Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR) Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street 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 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 increased by 1.6% and is now trading at $51.41.
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Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 439,200 shares, an increase of 38.9% from the August 31st total of 316,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 89,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.9 days. Currently, 2.6% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 1st 2023.
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Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The company reported $0.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.80 by $0.11. The firm earned $142.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $137.91 million. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.81% and a net margin of 11.69%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.17 earnings per share.

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Wednesday, August 30th. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 14th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.32.
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Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.81%. The dividend payout ratio is 37.80%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, RGR will have a dividend payout ratio of 36.55% 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. trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "RGR."

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (16.99%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (5.26%), State Street Corp (3.45%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (3.03%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.08%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.44%). 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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One share of RGR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $51.41.

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) has a market capitalization of $910.99 million and generates $595.84 million in revenue each year. The company earns $88.33 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.81 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,880 workers across the globe.

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s mailing address is Lacey Place, Southport CT, 06890. The official website for the company is www.ruger.com. The company can be reached via phone at (203) 259-7843 or via fax at 203-256-3367.