Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:RGR)

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" RGR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in RGR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s stock was trading at $50.62 at the start of the year. Since then, RGR stock has decreased by 13.4% and is now trading at $43.85.
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Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 580,600 shares, an increase of 46.7% from the October 31st total of 395,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 141,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.1 days. Currently, 3.4% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 28th 2024.
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Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 1st. The company reported $0.42 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.88 by $0.46. The company had revenue of $120.89 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $137.42 million. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.42% and a net margin of 10.12%. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s revenue was down 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.03 EPS.

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Wednesday, November 29th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 14th.
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Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.52%. The dividend payout ratio is 21.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, RGR will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.26% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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9 employees have rated Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Christopher J. Killoy on Glassdoor.com. Christopher J. Killoy has an approval rating of 90% among the company's employees.

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Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (3.17%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.40%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.37%), Northern Trust Corp (1.03%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.92%) and UBS Group AG (0.83%). Insiders that own company stock include Amir Rosenthal, C Michael Jacobi, Christopher John Killoy, John A Cosentino Jr, Kevin B Sr Reid Sr, Michael O Fifer, Michael W Wilson, Michael W Wilson, Olivier Rabiller, Randall Wheeler, Rebecca S Halstead, Robert J Werkmeister Jr, Ronald C Whitaker, Sarah F Colbert, Shawn Christopher Leska, Terrence Gregory Oconnor, Thomas Anthony Dineen and Thomas Patrick Sullivan.
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