---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001174947-26-000244"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGR"
cik: "0000095029"
company_name: "STURM RUGER & CO INC"
filed_at: "2026-03-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T22:57:17.703398+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ruger Q4 net sales up 3.6% to $151.1M; full-year GAAP loss per share $(0.27)

## Summary
- Q4 reported diluted EPS $0.21 vs $0.62 YoY; adjusted EPS $0.26; full-year GAAP loss $(0.27) per share.
- Full-year net sales $546.1M, up 1.9% from $535.6M; cash from operations $54.3M.
- Board declared $0.08/share dividend payable March 31, 2026; 40% payout ratio.
- New product sales (RXM, Marlin, American Gen II) totaled $173M, 33% of firearm sales.
- Repurchased 733k shares at avg $35.60 in 2025; no debt, current ratio 3.9:1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001174947-26-000244
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGR
- cik: 0000095029
- company_name: STURM RUGER & CO INC
- filed_at: 2026-03-02T23:59:59+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/95029/000117494726000244/0001174947-26-000244-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494726000244/form8k-35376_rgr.htm

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