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Sturm Ruger & Co Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Sturm Ruger & Co Inc had return on equity of -1.5%, an operating margin of -2.3%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 3.87. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin32.3%32.9%34.0%36.4%37.6%31.1%31.2%33.0%29.5%27.1%24.3%33.7%38.3%30.2%24.6%21.4%14.9%18.7%
Operating margin16.2%17.0%19.0%22.6%25.4%10.3%17.2%20.2%14.6%13.5%9.6%20.9%27.8%17.4%9.6%5.9%−2.3%1.0%
Net margin10.1%11.1%12.2%14.4%16.2%7.1%11.3%13.2%10.0%10.3%7.9%15.9%21.3%14.8%8.9%5.7%−0.8%2.1%
Free-cash-flow margin12.1%5.1%10.7%12.2%9.5%1.8%15.2%10.5%12.9%22.0%7.1%21.0%19.6%8.3%3.3%6.5%7.0%8.2%
Return on equity28.8%26.9%31.8%60.8%81.2%21.2%30.1%35.4%21.0%20.6%11.7%32.9%49.6%26.0%14.9%9.4%−1.5%4.2%
Return on assets19.4%18.9%22.0%37.1%49.3%14.5%21.8%26.4%16.5%16.4%9.4%25.9%39.4%19.1%10.9%7.8%−1.2%3.4%
Asset turnover1.911.701.812.583.052.051.932.001.651.601.201.631.851.291.231.371.501.63
Current ratio2.983.162.951.631.791.962.312.653.173.264.072.874.262.224.294.253.873.35
Debt to equity——0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%——0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)————————————————n/m55.7x
Effective tax rate38.0%36.0%37.0%37.0%36.5%32.5%35.4%35.6%32.8%25.9%25.0%25.3%24.5%18.4%18.0%19.1%—−7.7%
R&D as % of revenue—1.3%1.2%1.2%0.9%1.8%1.5%1.3%1.9%1.7%2.0%1.4%1.6%1.6%1.8%1.5%1.5%—
Capital spending as % of revenue5.1%7.6%6.7%5.5%7.9%8.4%5.2%5.3%6.4%2.1%4.9%4.3%3.9%4.7%2.9%3.9%2.9%3.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income119.5%46.3%88.2%84.8%58.5%25.8%135.0%79.6%129.6%214.5%90.7%132.3%92.1%56.0%37.6%113.5%—388.8%
Dividends ÷ net income21.1%22.4%20.4%157.9%36.9%81.4%33.1%37.5%45.8%37.7%44.3%126.0%37.9%48.4%229.8%38.7%—51.1%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow17.7%92.0%28.8%186.2%63.1%555.6%27.9%67.3%131.3%17.6%55.7%95.2%41.2%86.7%677.2%133.3%94.2%13.1%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 2 checks passed · June 27, 2026
What it owns · $364m
Short-term assets $239mLonger-term assets $125m
What it owes, and who funded it · $361m
Short-term liabilities $71mShareholders' equity $290m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $239m of assets due within a year against $71m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $6m against $101,000 of interest.

From Sturm Ruger & Co Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

60 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Sturm Ruger &'s competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Net income has been a median 12.7% of total assets over 9 years.

  • Pricing power 6 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 26.6%, moving by 6.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 4 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 13.0%; its worst year was 0.5%.

  • Cash conversion 16 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 12.2% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 9.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.0% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (65 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Sturm Ruger & Co Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Sturm Ruger & Co Inc.