---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001174947-24-001191"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGR"
cik: "0000095029"
company_name: "STURM RUGER & CO INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T08:49:56.016995+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sturm Ruger Q3 diluted EPS 28¢ vs 42¢ YoY; net sales $122.3M

## Summary
- Diluted EPS 28¢ for Q3 2024 vs 42¢ in Q3 2023; nine-month EPS $1.15 vs $2.13 YoY.
- Net sales $122.3M (Q3) vs $120.9M prior year; nine-month sales $389.9M vs $413.2M.
- Declared quarterly dividend of 11¢ per share, payable Nov 27, 2024, to holders of record Nov 13.
- Purchased 699,000 shares in first nine months at avg cost $41.99/share, returning $29.3M to shareholders.
- New product sales $113.3M, 31.2% of firearm sales; inventories down 125k units from prior year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001174947-24-001191
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGR
- cik: 0000095029
- company_name: STURM RUGER & CO INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-30T23:59:59+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/95029/000117494724001191/0001174947-24-001191-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494724001191/form8k-33074_rgr.htm

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