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 Thursday, February 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Friday, March 29th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.94%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th. This is a positive change 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 approved a stock repurchase plan on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 9.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Sturm Ruger & Company Inc (NYSE:RGR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 20th. The company reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.10. The business earned $121.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $124.10 million. Sturm Ruger & Company Inc had a return on equity of 19.95% and a net margin of 9.95%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.56 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, May 14th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Sturm Ruger & Company Inc.

Headlines about RGR stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Sturm Ruger & Company Inc earned a coverage optimism score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (18.21%), London Co. of Virginia (4.72%), Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (2.52%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.49%), Northern Trust Corp (1.32%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.14%). 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, London Co. of Virginia, Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., LSV Asset Management, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Two Sigma Investments LP, Comerica Bank and BlackRock Inc.. 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 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, SG Americas Securities LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Hsbc Holdings PLC, Gotham Asset Management LLC and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board. 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 $57.77.

Sturm Ruger & Company Inc has a market capitalization of $1.01 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.

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

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