史特姆-魯格 (RGR) 2026 年第三季法說會：營收成長 17%，EBITDA 達 1400 萬美元

重點摘要

• 史特姆－儒格公司 (RGR) 公布 2026 年第三季淨銷售額為 1.48 億美元，較去年同期的 1.27 億美元成長 17%。
• 調整後 EBITDA 從 300 萬美元增加至 1,400 萬美元，調整後 EBITDA 利潤率達到 10%，主要受惠於有利的產品組合、高階化策略以及製造效率的提升。
• 稀釋每股盈餘由 0.10 美元上升至 0.36 美元。調整後稀釋每股盈餘為 0.44 美元，相較於 2025 年第三季為 0.10 美元。
• 前九個月淨銷售額成長 13% 至 4.47 億美元。截至本季末，公司擁有 1.01 億美元的現金與短期投資，流動比率為 3:1，且無任何負債。
• 儒格正暫停或完成特定產品系列在 2026 年的最後生產；這些產品約占總產量的 4% 以及約 2,500 萬美元的營收，但獲利極微甚至毫無利潤。
• 管理層表示，新產品研發進度維持正常，計劃在未來三至四個月內推出多款新產品。

核心財務數據

業務與營運表現

管理層形容第三季產量創下近期新高，並將產能提升歸功於過去 18 個月內完成的工作，包括產品組合合理化、投資高需求產品的產能、更聚焦的產品組合，以及各製造廠之間更緊密的協同合作。

儒格持續擴展「儒格商業系統」(Ruger Business System)，並導入甲骨文 (Oracle) 企業平台。管理層表示，隨著公司推動製造營運現代化，這些系統應能加快獲取資訊的速度、改善業務流程，並強化權責歸屬。

該公司也正在精簡其產品組合。受停產或 2026 年最終配額影響的產品約占總產量的 4% 以及約 2,500 萬美元的營收，但獲利極微甚至毫無利潤。管理層表示，釋出的資源將重新投入至需求更強勁、獲利能力更高且具備長期成長潛力的產品與平台。

管理層強調，調整產品組合屬於暫時停產，並不必然是永久停售。若市場需求回升，或是透過產品重新工程設計能創造更具吸引力的製造與消費者價值主張，儒格可能會重新評估受影響的產品。

管理層指引

儒格仍預期 2026 全年資本支出約為 3,000 萬美元，相較之下前九個月已支出 900 萬美元。

管理層表示，預計未來幾個月將推出多款創新新機型。在既有銷售與行銷方案的支援下，未來三至四個月規劃的新品推出節奏維持按進度進行。

風險與關注焦點

本季接單產品的平均售價有所下滑。管理層將此主要歸因於產品組合與部分出貨延遲，並表示該問題僅為短期現象。

部分暫停生產的產品類別需求過低，無法支撐當前條件下的持續生產。公司亦承認客戶對某些經典傳承產品的決策感到不滿，但同時表示目前消費者的需求已轉向其他產品。

儒格正同時推動多項營運變革，包括導入甲骨文系統、製造現代化、產品組合合理化以及資源重新配置。管理層表示，2026 年初精簡人力的節流效益正逐步顯現在財報成果中，且這些職缺並未補人。

分析師問答重點

• 生產與產能：管理層將近期的創紀錄產量歸功於產能投資、產品組合簡化，以及各廠區規劃與執行力的提升，但並未量化肯塔基州廠區的具體貢獻。
• 訂單組合與在手訂單：管理層表示，平均售價下滑反映的是產品組合變化，而非結構性定價改變。儒格指出，進入第四季與假期旺季時，其在手訂單依然保持健康水準。
• 經銷商庫存：管理層表示，進入秋季銷售季節時，經銷商庫存與通路狀況保持良好。同時也對第三季的消費者需求表示滿意。
• 新產品推出節奏：儒格表示，未來三至四個月的新品發布計畫維持按進度進行，其中包括預計在 SHOT Show 展覽前後亮相的產品。
• 左輪手槍與經典傳承產品：管理層表示，若需求回升或重新設計工作能改善其市場與製造效益，暫停生產的產品可能會重新回歸。

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管理層陳述

Operator

Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us, and welcome to Stern Ruger & Company's Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] I will now hand the conference over to Todd Seyfert, CEO and President. Todd, please go ahead.

Todd Seyfert

Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us for the Sturm Ruger & Company's Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. I'm Todd Seyfert, President and Chief Executive Officer. Before we get started, I would like to turn it over to Sarah Colbert, our General Counsel, for the caution on forward-looking statements.

Sarah Colbert

I'd like to remind everyone that some of the statements we make today will be forward-looking in nature. These statements reflect our current expectations, but actual results could differ materially due to several uncertainties and risks. You can find more information about these factors in our most recent Form 10-K and other filings with the SEC. We do not undertake any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Reconciliations of any non-GAAP measures discussed today are available in our earnings release and on our website.

Todd Seyfert

Thank you, Sarah. Our third quarter represented another meaningful step forward in executing our 2026 plan. We delivered another quarter of year-over-year and sequential sales growth while also improving profitability on both a year-over-year and sequential basis.

Just as importantly, we continued making significant changes across the organization that will strengthen how we operate and position the company for the future. During the quarter, we implemented our new Oracle Enterprise platform, continued expanding the Ruger Business System and advanced the work necessary to modernize our manufacturing operations.

Following the quarter, we also announced several portfolio decisions designed to reduce complexity and better align our resources with the products and markets where we see the greatest opportunities for consumer demand, profitability and long-term growth.

Taken together, these actions demonstrate we are doing what we said we would do. We're improving the performance of the business today while building the capabilities necessary to execute our Ruger 2030 strategy.

Now I would like to welcome Andrew Wieland, our Chief Financial Officer, to take you through the financial results.

Andrew Wieland

Thanks, Todd. Net sales for the third quarter were $148 million, an increase of 17% compared with $127 million in the third quarter of 2025. Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was $14 million compared with $3 million in the third quarter of 2025. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 10%, driven by favorable product mix, continued premiumization within our existing product families and improved manufacturing efficiencies.

Diluted earnings were $0.36 per share compared with $0.10 per share in the prior year period. On an adjusted basis, diluted earnings were $0.44 per share compared with $0.10 per share last year. The Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.18 per share for the third quarter.

Looking at the first nine months of the year, net sales were $447 million, an increase of 13% over the same period in 2025. Cash generated from operations was $24 million. At quarter end, our cash and short-term investments totaled $101 million. Our current ratio is 3:1, and we have no debt.

Year-to-date, our capital expenditures totaled $9 million. As we have mentioned before, we expect capital expenditures to total approximately $30 million for the year. In the first nine months, we returned $6.4 million to our shareholders through the payment of quarterly dividends. Our balance sheet remains strong and gives us the flexibility to continue investing in the business while returning capital to shareholders. Todd?

Todd Seyfert

Thank you, Andrew. Overall, the financial results demonstrate that we are growing the top line, improving profitability and continuing to strengthen the underlying performance of the business. I would like to spend a few minutes connecting several of the changes we've discussed over the past few quarters because they are not separate initiatives. They are pieces of the same strategy.

Earlier this year, we formally established the Ruger Business System. The Ruger Business System provides the operating discipline for how we plan, execute, measure performance and continuously improve. Oracle provides the information and visibility necessary to support that discipline.

Together, the Ruger Business System and Oracle give our teams faster access to information, improved business processes and greater accountability. And we're beginning to use those capabilities to make deliberate decisions about where and how we deploy our resources. That brings me to our portfolio.

In October, we announced that we would suspend production of a limited number of product families and complete final 2026 production and allocation of several others. Collectively, these products represent roughly 4% of our total unit production or roughly $25 million of our total revenues despite generating minimal to no profitability.

These decisions are not about making Ruger smaller. They're about making Ruger stronger. We are taking a disciplined look at how we deploy our people, equipment and capital and ensuring those resources are aligned with the products and markets where we see the greatest opportunities for consumer demand, profitability and long-term growth. This is an important part of becoming a more focused and agile company. Yet, I want to be clear about something.

Portfolio rationalization does not mean we are pulling back from product development. In fact, it's the opposite. We're creating capacity to focus more resources on the products and platforms where we believe Ruger can win. While we're reducing complexity in parts of the portfolio, we're accelerating investment in product innovation.

We anticipate introducing numerous new and innovative models over the coming months. That pipeline reflects the work underway across product development, engineering, manufacturing, sales and marketing… the next generation of our portfolio. We're becoming more disciplined about where we compete, more flexible in how we manufacture and more focused on bringing compelling products to market. That combination is imperative to the long-term growth of Ruger.

At the beginning of the year, we laid out five priorities for 2026. Those priorities were straightforward: improve profitability, align factory capacity with demand, right size the business to our future product portfolio, increase output on proven high-demand product lines and expand into new markets through complete product ecosystems. Three quarters into the year, we have made measurable progress against these priorities.

Profitability has improved. We're modernizing our manufacturing operations and aligning capacity more closely with demand. We've made difficult but necessary portfolio decisions. We're redirecting resources toward products and platforms with stronger opportunities for growth, and we're investing in a significant pipeline of new products that will support the future.

At the same time, we're building the infrastructure that supports all these priorities through individual initiatives that matter. The Ruger Business System provides that discipline. Oracle provides the information. Portfolio rationalization provides the focus, manufacturing modernization provides the flexibility and product innovation provides the opportunity for growth. That's how our 2026 plan begins building the capabilities required for Ruger 2030.

There is still important work ahead, but we're doing what we said we would do. We're executing our 2026 plan while building the capabilities necessary to deliver our Ruger 2030 strategy. Ruger is financially healthy. Our strategy is clear and our organization is aligned around its execution. The decisions we're making today are not simply about improving the next quarter. They're all about building a stronger, more agile and more profitable Ruger capable of creating durable long-term value for our shareholders.

Before we open the call for questions, I want to thank our employees across Ruger for their continued hard work and commitment. There has been significant change across the organization this year, and our teams continue to respond with tremendous effort and focus.

Thank you. Operator, can we please have the first question?

Operator

[Operator Instructions] The first question is from the line of Mark Smith with Lake Street.

分析師問答

Mark Smith

I wanted to ask first about kind of production and capacity. I think that this might have been your highest number of units produced in several years here this quarter. I'm curious how much of this was Kentucky and the addition of that facility and kind of how you feel about how production is running against your capacity?

Todd Seyfert

Mark, so I would tell you, it is a near-term record. A lot of this is the culmination of really what we've been doing in the last 18 months, which is really this focus on rationalization, making sure that we're focused on the right products where there's high demand and investing in that additional capacity where we had the backlog that I know we've talked about in the past.

So I think it's a combination of that. It's a combination of the flexibility in terms of product mix, really focusing that product mix, which is making it a little bit easier in terms of planning. And then finally, I think it's the people getting on board in terms of these priorities across the facilities. All those things together, Mark, I think, are what's driving the increased output.

Mark Smith

Perfect. And then looking at your product mix, the ASP on units ordered came in, I guess, a bit lower than expected and lower than historically you've kind of run. Curious, is that purely just a mix thing? Or is there any of the changes in production and development here that maybe impacted some of the orders maybe late in the quarter?

Todd Seyfert

No, I think it really does come down to mix, Mark. Depending on the time of year, Q3 and some of the delays around the shipments in the quarter, I think it really comes down to more mix than anything else. our backlog is still healthy. We're happy with where we sit heading into Q4, kind of holiday season, Black Friday. So to me, that's more of a short-term issue.

Mark Smith

Okay. And the last one for me is just looking at distributor inventory. Curious if you can comment on kind of comfort levels. It came up a little bit, but it still seems in a good historical place. But your comfort with the distributor inventory and then any commentary on kind of what you guys are seeing in the demand environment today?

Todd Seyfert

Yes. So I think we're happy with distributor inventory. We monitor that closely, as you know. And to me, it's a proxy of their inventory and the sell-through as well as what we see at retail. Generally speaking, we're happy with where Q3 was in terms of consumer demand. And again, planning for Q4, it really is making sure that our channel is healthy. And I would say that given where we've been in the last year, we're really happy with where the distributors sit with inventory as we head into the fall season.

Operator

The next question is from the line of Rommel Dionisio with Aegis Capital.

Rommel Dionisio

With regards to some of the supply chain initiatives that you guys are putting into place, are you still very much on track with regards to the new product cadence here as we enter the latter part of the year, especially going to shot over 2027?

Todd Seyfert

Yes, we're actually very happy with the progress we've made. We spent a lot of time in the organization really aligning kind of the new product development process. We have a number of initiatives around the launches. And I think if you're going to be at SHOT Show, hopefully, I'll get to say hello, and you'll be able to see the benefit of the introductions that we'll do there. But we're happy with where we sit in the quarter as far as the new launches that we have planned over the next three to four months.

Rommel Dionisio

Okay. And just in terms of -- with a lot of moving parts on the infrastructure internally, can you just talk about redeployment of employee resources? I mean, obviously, you're streamlining the product portfolio and so forth. But is there anything set in place from a manufacturing standpoint, from a marketing standpoint with the specific personnel in place? Obviously, there have been some management additions here over the last few months. And I just want to just check that that's pretty much in place as you launch these new products going into the next several months.

Todd Seyfert

Yes. I would say our deployment is in line with what we've done in the past. I think in terms of just headcount, I think one of the things that is coming through in the quarter is some of the actions that we took early in the year. The savings are flowing through and continue to flow through. So we made the right decisions in terms of allocation of resources early in the year. We took those numbers out, and we haven't replaced them.

And so heading into the fall again, I think in terms of the focus on new product development, the cadence that we want to get into in terms of the amount of new products we're launching within a year and within a quarter, we're on track for those. And we have the, what I would call, the marketing and the sales programs in place to support those.

Operator

Your next question is from the line of James Param with Standish Management.

Unknown Analyst

In the past month have released new kind of heritage-focused revolver models. And I was wondering if you could comment kind of where Ruger sees the revolver market and revolver demand going. I mean, obviously, you guys discontinued almost all revolver production and kind of what you guys are seeing that Smith & Wesson and Taurus might not be?

And then kind of a follow-on to that question is, are there plans to kind of handle -- there's a lot of discontent in the gun owner community right now around Ruger's decision to discontinue the heritage lines. Are there plans to kind of address that? And are you worried about losing customers due to this decision?

Todd Seyfert

So I think a couple of questions there. I think the first one is if you look at the total amount of products that we're suspending, and I think it's important that we talk about suspension versus discontinuation. And so the first thing I'll say is that Ruger has a history of suspending production when demand is not there. And I think that's what we're talking about here.

In terms of the market, I can't speak to our competitors, but when we look at demand, demand across some of those categories were low enough for us to have these difficult conversations. If demand returns or if there's a manufacturing opportunity for us to reengineer a product that makes it better and therefore, would increase consumer demand by all means, we will do those things. And so these are things we look at all the time. and we have products that get paused throughout the portfolio. So I think that's the first part of the question.

The second part is, listen, we talk to our customers all the time, and we talk to whether it's distributor partners, whether we talk to our retail partners or our consumers. Some of these things are emotional. But when it comes down to the opportunity for Ruger long term is to make sure that we're listening to what our consumers want. And in the current environment, they're asking for other things than the products that we put on pause.

Operator

There are no further questions at this time. I will now turn the call back to Todd Seyfert for closing remarks.

Todd Seyfert

Thank you again for joining us today and for your continued investment in Ruger. We're pleased with the progress we're making, but we know there's more work to do. Our focus remains on executing our plan, improving the performance of the business and building a stronger Ruger for our customers, employees and shareholders. We look forward to talking again in the next quarter. Thank you, and have a good evening.

Operator

This concludes today's call. Thank you for attending. You may now disconnect.