---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-028864"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RUSHA"
cik: "0001012019"
company_name: "RUSH ENTERPRISES INC \\TX\\"
filed_at: "2023-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T13:10:08.436430+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rush Enterprises Q3 rev $1.98B (+6.2%); EPS $0.96 vs $1.06; declares $0.17 dividend

## Summary
- Revenue $1.981B (+6.2% YoY); net income $80.3M ($0.96 diluted EPS) down from $90.4M ($1.06).
- Aftermarket revenue $643.6M (+3.5% YoY); absorption ratio 132.8% vs 136.2%.
- New Class 8 truck sales 4,326 units (+3% YoY); new medium-duty 3,244 (+0.7%).
- Board declared $0.17 per share dividend, payable Dec 12, 2023 to holders of record Nov 9.
- Company repurchased $43.5M of stock in Q3; ended with $192M cash.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-028864
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RUSHA
- cik: 0001012019
- company_name: RUSH ENTERPRISES INC \TX\
- filed_at: 2023-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012019/000143774923028864/0001437749-23-028864-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012019/000143774923028864/rusha20231024_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  RUSH ENTERPRISES INC \TX\ reported third quarter ended September 30, 2023 results: revenue $1.981 billion, net income $80.3 million, EPS $0.96 per diluted share.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $1.981 billion
  - Net income: $80.3 million
  - EPS: $0.96 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Rush Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: RUSHA & RUSHB), which operates the largest network of commercial vehicle dealerships in North America, today announced that for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023, the Company achieved revenues of $1.981 billion and net income of $80.3 million, or $0.96 per diluted share, compared with revenues of $1.86 billion and net income of $90.4 million, or $1.06 per diluted share, in the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012019/000143774923028864/0001437749-23-028864-index.htm

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