---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001174947-25-001336"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGR"
cik: "0000095029"
company_name: "STURM RUGER & CO INC"
filed_at: "2025-11-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T00:30:43.408209+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sturm, Ruger Q3 EPS falls to $0.10 from $0.28; pretax loss $2.1M on new facility costs

## Summary
- Net sales $126.8M (+3.7% YoY); diluted EPS $0.10 vs $0.28; pretax loss $2.1M driven by Hebron, KY acquisition costs.
- Recognized $3.0M tax benefit adjustment raising Q3 net income by $0.19/sh; without it, EPS would have been -$0.09/sh.
- Nine-month adjusted diluted EPS $0.65, excluding product rationalization costs, vs adjusted $1.22 in prior year period.
- Quarterly dividend $0.04/sh, payable Nov 28 to holders of record Nov 17, representing ~40% of net income.
- YTD returned $35.6M to shareholders: $9.5M dividends, $26.1M stock buybacks (730,665 shares at avg $35.60).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001174947-25-001336
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGR
- cik: 0000095029
- company_name: STURM RUGER & CO INC
- filed_at: 2025-11-05T23:59:59+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/95029/000117494725001336/0001174947-25-001336-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494725001336/form8k-34859_rgr.htm

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