Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2025 Results
MWN-AI** Summary
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) has reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2025, showcasing a mixed performance amid market challenges. Fourth-quarter net sales rose 3.6% to $151.1 million, up from $145.8 million in the same period of the previous year. However, diluted earnings per share fell to $0.21, down from $0.62 in Q4 2024. Adjusted for specific items, earnings were $0.26.
For the entire year, Ruger recorded a net sales increase of 1.9%, totaling $546.1 million, compared to $535.6 million in 2024. Contrarily, the company reported a loss of $0.27 per share for 2025, compared to earnings of $1.77 per share in 2024, highlighting a significant decline in profitability. Adjusted earnings per share also decreased to $0.84 from $1.86 the prior year.
Ruger declared a quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share, which reflects a return of about 40% of net income to shareholders. The company generated $54.3 million in cash from operations in 2025 and returned a total of $36.2 million to shareholders through dividends and stock repurchases.
Despite a challenging consumer environment, Ruger's innovation strategy remains strong, launching 65 new models during the quarter, including the Glenfield by Ruger rifle and the Red Label III shotgun, which have been well received. The company's finished goods inventory reduced significantly, alongside strong retail demand for new products.
Todd Seyfert, the CEO, emphasized the importance of improving the company’s bottom line moving forward and aligning operational capabilities with market demand to ensure sustainable growth. The company has initiated plans to enhance profitability and will continue to focus on its product development strategy to capitalize on market trends as it moves into 2026.
MWN-AI** Analysis
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s (NYSE: RGR) fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results reveal both challenges and opportunities for investors. The company reported a slight increase in fourth quarter net sales, reaching $151.1 million, which demonstrates resilience against a tough consumer environment. However, the diluted earnings per share dropped significantly to $0.21 from $0.62 in Q4 2024, primarily due to increased operating expenses and challenges in maintaining profitability.
For the full year, despite achieving a modest increase in net sales to $546.1 million, Ruger reported a net loss of $0.27 per share, a stark contrast to the previous year's earnings of $1.77 per share. This decline highlights the impact of rising costs and the need for improved operational efficiencies. Notably, adjusted earnings per share showed some stability at $0.84, reflecting the company's efforts to streamline and rationalize its operations, including a significant inventory reduction.
The recent declaration of a $0.08 quarterly dividend indicates management's commitment to returning capital to shareholders despite these financial challenges. With a current ratio of 3.9 and no outstanding debt, Ruger is in a strong liquidity position, which could bode well for navigating current market pressures.
Looking ahead, Ruger’s introduction of 65 new models in 2025, including the well-received Glenfield by Ruger rifle, signals an innovative approach that may bolster sales in the coming periods. However, investors should remain cautious and closely monitor the company's cost-control strategies and bottom-line improvements.
Given the mixed financial results, potential shareholders may consider entering positions at lower valuations, particularly if Ruger can leverage product momentum to enhance profitability and shareholder returns in 2026. Overall, while the outlook contains uncertainties, Ruger's strong cash position and innovative product pipeline provide a foundation for potential recovery.
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Delivered Fourth Quarter Net Sales of $151.1 million and Full-Year Net Sales of $546.1 Million
Generated $54.3 Million of Cash from Operations in 2025
Returned $36.2 Million of Cash to Shareholders in 2025
Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.08 Per Share
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) (“Ruger” or the “Company”) announced today its financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2025.
Fourth Quarter 2025 Financial Highlights
- The Company achieved fourth quarter net sales of $151.1 million, a 3.6% increase over the $145.8 million achieved in the corresponding period in 2024.
- For the fourth quarter, Ruger saw diluted earnings of $0.21 per share compared to $0.62 per share in the corresponding period in 2024.
- On an adjusted basis, diluted earnings for the fourth quarter of 2025 were $0.26 per share.
Full-Year 2025 Financial Highlights
- The Company achieved full-year net sales of $546.1 million, a 1.9% increase over the $535.6 million achieved in the corresponding period in 2024.
- For the full-year, Ruger lost $0.27 per share in 2025 compared to diluted earnings of $1.77 per share in the corresponding period in 2024. Adjusted diluted earnings per share were $0.84 in 2025 and $1.86 in 2024.
The Company also announced today that its Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.08 per share for the fourth quarter for stockholders of record as of March 16, 2026, payable on March 31, 2026. This dividend equates to approximately 40% of net income.
“We are encouraged by our fourth quarter and full-year results, with revenues exceeding the same periods last year despite a challenging consumer environment. This performance reflects the strength of our product strategy and our continued focus on innovation,” said Todd Seyfert, President and Chief Executive Officer. “During the fourth quarter, we launched 65 new models, including three new platforms – the Glenfield by Ruger rifle, the Red Label III shotgun and the Harrier rifle – all of which are seeing strong consumer demand. Along with the continued expansion of Marlin rifles, the American Rifle Gen II family and the RXM lineup, our product pipeline is delivering as planned and enabling Ruger to outperform the broader market.”
Additional Highlights
- The estimated sell-through of the Company’s products from the independent distributors to retailers in 2025 increased by 4.5% from 2024, despite a 4.1% decrease in adjusted NICS during the same period.
- Sales of new products, including the RXM pistol, Marlin lever-action rifles and American Centerfire Rifle Generation II, represented $173 million, or 33%, of firearm sales in 2025. New product sales include only major new products that were introduced in the past two years.
- In 2025, the Company’s finished goods inventories decreased 47,700 units from the elimination of the models that were rationalized in the second quarter, while distributors’ inventories decreased 33,500 units reflecting strong retail pull through of our new products.
- For 2025, cash generated from operations totaled $54.3 million. As of December 31, 2025, Ruger’s cash and short-term investments totaled $92.5 million. The Company’s current ratio is 3.9 to 1 and there is no debt.
- In 2025, capital expenditures totaled $30.9 million, including $15.0 million for the Anderson acquisition in Hebron, KY.
- In 2025, the Company returned $36.1 million to its shareholders through the payment of $10.1 million in quarterly dividends and $26.0 million through the repurchase of 733,000 shares of its common stock at an average cost of $35.60 per share.
“While our product momentum and demand remain strong, we must stay focused on improving our bottom-line performance. As I outlined last year, increasing profitability, aligning our manufacturing footprint with demand and right-sizing the business for the future are not optional – they are essential,” Seyfert added. “Over the past year, we have begun taking decisive actions to better balance capacity, control costs and position Ruger for long-term success. As we start 2026 our team continues to be focused on executing the plan, continuing to improve our cost structure and investing in the products and capabilities that will enable our growth and performance in the future.”
Today, the Company filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2025. The financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are attached to this press release.
The Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2025 is available on the SEC website at SEC.gov and the Ruger website at Ruger.com/corporate . Investors are urged to read the complete Annual Report on Form 10-K to ensure that they have adequate information to make informed investment judgments.
Earnings Call Information
The Company will host a webcast at 4:30pm ET today to discuss the fourth quarter and full-year 2025 financial results. Participants may access the live webcast via this link or by visiting Ruger.com/corporate . Those who wish to ask questions during the webcast will need to pre-register prior to the meeting.
About Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.
Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. is one of the nation's leading manufacturers of rugged, reliable firearms for the commercial sporting market. With products made in America, Ruger offers consumers almost 800 variations of 40 product lines, across the Ruger, Marlin and Glenfield brands. For over 75 years, Ruger has been a model of corporate and community responsibility. Our motto, “Arms Makers for Responsible Citizens ® ,” echoes our commitment to these principles as we work hard to deliver quality and innovative firearms.
Forward-Looking Statements
The Company may, from time to time, make forward-looking statements and projections concerning future expectations. Such statements are based on current expectations and are subject to certain qualifying risks and uncertainties, such as market demand, sales levels of firearms, anticipated castings sales and earnings, the need for external financing for operations or capital expenditures, the results of pending litigation against the Company, the impact of future firearms control and environmental legislation, and accounting estimates, any one or more of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company undertakes no obligation to publish revised forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date such forward-looking statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of subsequent unanticipated events.
This press release includes certain non-GAAP financial measures, including EBITDA and adjusted earnings per share. These measures are not prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the most directly comparable GAAP measures. Reconciliations of each non-GAAP measure to the most directly comparable GAAP measure are included in the tables accompanying this release.
STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) | ||||||||
December 31, | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Current Assets | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 18,451 | $ | 10,028 | ||||
Short-term investments | 74,082 | 95,453 | ||||||
Trade receivables, net | 64,510 | 67,145 | ||||||
Gross inventories | 113,166 | 149,417 | ||||||
Less LIFO reserve | (67,058 | ) | (66,398 | ) | ||||
Less excess and obsolescence reserve | (3,227 | ) | (6,533 | ) | ||||
Net inventories | 42,881 | 76,486 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 11,680 | 9,245 | ||||||
Total Current Assets | 211,604 | 258,357 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment | 506,799 | 477,622 | ||||||
Less allowances for depreciation | (426,702 | ) | (406,373 | ) | ||||
Net property, plant and equipment | 80,097 | 71,249 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 19,720 | 16,681 | ||||||
Other assets | 30,576 | 37,747 | ||||||
Total Assets | $ | 341,997 | $ | 384,034 |
STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) | ||||||||
December 31, | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||||
Current Liabilities | ||||||||
Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 34,122 | $ | 35,750 | ||||
Contract liabilities with customers | - | - | ||||||
Product liability | 964 | 431 | ||||||
Employee compensation and benefits | 15,023 | 18,824 | ||||||
Workers’ compensation | 4,638 | 5,804 | ||||||
Total Current Liabilities | 54,747 | 60,809 | ||||||
Lease liability | 1,158 | 1,747 | ||||||
Employee compensation | 2,271 | 1,835 | ||||||
Product liability accrual | 61 | 61 | ||||||
Contingent liabilities | - | - | ||||||
Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||||
Common stock, non-voting, par value $1: | ||||||||
Authorized shares – 50,000; none issued | ||||||||
Common stock, par value $1: | ||||||||
Authorized shares – 40,000,000 | ||||||||
2025 – 24,490,478 issued, | ||||||||
15,944,253 outstanding | ||||||||
2024 – 24,467,983 issued, | ||||||||
16,790,824 outstanding | 24,490 | 24,468 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 55,356 | 50,536 | ||||||
Retained earnings | 422,045 | 436,609 | ||||||
Less: Treasury stock – at cost | ||||||||
2025 – 8,546,225 shares | ||||||||
2024 – 7,677,159 shares | (218,131 | ) | (192,031 | ) | ||||
Total Stockholders’ Equity | 283,760 | 319,582 | ||||||
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | $ | 341,997 | $ | 384,034 |
STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. (In thousands, except per share data) | ||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||
Net firearms sales | $ | 543,474 | $ | 532,608 | $ | 540,746 | ||||||
Net castings sales | 2,583 | 3,035 | 3,021 | |||||||||
Total net sales | 546,057 | 535,643 | 543,767 | |||||||||
Cost of products sold | 464,906 | 421,228 | 410,148 | |||||||||
Gross profit | 81,151 | 114,415 | 133,619 | |||||||||
Operating Expenses (Income): | ||||||||||||
Selling | 39,062 | 38,755 | 38,788 | |||||||||
General and administrative | 54,201 | 44,006 | 42,752 | |||||||||
Other operating expense (income), net | 187 | - | (5 | ) | ||||||||
Total operating expenses | 93,450 | 82,761 | 81,535 | |||||||||
Operating (loss) income | (12,299 | ) | 31,654 | 52,084 | ||||||||
Other income: | ||||||||||||
Royalty income | 1,401 | 857 | 658 | |||||||||
Interest income | 3,259 | 4,885 | 5,465 | |||||||||
Interest expense | (94 | ) | (102 | ) | (205 | ) | ||||||
Other income, net | 572 | 481 | 822 | |||||||||
Total other income, net | 5,138 | 6,121 | 6,740 | |||||||||
(Loss) income before income taxes | (7,161 | ) | 37,775 | 58,824 | ||||||||
Income taxes | (2,770 | ) | 7,212 | 10,609 | ||||||||
Net (loss) income and comprehensive (loss) income | $ | (4,391 | ) | $ | 30,563 | $ | 48,215 | |||||
Basic (Loss) Earnings Per Share | $ | (0.27 | ) | $ | 1.79 | $ | 2.73 | |||||
Diluted (Loss) Earnings Per Share | $ | (0.27 | ) | $ | 1.77 | $ | 2.71 | |||||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – Basic | 16,235,995 | 17,088,205 | 17,676,955 | |||||||||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – Diluted | 16,235,995 | 17,270,101 | 17,811,218 | |||||||||
Cash Dividends Per Share | $ | 0.62 | $ | 0.69 | $ | 6.27 |
STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. (In thousands) | ||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||
Operating Activities | ||||||||||||
Net (loss) income | $ | (4,391 | ) | $ | 30,563 | $ | 48,215 | |||||
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 22,871 | 22,063 | 22,383 | |||||||||
Stock-based compensation | 5,020 | 4,342 | 3,989 | |||||||||
Excess and obsolescence inventory reserve | (767 | ) | 413 | 1,308 | ||||||||
Inventory write-off | 17,002 | - | - | |||||||||
Loss (gain) on disposal of assets | 187 | - | (5 | ) | ||||||||
Deferred income taxes | (3,039 | ) | (4,705 | ) | (5,867 | ) | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||||
Trade receivables | 2,635 | (7,281 | ) | 5,585 | ||||||||
Inventories | 21,191 | 2,911 | (16,125 | ) | ||||||||
Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses | (2,746 | ) | 3,789 | (4,406 | ) | |||||||
Contract liability with customers | - | (149 | ) | (882 | ) | |||||||
Employee compensation and benefits | (3,416 | ) | (5,869 | ) | (6,469 | ) | ||||||
Product liability | 533 | (188 | ) | 372 | ||||||||
Prepaid expenses, other assets and other liabilities | (772 | ) | 9,615 | (13,026 | ) | |||||||
Income taxes receivable/payable | - | - | (1,171 | ) | ||||||||
Cash provided by operating activities | 54,308 | 55,504 | 33,901 | |||||||||
Investing Activities | ||||||||||||
Property, plant and equipment additions | (15,846 | ) | (20,821 | ) | (15,796 | ) | ||||||
Purchase of Anderson Manufacturing assets | (15,010 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Purchases of short-term investments | (108,905 | ) | (138,885 | ) | (192,627 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds from maturity of short-term investments | 130,276 | 145,917 | 249,274 | |||||||||
Net proceeds from sale of assets | - | - | 5 | |||||||||
Cash (used for) provided by investing activities | (9,485 | ) | (13,789 | ) | 40,856 | |||||||
Financing Activities | ||||||||||||
Dividends paid | (10,122 | ) | (11,829 | ) | (110,789 | ) | ||||||
Repurchase of common stock | (26,100 | ) | (34,408 | ) | (11,811 | ) | ||||||
Payment of employee withholding tax related to share-based compensation | (178 | ) | (624 | ) | (2,156 | ) | ||||||
Cash used for financing activities | (36,400 | ) | (46,861 | ) | (124,756 | ) | ||||||
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 8,423 | (5,146 | ) | (49,999 | ) | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year | 10,028 | 15,174 | 65,173 | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | $ | 18,451 | $ | 10,028 | $ | 15,174 |
Non-GAAP Financial Measure
In an effort to provide investors with additional information regarding its results, the Company refers to various United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) financial measures and three non-GAAP financial measures, EBITDA, EBITDA margin, and adjusted diluted earnings per share (“Adjusted EPS”), which management believes provides useful information to investors. These non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures being disclosed by other companies. In addition, the Company believes that the non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, and not in lieu of, GAAP financial measures. The Company believes that EBITDA and EBITDA margin are useful to understanding its operating results and the ongoing performance of its underlying business, as EBITDA provides information on the Company’s ability to meet its capital expenditure and working capital requirements, and is also an indicator of profitability. The Company believes that this reporting provides better transparency and comparability to its operating results. The Company believes that Adjusted EPS is useful to understanding its operating results and the ongoing performance of its underlying business by identifying unusual and infrequent non-operating items that are not related to our ongoing operations and presenting our earnings per share independent of those items. The Company uses both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate its financial performance.
Non-GAAP Reconciliation – EBITDA and EBITDA Margin | ||||||||
EBITDA | ||||||||
(Unaudited, dollars in thousands) | ||||||||
Year ended December 31, | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
Net income | $ | (4,391 | ) | $ | 30,563 | |||
Inventory rationalization | 17,002 | - | ||||||
Income tax (benefit) expense | (2,770 | ) | 7,212 | |||||
Depreciation and amortization expense | 22,871 | 22,063 | ||||||
Interest expense | 94 | 102 | ||||||
Interest income | (3,259 | ) | (4,885 | ) | ||||
EBITDA | $ | 29,547 | $ | 55,055 | ||||
EBITDA margin | 5.4 | % | 10.3 | % | ||||
Net income margin | (0.8 | )% | 5.7 | % |
EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, and depreciation and amortization. The Company calculates this by adding the amount of interest expense, income tax expense and depreciation and amortization expenses that have been deducted from net income back into net income, and subtracting the amount of interest income that was included in net income from net income to arrive at EBITDA. The Company’s EBITDA calculation also excludes certain one-time non-cash, non-operating expenses.
Non-GAAP Reconciliation – Adjusted EPS
Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share
Adjusted diluted earnings per share is defined as (i) net income, adjusted to exclude items that may include, but are not limited to, significant charges or credits, and unusual and infrequent non-operating items that impact current results but are not related to our ongoing operations, such as M&A, integration and related costs, divided by (ii) the weighted average diluted common stock shares outstanding.
Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||
Diluted earnings per share | $ | 0.21 | $ | 0.62 | $ | (0.27 | ) | $ | 1.77 | |||||||
Inventory rationalization | - | - | 0.63 | - | ||||||||||||
Product rationalization and SKU reduction | - | - | 0.24 | - | ||||||||||||
Organizational realignment | - | - | 0.12 | 0.07 | ||||||||||||
Stockholder rights issues | 0.04 | - | 0.04 | - | ||||||||||||
Senior leadership transition | 0.01 | - | 0.08 | 0.02 | ||||||||||||
Adjusted diluted earnings per share | $ | 0.26 | $ | 0.62 | $ | 0.84 | $ | 1.86 |
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Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.
700 S Ayersville Rd
Mayodan, NC 27027
www.ruger.com
203-259-7843
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