secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STURM RUGER & CO INC (RGR)
CIK:        0000095029
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001174947-23-001276
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sturm Ruger Q3 diluted EPS 42¢ vs $1.03 YoY; sales fell 13% to $120.9M
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- Q3 diluted EPS 42¢ vs $1.03 YoY; net sales $120.9M down 13.3% from $139.4M.
- Gross margin fell to 20% from 28% due to lower production, promotions, cost increases.
- Dividend of 17¢ per share declared, payable Nov 29 to holders of record Nov 15 (approx 40% of net income).
- Nine-month sales $413.2M, EPS $2.13 vs $446.6M and $3.90 in prior year.
- $120M cash, no debt, current ratio 4.5; returned $107.8M to shareholders YTD.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494723001276/0001174947-23-001276-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494723001276/form8k-30992_rgr.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001174947-23-001276

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