secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STURM RUGER & CO INC (RGR)
CIK:        0000095029
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001174947-24-001191
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494724001191/0001174947-24-001191-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494724001191/form8k-33074_rgr.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001174947-24-001191

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