---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001174947-26-000555"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGR"
cik: "0000095029"
company_name: "STURM RUGER & CO INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T23:06:32.795601+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ruger Q1 sales up 4.1% to $141.4M; adjusted EPS $0.27 vs $0.46; declares $0.11 dividend

## Summary
- Net sales $141.4M (+4.1% YoY); diluted EPS $0.01 (adjusted $0.27); prior year $0.46.
- Adjusted EPS excludes $1.7M Beretta deal costs and $2.5M severance for cost reduction.
- Generated $18.8M cash from ops; $105.2M cash with no debt; current ratio 3.5:1.
- Dividend $0.11/share payable May 29, record May 14; no share repurchases in Q1.
- New products 41% of firearm sales; sell-through up 3.2% vs NICS up 1.6%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001174947-26-000555
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGR
- cik: 0000095029
- company_name: STURM RUGER & CO INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/95029/000117494726000555/0001174947-26-000555-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494726000555/form8k-35862_rgr.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001174947-26-000555.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  STURM RUGER & CO INC reported the first quarter ended March 28, 2026 results: revenue $141.4 million, EPS $0.01 per share.
  - Period: the first quarter ended March 28, 2026
  - Revenue: $141.4 million
  - EPS: $0.01 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2026 Results Delivered First Quarter Net Sales of $141.4 Million New Products Accounted for $51.6 Million or 41% of Firearm Sales Earnings per Share was $0.01, Adjusted Earnings per Share was $0.27 Generated $18.8 Million of Cash from Operations Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.11 Per Share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494726000555/0001174947-26-000555-index.htm

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