share-based compensation expenses
|
1,317,000
|
0.06
|
868,000
|
0.04
|
||||||||||||
|
Foreign exchange impact of lease liabilities and forward contracts
|
1,487,000
|
0.07
|
(3,074,000
|
)
|
(0.16
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Change in fair value of compound net derivative liability
|
(1,270,000
|
)
|
(0.06
|
)
|
2,520,000
|
0.13
|
||||||||||
|
Tax effect (a)
|
(1,351,000
|
)
|
(0.06
|
)
|
(882,000
|
)
|
(0.05
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Total non-cash items impacting net income
|
$
|
4,054,000
|
$
|
0.18
|
$
|
2,646,000
|
$
|
0.14
|
||||||||
|
Cash items impacting net income
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Transition expenses and severance (b)
|
3,235,000
|
0.14
|
160,000
|
0.01
|
||||||||||||
|
Net tariff costs paid for products sold before price increases were effective
|
-
|
-
|
4,607,000
|
0.24
|
||||||||||||
|
Gain due to realignment of inventory at customer distribution centers
|
(6,547,000
|
)
|
(0.29
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
|
Tax effect (a)
|
828,000
|
0.04
|
(1,192,000
|
)
|
(0.06
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Total cash items impacting net income
|
$
|
(2,484,000
|
)
|
$
|
(0.11
|
)
|
$
|
3,575,000
|
$
|
0.18
|
||||||
|
(a)
|
Tax effect is calculated by applying an income tax rate of 25.0% to items listed above; this rate may differ from the period’s actual income tax rate.
|
|
(b)
|
For the three months ended March 31, 2026, consists of $2,571,000 impacting gross profit and $664,000 included in operating expenses.
|
| For the three months ended March 31, 2025, consists of $160,000 included in operating expenses. |
| Items Impacting Net Income for the Twelve Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 |
Exhibit 2 |
|
Twelve Months Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
$ |
Per Diluted
Share
|
|
$ |
Per Diluted
Share
|
|||||||||||
|
GAAP net income (loss)
|
$
|
12,394,000
|
$
|
0.62
|
$
|
(19,470,000
|
)
|
$
|
(0.99
|
)
|
||||||
|
Non-cash items impacting net income
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Core and finished goods premium amortization
|
$
|
11,901,000
|
$
|
0.60
|
$
|
10,738,000
|
$
|
0.55
|
||||||||
|
Revaluation - cores on customers’ shelves
|
3,590,000
|
0.18
|
2,805,000
|
0.14
|
||||||||||||
|
Share-based compensation expenses
|
5,635,000
|
0.28
|
3,877,000
|
0.20
|
||||||||||||
|
Foreign exchange impact of lease liabilities and forward contracts
|
(8,924,000
|
)
|
(0.45
|
)
|
15,892,000
|
0.81
|
||||||||||
|
Gain due to realignment of inventory at customer distribution centers
|
(643,000
|
)
|
(0.03
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
|
Change in fair value of compound net derivative liability
|
(1,130,000
|
)
|
(0.06
|
)
|
60,000
|
0.00
|
||||||||||
|
Tax effect (a)
|
(2,607,000
|
)
|
(0.13
|
)
|
(8,343,000
|
)
|
(0.42
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Total non-cash items impacting net income
|
$
|
7,822,000
|
$
|
0.39
|
$
|
25,029,000
|
$
|
1.27
|
||||||||
|
Cash items impacting net income
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Transition expenses and severance (b)
|
3,632,000
|
0.18
|
4,598,000
|
0.23
|
||||||||||||
|
Net tariff costs paid for products sold before price increases were effective
|
2,124,000
|
0.11
|
4,607,000
|
0.23
|
||||||||||||
|
Gain due to realignment of inventory at customer distribution centers
|
(6,547,000
|
)
|
(0.33
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
|
Tax effect (a)
|
198,000
|
0.01
|
(2,301,000
|
)
|
(0.12
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Total cash items impacting net income
|
$
|
(593,000
|
)
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
$
|
6,904,000
|
$
|
0.35
|
||||||
|
(a)
|
Tax effect is calculated by applying an income tax rate of 25.0% to items listed above; this rate may differ from the period’s actual income tax rate.
|
|
(b)
|
For the twelve months ended March 31, 2026, consists of $2,571,000 impacting gross profit and $1,061,000 included in operating expenses.
|
|
For the twelve months ended March 31, 2025, consists of $1,298,000 impacting gross profit and $3,300,000 included in operating expenses.
|
| Items Impacting Gross Profit for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 |
Exhibit 3 |
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
$ |
Gross
Margin |
|
$ |
Gross
Margin
|
|||||||||||
|
GAAP gross profit
|
$
|
50,379,000
|
23.7
|
%
|
$
|
38,495,000
|
19.9
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Non-cash items impacting gross profit
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Core and finished goods premium amortization
|
$
|
3,086,000
|
1.5
|
%
|
$
|
2,725,000
|
1.4
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Revaluation - cores on customers’ shelves
|
785,000
|
0.4
|
%
|
489,000
|
0.3
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Total non-cash items impacting gross profit
|
$
|
3,871,000
|
1.8
|
%
|
$
|
3,214,000
|
1.7
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Cash items impacting gross profit
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Transition expenses and severance
|
2,571,000
|
1.2
|
%
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
|
Net tariff costs paid for products sold before price increases were effective
|
-
|
-
|
4,607,000
|
2.4
|
%
|
|||||||||||
|
Gain due to realignment of inventory at customer distribution centers (a)
|
(6,547,000
|
)
|
-0.9
|
%
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
|
Total cash items impacting gross profit
|
$
|
(3,976,000
|
)
|
0.3
|
%
|
$
|
4,607,000
|
2.4
|
%
|
|||||||
| (a) |
gross margin reflecting impact to net sales and cost of goods sold
|
|
Items Impacting Gross Profit for the Twelve Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025
|
Exhibit 4 |
|
Twelve Months Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||||||||||||
| $ |
Gross
Margin
|
|
$ |
Gross
Margin
|
||||||||||||
|
GAAP gross profit
|
$
|
159,901,000
|
20.2
|
%
|
$
|
153,828,000
|
20.3
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Non-cash items impacting gross profit
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Core and finished goods premium amortization
|
$
|
11,901,000
|
1.5
|
%
|
$
|
10,738,000
|
1.4
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Revaluation - cores on customers’ shelves
|
3,590,000
|
0.5
|
%
|
2,805,000
|
0.4
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Gain due to realignment of inventory at customer distribution centers (a)
|
(643,000
|
)
|
0.3
|
%
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
|
Total non-cash items impacting gross profit
|
$
|
14,848,000
|
2.3
|
%
|
$
|
13,543,000
|
1.8
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Cash items impacting gross profit
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Transition expenses and severance
|
2,571,000
|
0.3
|
%
|
1,298,000
|
0.2
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Net tariff costs paid for products sold before price increases were effective
|
2,124,000
|
0.3
|
%
|
4,607,000
|
0.6
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Gain due to realignment of inventory at customer distribution centers (a)
|
(6,547,000
|
)
|
-0.3
|
%
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
|
Total cash items impacting gross profit
|
$
|
(1,852,000
|
)
|
0.3
|
%
|
$
|
5,905,000
|
0.8
|
%
|
|||||||
| (a) |
gross margin reflecting impact to net sales and cost of goods sold
|
|
Items Impacting EBITDA for the Three and Twelve Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025
|
Exhibit 5 |
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
Twelve Months Ended March 31,
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2026
|
2025
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||||||||||
|
GAAP net income (loss)
|
$
|
9,724,000
|
$
|
(722,000
|
)
|
$
|
12,394,000
|
$
|
(19,470,000
|
)
|
||||||
|
Interest expense, net
|
10,284,000
|
12,546,000
|
46,696,000
|
55,550,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Income tax expense
|
2,323,000
|
1,934,000
|
7,875,000
|
3,783,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
2,283,000
|
2,538,000
|
9,464,000
|
10,400,000
|
||||||||||||
|
EBITDA
|
$
|
24,614,000
|
$
|
16,296,000
|
$
|
76,429,000
|
$
|
50,263,000
|
||||||||
|
Non-cash items impacting EBITDA
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Core and finished goods premium amortization
|
$
|
3,086,000
|
$
|
2,725,000
|
$
|
11,901,000
|
$
|
10,738,000
|
||||||||
|
Revaluation - cores on customers’ shelves
|
785,000
|
489,000
|
3,590,000
|
2,805,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Share-based compensation expenses
|
1,317,000
|
868,000
|
5,635,000
|
3,877,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Foreign exchange impact of lease liabilities and forward contracts
|
1,487,000
|
(3,074,000
|
)
|
(8,924,000
|
)
|
15,892,000
|
||||||||||
|
Gain due to realignment of inventory at customer distribution centers
|
-
|
-
|
(643,000
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||||
|
Change in fair value of compound net derivative liability
|
(1,270,000
|
)
|
2,520,000
|
(1,130,000
|
)
|
60,000
|
||||||||||
|
Total non-cash items impacting EBITDA
|
$
|
5,405,000
|
$
|
3,528,000
|
$
|
10,429,000
|
$
|
33,372,000
|
||||||||
|
Cash items impacting EBITDA
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Transition expenses and severance
|
3,235,000
|
160,000
|
3,632,000
|
4,598,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Net tariff costs paid for products sold before price increases were effective
|
-
|
4,607,000
|
2,124,000
|
4,607,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Gain due to realignment of inventory at customer distribution centers
|
(6,547,000
|
)
|
-
|
(6,547,000
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||
|
Total cash items impacting EBITDA
|
$
|
(3,312,000
|
)
|
$
|
4,767,000
|
$
|
(791,000
|
)
|
$
|
9,205,000
|
||||||
| Items Impacting Operating Income for the Three and Twelve Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 | Exhibit 6 |
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
Twelve Months Ended March 31,
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2026
|
2025
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||||||||||
|
GAAP operating income
|
$
|
21,061,000
|
$
|
16,278,000
|
$
|
65,835,000
|
$
|
39,923,000
|
||||||||
|
Non-cash items impacting operating income
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Core and finished goods premium amortization
|
$
|
3,086,000
|
$
|
2,725,000
|
$
|
11,901,000
|
$
|
10,738,000
|
||||||||
|
Revaluation - cores on customers’ shelves
|
785,000
|
489,000
|
3,590,000
|
2,805,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Share-based compensation expenses
|
1,317,000
|
868,000
|
5,635,000
|
3,877,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Foreign exchange impact of lease liabilities and forward contracts
|
1,487,000
|
(3,074,000
|
)
|
(8,924,000
|
)
|
15,892,000
|
||||||||||
|
Gain due to realignment of inventory at customer distribution centers
|
-
|
-
|
(643,000
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||||
|
Total non-cash items impacting operating income
|
$
|
6,675,000
|
$
|
1,008,000
|
$
|
11,559,000
|
$
|
33,312,000
|
||||||||
|
Cash items impacting operating income
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Transition expenses and severance
|
3,235,000
|
160,000
|
3,632,000
|
4,598,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Net tariff costs paid for products sold before price increases were effective
|
-
|
4,607,000
|
2,124,000
|
4,607,000
|
||||||||||||
|
Gain due to realignment of inventory at customer distribution centers
|
(6,547,000
|
)
|
-
|
(6,547,000
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||
|
Total cash items impacting operating income
|
$
|
(3,312,000
|
)
|
$
|
4,767,000
|
$
|
(791,000
|
)
|
$
|
9,205,000
|
||||||