---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001174947-23-000241"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGR"
cik: "0000095029"
company_name: "STURM RUGER & CO INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T06:13:14.245904+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sturm Ruger 2022 sales $595.8M (-18% YoY), EPS $4.96 (-44% YoY); declares 42¢ dividend

## Summary
- 2022 net sales $595.8M (down 18% from $730.7M); diluted EPS $4.96 (down 44% from $8.78).
- Q4 2022 net sales $149.2M (down 11% from $168.0M); diluted EPS $1.06 (down 50% from $2.14).
- Gross margin fell to 30% from 38% due to deleveraging and inflation; unit sell-through down 25%.
- Board declared Q4 dividend of 42¢/share, payable March 24, 2023 to holders of record March 10, 2023.
- Cash and short-term investments $224.3M, no debt; special dividend of $5.00/share paid Jan 5, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001174947-23-000241
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGR
- cik: 0000095029
- company_name: STURM RUGER & CO INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-22T23:59:59+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/95029/000117494723000241/0001174947-23-000241-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494723000241/form8k-29463_rgr.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  STURM RUGER & CO INC reported 2022 results: revenue $595.8 million, EPS $4.96 per share.
  - Period: 2022
  - Revenue: $595.8 million
  - EPS: $4.96 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: for 2022 the Company reported net sales of $595.8 million and diluted earnings of $4.96 per share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494723000241/0001174947-23-000241-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  STURM RUGER & CO INC reported the fourth quarter of 2022 results: revenue $149.2 million, EPS $1.06 per share.
  - Period: the fourth quarter of 2022
  - Revenue: $149.2 million
  - EPS: $1.06 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the fourth quarter of 2022, net sales were $149.2 million and diluted earnings were $1.06 per share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494723000241/0001174947-23-000241-index.htm

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