secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STURM RUGER & CO INC (RGR)
CIK:        0000095029
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001174947-22-001160
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494722001160/0001174947-22-001160-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494722001160/form8k-28908_rgr.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001174947-22-001160

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