---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001174947-25-000661"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGR"
cik: "0000095029"
company_name: "STURM RUGER & CO INC"
filed_at: "2025-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T03:17:32.655908+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ruger Q1 EPS $0.46 vs $0.40 YoY; declares $0.18 dividend; sales flat at $135.7M

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $0.46 (up from $0.40 in Q1 2024) on net sales of $135.7M, essentially flat YoY.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share payable May 30 to holders of record May 16.
- New product sales (RXM pistol, Marlin lever-action, etc.) totaled $40.7M, 31.6% of firearm sales.
- Company repurchased 79,200 shares at avg $37.74; cash and short-term investments at $108.3M, no debt.
- Expects 2025 capex may exceed $30M; industry retail unit sales declined 9.6% YoY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001174947-25-000661
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGR
- cik: 0000095029
- company_name: STURM RUGER & CO INC
- filed_at: 2025-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494725000661/0001174947-25-000661-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494725000661/form8k-34158_rgr.htm

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