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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 21st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Friday, March 29th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. This is a boost from Sturm Ruger & Company Inc's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. View Sturm Ruger & Company Inc's Dividend History.

Sturm Ruger & Company Inc announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 9.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Sturm Ruger & Company Inc (NYSE:RGR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 20th. The company reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.79 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $121.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $124.10 million. Sturm Ruger & Company Inc had a net margin of 10.28% and a return on equity of 20.25%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.56 EPS. View Sturm Ruger & Company Inc's Earnings History.

Sturm Ruger & Company Inc is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 14th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Sturm Ruger & Company Inc.

News articles about RGR stock have been trending very negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Sturm Ruger & Company Inc earned a daily sentiment score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

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Sturm Ruger & Company Inc's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (18.21%), London Co. of Virginia (4.72%), Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (2.52%), Norges Bank (2.04%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.49%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.32%). Company insiders that own Sturm Ruger & Company Inc stock include Amir Rosenthal, Kevin B Sr Reid Sr, Mark Lang, Michael O Fifer, Ronald C Whitaker, Sandra S Froman, Shawn Christopher Leska, Thomas Anthony Dineen 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 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, London Co. of Virginia, Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., LSV Asset Management, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Two Sigma Investments LP and Comerica Bank. Company insiders that have sold Sturm Ruger & Company Inc company stock in the last year include Amir Rosenthal, Kevin B Sr Reid Sr, Michael O Fifer, Shawn Christopher Leska, Thomas Anthony Dineen and Thomas Patrick Sullivan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sturm Ruger & Company Inc.

RGR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, SG Americas Securities LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC and Hsbc Holdings PLC. 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 $52.02.

Sturm Ruger & Company Inc has a market capitalization of $908.17 million and generates $495.64 million in revenue each year. The company earns $50.93 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.88 on an earnings per share basis. Sturm Ruger & Company Inc employs 1,830 workers across the globe.

The official website for Sturm Ruger & Company Inc is http://www.ruger.com.

Sturm Ruger & Company Inc's mailing address is 1 Lacey Place, Southport CT, 06890. The company can be reached via phone at 203-259-7843.