NYSE:RGR - Sturm Ruger & Company Inc Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Sturm Ruger & Company Inc trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "RGR."

Sturm Ruger & Company Inc announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Friday, August 31st. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 16th. This is an increase from Sturm Ruger & Company Inc's previous quarterly dividend of $0.32. View Sturm Ruger & Company Inc's Dividend History.

Sturm Ruger & Company Inc declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 9.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Sturm Ruger & Company Inc (NYSE:RGR) released its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 1st. The company reported $0.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.03. The company earned $128.41 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $133.20 million. Sturm Ruger & Company Inc had a net margin of 10.19% and a return on equity of 20.69%. Sturm Ruger & Company Inc's revenue was down 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.57 earnings per share. View Sturm Ruger & Company Inc's Earnings History.

Sturm Ruger & Company Inc is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Sturm Ruger & Company Inc.

1 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Sturm Ruger & Company Inc's stock. Their predictions range from $67.00 to $67.00. On average, they expect Sturm Ruger & Company Inc's stock price to reach $67.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Sturm Ruger & Company Inc.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sturm Ruger & Company Inc in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Sturm Ruger & Company Inc.

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Media stories about RGR stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Sturm Ruger & Company Inc earned a news impact score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company an impact score of 41.07 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Sturm Ruger & Company Inc.

Sturm Ruger & Company Inc's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (18.23%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.66%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.51%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.52%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (1.49%) and Tributary Capital Management LLC (1.12%). Company insiders that own Sturm Ruger & Company Inc stock include Amir Rosenthal, Kevin B Sr Reid Sr, Mark Lang, Phillip Widman, Ronald C Whitaker, Sandra S Froman, Shawn Christopher Leska and Thomas Patrick Sullivan. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Sturm Ruger & Company Inc.

RGR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including New York State Teachers Retirement System, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Bank of America Corp DE, Fort L.P., Raymond James & Associates, US Bancorp DE, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL and KBC Group NV. Company insiders that have sold Sturm Ruger & Company Inc company stock in the last year include Amir Rosenthal, Kevin B Sr Reid Sr and Shawn Christopher Leska. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sturm Ruger & Company Inc.

RGR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., BlackRock Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Tributary Capital Management LLC and Stevens Capital Management LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sturm Ruger & Company Inc.

Shares of RGR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of RGR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $59.55.

Sturm Ruger & Company Inc has a market capitalization of $1.04 billion and generates $522.26 million in revenue each year. The company earns $52.14 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.88 on an earnings per share basis. Sturm Ruger & Company Inc employs 1,750 workers across the globe.

Sturm Ruger & Company Inc's mailing address is Lacey Place, Southport CT, 06890. The company can be reached via phone at 203-259-7843.