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Sturm Ruger RGR

US equityMarket cap rank #3502Aerospace & DefenseFirearm Manufacturers
$43.95 +$0.30 (+0.69%)
Market closed · Oct 8, 8:00 am ET · Last extended-hours $43.95 0.00%
Open$43.51
Prev close$43.65
Day range$43.20 – $44.00
Volume185.5K
Market cap$702.24M
P/E (TTM)59.4
Dividend yield0.89%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership71.4%+0.26 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding208+0 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)35 buys / 15 sellsNet buying
Short interest3.38% of floatDays to cover 4.5 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share24.3%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

14%21%28%34%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$1.66M (15 inflow days, 5 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

+$730.7KSuper+$926.3KBig+$856.9KMid+$239.7KSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 30.9% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • Beretta Holding S.A.9.93%
  • BlackRock8.19%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.72%
  • Renaissance Technologies Corp.4.27%
  • JRM Investment Counsel, L.L.C.3.82%
  • Wellington Management Group3.43%
  • Two Sigma Investments, LP2.58%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors2.49%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund44.50%
  • Private Company13.62%
  • Hedge Fund10.65%
  • Individual/Insider2.19%
  • Public Company2.08%
  • Insurance Company0.26%
  • Family Office/Trust0.21%
  • Government Pension Fund0.05%

Reported short interest has fallen from 3.62% to 3.38% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Nuveen Asset Management LLC Insurance Company 2026/Q3 +41,351 0.3%
JRM Investment Counsel, L.L.C. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +213,000 3.8%
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +87,110 0.7%
Wellington Management Group Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +71,423 3.4%
GAMCO Investors, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +66,017 1.0%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Public Company 2026/Q3 +47,552 0.6%
Gabelli & Company Investment Advisers, Inc. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +44,500 0.3%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +40,744 0.4%
Nuveen Investments Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +37,736 0.2%
Pacific Investment Management Company LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +36,000 1.0%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +32,343 0.2%
Landscape Capital Management, LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +27,958 0.2%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +27,003 8.2%
Russell Investment Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +20,304 0.8%
Geode Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +18,010 2.4%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
23 Sep 2026 Michael Wilson Vice President of Operations ,Product Engineering & Mayodan Manufacturing Automatic Disposition -600 $41.95 628
16 Sep 2026 Michael Wilson Vice President of Operations ,Product Engineering & Mayodan Manufacturing Automatic Disposition -600 $40.00 1,228
31 May 2026 Todd Seyfert President Other Derivative Acquisition +5,116 – 94,137
26 May 2026 John Cosentino Independent Lead Vice Chairman Other Acquisition +1,778 – 6,483
26 May 2026 John Cosentino Independent Lead Vice Chairman Other Acquisition +2,031 – 22,470
26 May 2026 Amir Rosenthal Independent Director Other Acquisition +1,351 – 16,695
26 May 2026 Amir Rosenthal Independent Director Other Acquisition +1,778 – 6,483
26 May 2026 Bruce Pettet Director Other Acquisition +1,185 – 4,013
26 May 2026 Bruce Pettet Director Other Acquisition +1,778 – 6,556
26 May 2026 Phillip Widman Independent Director Other Acquisition +1,641 – 5,616
26 May 2026 Phillip Widman Independent Director Other Acquisition +1,778 – 6,483
26 May 2026 Stephen Timm Director Other Acquisition +1,504 – 1,504
26 May 2026 Stephen Timm Director Other Acquisition +1,778 – 5,506
26 May 2026 Terrence O'Connor Independent Director Other Acquisition +1,185 – 14,786
26 May 2026 Terrence O'Connor Independent Director Other Acquisition +1,778 – 6,483
26 May 2026 Aaron Rivers Director Other Acquisition +1,504 – 1,504
26 May 2026 Aaron Rivers Director Other Acquisition +1,778 – 5,506
26 May 2026 Lorin Wolfe Director Other Acquisition +1,504 – 1,504
26 May 2026 Lorin Wolfe Director Other Acquisition +1,778 – 5,506
19 May 2026 Todd Seyfert President Open Market Acquisition +1,500 $39.15 1,500

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 540,201 3.4% 4.5
31 Aug 2026 531,058 3.3% 3.9
14 Aug 2026 536,082 3.4% 4.9
31 Jul 2026 499,148 3.1% 4.4
15 Jul 2026 543,523 3.4% 6.2
30 Jun 2026 577,316 3.6% 2.8

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