secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STURM RUGER & CO INC (RGR)
CIK:        0000095029
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001174947-23-000241
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494723000241/0001174947-23-000241-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494723000241/form8k-29463_rgr.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001174947-23-000241

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