Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) currently has an Average Broker Rating of 2. This number is based on the 2 sell-side firms polled by Zacks. The ABR rank within the industry stands at 53. Analysts on a consensus basis are expecting that the stock will reach $60 within the year. The ABR is provided by Zacks which simplfies analyst ratings into an integer based number. They use a one to five scale where they translate brokerage firm Buy/Sell/Hold recommendations into an average broker rating. A low number in the 1-2 range typically indicates a Buy, 3 represents a Hold and 4-5 represents a consensus Sell rating.
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Research analysts are predicting that Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) will report earnings of $0.94 per share when the firm issues their next quarterly report. This is the consensus earnings per share number according to data from Zack’s Research.
Most recently Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) posted quarterly earnings of $0.57 which compared to the sell-side estimates of 1.11. The stock’s 12-month trailing earnings per share stands at $3.92. Shares have moved $-5.82 over the past month and more recently, $4.15 over the past week heading into the earnings announcement. There are 1 analyst projections that were taken into consideration from respected brokerage firms.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) closed the last session at $47.7 and sees an average of 269636.09 shares trade hands in each session. The 52-week low of the stock stands at $45.75 while the current level stands at 8.59% of the 52-week High-Low range. Looking further out we can see that the stock has moved -29.18% over the past 12 weeks and -9.49% year to date.
1 analysts rate Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. a Buy or Strong Buy, which is 50% of all the analyst ratings.
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