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...Sturm, Ruger & Co has declined by a similar amount. The sheer ordinariness of US trading in military-style firearms is underlined by buy-now-pay-later financing....
...(Kenza Bryan) Smart read Amid the intensifying sturm und drang surrounding “woke capitalism”, it was refreshing to read this level-headed analysis in the Harvard Business Review, highlighting the flaws...
...According to Sturm, Ruger & Co’s most recent SEC disclosures, on $568.9m of sales in 2020, the company earned net income of $90m, for a near-33 per cent return on equity....
...Defendants include six US-based gunmakers — among them Smith & Wesson, Colt and Sturm Ruger — whose weapons Mexico said turn up most often on its side of the border....
...Sturm, Ruger & Co and Vista Outdoor had similar declines. Remington Outdoor, America’s oldest gunmaker, filed for bankruptcy in 2018....
...Gunmakers including Vista, Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger have all enjoyed higher sales and stronger share prices on the back of the soaring market....
...The gun maker Sturm Ruger in July estimated that sales of its products from distributors to retailers jumped 47 per cent year-on-year in the first half of 2020....
...Sturm Ruger is closing in on its 2014 peak after advancing 70 per cent for the year to date. Analysts are expecting the sales boom to continue until at least the presidential elections in November....
...On its earnings call in July, Sturm, Ruger similarly attributed the appetite for its rifles, revolvers and pistols to concerns about personal protection in the context of “protests, demonstrations and civil...
...American Outdoor and Sturm Ruger — America’s other listed gunmaker — are also contending with shareholders pushing for changes on the inside....
...Shares in Sturm Ruger and American Outdoor Brands remained positive on the first trading day after the 2015 San Bernardino shooting in California....
...The published methodology for the ESG index clearly disallowed weapons manufacturers such as Sturm Ruger....
...Make-up sales at Estée Lauder Companies Inc were up four per cent, also led by a boom in Asia, where MAC lip products, Estée Lauder Double Wear foundation and Tom Ford eyeshadows were flying off the shelves...
...American Outdoor Brands edged up 0.3 per cent, Vista rose 1.8 per cent while Sturm Ruger & Company was 2.6 per cent lower....
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...After all, the election of the company’s nine board directors, including Michael Jacobi and Mr Killoy, will be decided by Sturm Ruger’s shareholders....
...A nearly identical resolution was passed in May at rival Sturm & Ruger, with BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street Global Advisers all voting in favour....
...Ruger, and Rupert Murdoch’s media companies....
...Meanwhile Sturm, Ruger & Co shares are off 1.3 per cent, while shares in Vista Outdoor are up more than 20 per cent....
...Shares in Sturm Ruger extended earlier declines to trade down 3.9 per cent at a five-month low of $47.05, while American Outdoor Brands, previously known as Smith & Wesson, was down 4.4 per cent at $9.68...
...Sturm Ruger was down 6 per cent, while Vista was unchanged....
...BlackRock owns 16.9 per cent of Sturm Ruger; 11.1 per cent of American Outdoor Products; and 12.7 per cent of Vista Outdoor....
...At the start of trading on Friday, Sturm Ruger was down 1.6 per cent to $48.20, American Outdoor Brands — formerly known as Smith & Wesson — was off 3.7 per cent to $9.74 and Vista Outdoor was off 0.4 per...
...Christopher Killoy, chief executive of Sturm Ruger, added that there was an opportunity, however, to introduce new products....
...New York-based BlackRock and it main rival Vanguard are among the top shareholders of the three largest publicly traded gun companies in the US: Sturm Ruger, American Outdoor Brands and Vista Outdoor....
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