Stocks · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. RGR
$44.37 +1.51% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $709.0M
High qualityLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.75, up 149.3% year over year.
- The shares trade at 59.3× trailing earnings, higher than 89% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $577.2M, up 7.6% from a year earlier, accelerating from 3.2% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth69Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 49%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 7%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 43%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 21%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 24%
Quality84Strong
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 36%
- Gross marginBottom 26%
- Operating marginBottom 28%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 7%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 9%
- Interest coverTop 3%
Value49Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 41%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 22%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 34%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 27%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 18%
Momentum63Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 27%
- 6-month returnTop 43%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 45%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 11%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Revisions9Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 21%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 10%
Stability93Exceptional
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 23%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 45%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 5%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 9%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.2% | 7.6% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -140.2% | 149.3% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 16.9% | 18.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 1.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 7.1% | 7.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 7.6% | 3.2% | ↑ | Bottom 49% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 149.3% | -140.2% | ↑ | Top 7% |
| Gross margin | 18.7% | 16.9% | ↑ | Bottom 26% |
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 0.5% | ↑ | Bottom 28% |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 1.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.8% | 7.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.8% | — | Bottom 36% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.9% | — | Bottom 21% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -13.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +17.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -1.05×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 151.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.88%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.40%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.28%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -15.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $46.00
- Target vs current price
- +3.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 12
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +23.8% | -1.4% | +2.1% | +0.1% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | -20.6% | -3.0% | -8.7% | -7.2% | -11.0% |
| Mar 2, 2026 | +4.0% | +1.4% | +1.5% | +9.1% | +7.4% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -68.3% | +5.2% | -23.8% | -24.6% | -11.8% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +7.9% | -0.9% | -4.3% | +0.4% | +28.7% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -29.2% | -0.0% | -18.1% | -12.3% | -13.3% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | +0.0% | +1.0% | +16.1% | +14.5% | +4.7% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -50.0% | -0.9% | +1.5% | -7.7% | -12.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $0.52 | $0.42 | +23.8% | $158.1M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.34 | -20.6% | $141.4M |
| Mar 2, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.25 | +4.0% | $151.1M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.10 | $0.32 | -68.3% | $126.8M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $0.41 | $0.38 | +7.9% | $132.5M |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.46 | $0.65 | -29.2% | $135.7M |
| Feb 19, 2025 | $0.62 | $0.62 | +0.0% | $145.8M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.28 | $0.56 | -50.0% | $122.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 59.3× | 16.2× | 89th | Bottom 41% |
| P/E (forward) | 27.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 24.4× | — | — | Bottom 34% |
| EV / Sales | 1.18× | — | — | Top 27% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.34% | — | — | Top 22% |
| Earnings yield | 1.69% | — | — | Bottom 41% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 7.4× – 365.5× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +0.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +149.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +150.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 12
- Days above the 200-day average
- 12
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +13.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +14.9%
- RSI (14)
- 76.1
- Relative volume
- 1.26×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 30.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 66th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.35
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.16
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -5.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -47.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2021 | Nov 20, 2025 | -68.0% | 1104 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 6, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -18.7% | 16 days | 82 days (May 27, 2021) |
| Nov 3, 2020 | Nov 24, 2020 | -15.0% | 15 days | 28 days (Jan 6, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $709.0M
- P/E (TTM)
- 59.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.75
- Revenue (TTM)
- $577.2M
- Dividend yield
- 0.99%
- 52-week range
- $28.33 – $48.21
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $730.7M | $595.8M | $543.8M | $535.6M | $546.1M |
| Gross profit | $279.6M | $180.1M | $133.6M | $114.4M | $89.6M |
| Operating income | $203.1M | $103.5M | $52.1M | $31.7M | -$11.6M |
| Net income | $155.9M | $88.3M | $48.2M | $30.6M | -$4.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $8.78 | $4.96 | $2.71 | $1.77 | -$0.27 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $122.3M | $145.8M | $135.7M | $132.5M | $126.8M | $151.1M | $141.4M | $158.1M |
| Net income | $4.7M | $10.5M | $7.8M | -$17.2M | $1.6M | $3.5M | $128,000 | $7.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.28 | $0.61 | $0.46 | -$1.05 | $0.10 | $0.21 | $0.01 | $0.43 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $172.3M | $77.2M | $33.9M | $55.5M | $54.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$28.8M | -$27.7M | -$15.8M | -$20.8M | -$15.8M |
| Free cash flow | $143.6M | $49.5M | $18.1M | $34.7M | $38.5M |
| Dividends paid | -$59.1M | -$42.7M | -$110.8M | -$11.8M | -$10.1M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$222,000 | -$11.8M | -$34.4M | -$26.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $117.5M
- Total assets
- $364.3M
- Total liabilities
- $74.5M
- Total debt
- $1.5M
- Net debt
- -$29.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $289.8M
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $0.21 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| May 14, 2026 | $0.11 | May 29, 2026 |
| Mar 16, 2026 | $0.08 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Nov 17, 2025 | $0.04 | Nov 28, 2025 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.16 | Aug 29, 2025 |
| May 16, 2025 | $0.18 | May 30, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $0.24 | Mar 28, 2025 |
| Nov 13, 2024 | $0.11 | Nov 27, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 540,201
- Days to cover
- 4.45
- Change vs previous report
- +1.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Sep 17, 1996
- 2-for-1
- May 14, 1993
- 2-for-1
- Jun 2, 1989
- 2-for-1
- Jun 16, 1981
- 2-for-1