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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001174947-24-000244"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGR"
cik: "0000095029"
company_name: "STURM RUGER & CO INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T22:36:46.865082+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ruger reports FY2023 EPS $2.71, down 45%; Q4 EPS $0.58; declares $0.23 dividend

## Summary
- Full-year net sales $543.8M, down 9% from $595.8M; diluted EPS $2.71 vs $4.96 in 2022.
- Q4 2023 net sales $130.6M, diluted EPS $0.58, compared to $149.2M and $1.06 in Q4 2022.
- Gross margin declined to 25% from 30% due to lower production, inflation, and mix shift.
- Board declared a $0.23 per share dividend for Q4, payable March 28 to holders of record March 15.
- Cash and short-term investments $117.7M; no debt; current ratio 4.3:1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001174947-24-000244
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGR
- cik: 0000095029
- company_name: STURM RUGER & CO INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-21T23:59:59+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/95029/000117494724000244/0001174947-24-000244-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494724000244/form8k-31563_rgr.htm

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