American firearm manufacturing company Ruger (NYSE: RGR) will be reporting results this Wednesday after market hours. Here’s what to expect.
Ruger beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 12.4% last quarter, reporting revenues of $132.5 million, up 1.3% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ revenue estimates but a significant miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Ruger’s revenue to grow 1.6% year on year to $124.2 million, in line with the 1.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.36 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Ruger has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once since going public and has exceeded top-line expectations by 2% on average.
Looking at Ruger’s peers in the consumer discretionary segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Malibu Boats delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 13.5%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.3%, and Brunswick reported revenues up 6.8%, topping estimates by 8.9%. Malibu Boats traded down 14.6% following the results while Brunswick was up 10.6%.
Read our full analysis of Malibu Boats’s results here and Brunswick’s results here.
Debates around the economy’s health and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts have caused much uncertainty in 2025. While some of the consumer discretionary stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 5.4% on average over the last month. Ruger is down 8.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $44.50 (compared to the current share price of $41.32).
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