Forensic Analysis · Industrials / Manufacturing / Defense · as of Jun 27, 2026
STURM RUGER & CO INC (RGR)
A forensic read on STURM RUGER & CO INC built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.
B · Sound & dependable
Forensic grade
Safe
Financial health
11.9
Altman Z-score
Clean
Earnings quality
3
Forensic signals
-4.2%
ROE
$611M
Market cap
0.96%
Dividend yield
STURM RUGER & CO INC earns a B (Sound & dependable) forensic quality grade, and its Altman Z-score is 11.9, placing it in the Safe zone. 3 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.
What the filings flag
-4%Return on invested capital.Return on invested capital is -4% and slipping from 33% — well below its ~9% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.
94% of FCFShareholder returns.Returned $36M to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2025 — 94% of free cash flow. Right at the limit of what free cash flow covers — little room before it's funded by debt or the balance sheet.
-89%Dividend — cut.The payout was CUT ~89% in FY2024 (from FY2023). It still returns some cash, but it is NOT the dependable, rising dividend an unbroken streak implies — weigh the cut when judging reliability.
Key fundamentals
Net Margin-0.8%
Free Cash Flow$38.5M
Latest Revenue$546.1M
Return on Equity-1.5%
Revenue Growth YoY+1.9%
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