---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001174947-22-001160"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGR"
cik: "0000095029"
company_name: "STURM RUGER & CO INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T16:44:00.227469+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ruger Q3 EPS $1.03, sales $139.4M down 22% YoY; declares $0.41/share dividend

## Summary
- Q3 diluted EPS $1.03 vs $1.98; net sales $139.4M vs $178.2M, down 22%.
- 9-month diluted EPS $3.90 vs $6.64; sales $446.6M vs $562.7M.
- Gross margin fell to 28% from 36% due to fixed-cost deleverage and inflation.
- Declared $0.41/share dividend (40% of net income), payable Nov 30, record Nov 16.
- Debt-free balance sheet; cash $215.2M; purchased NC facility for $8.3M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001174947-22-001160
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGR
- cik: 0000095029
- company_name: STURM RUGER & CO INC
- filed_at: 2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494722001160/0001174947-22-001160-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494722001160/form8k-28908_rgr.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  STURM RUGER & CO INC reported financial results for third quarter ended October 1, 2022.
  - Period: third quarter ended October 1, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On November 2, 2022, the Company issued a press release to stockholders and other interested parties regarding financial results for the third quarter ended October 1, 2022. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494722001160/0001174947-22-001160-index.htm

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