---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001174947-23-000708"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGR"
cik: "0000095029"
company_name: "STURM RUGER & CO INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T02:22:58.645233+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sturm, Ruger Q1 EPS falls to $0.81 from $1.70; sales down 10% YoY

## Summary
- Net sales $149.5M vs $166.6M YoY; diluted EPS $0.81 vs $1.70.
- Gross margin declined to 26% from 35% due to deleveraging, inflation, product mix shift.
- Quarterly dividend $0.32/share declared, payable May 31; plus $5.00 special dividend paid in Q1.
- Cash & short-term investments $130M, no debt; book value $18.19/share.
- New product sales $30M (21% of firearm sales); lower consumer demand cited.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001174947-23-000708
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGR
- cik: 0000095029
- company_name: STURM RUGER & CO INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494723000708/0001174947-23-000708-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494723000708/form8k-30100_rgr.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001174947-23-000708.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  STURM RUGER & CO INC reported first quarter of 2023 results: revenue $149.5 million, EPS 81¢ per share.
  - Period: first quarter of 2023
  - Revenue: $149.5 million
  - EPS: 81¢ per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE-RGR) announced today that for the first quarter of 2023, net sales were $149.5 million and diluted earnings were 81¢ per share.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494723000708/0001174947-23-000708-index.htm

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