R&D expense · 2011–2025

Sturm Ruger R&D expense

$8.4M+2.4% · FY2025

Sturm Ruger (RGR) reported $8.4M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +2.4% year on year.

$4.0M2011$5.9M2012$6.2M2013$10.0M2014$8.5M2015$8.7M2016$9.8M2017$8.5M2018$8.2M2019$8.0M2020$11.7M2021$9.6M2022$9.8M2023$8.2M2024$8.4M2025
Sturm Ruger — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$8.4M+2.4%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$8.2M−16.3%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$9.8M+2.1%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$9.6M−17.9%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$11.7M+46.3%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$8.0M−2.4%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$8.2M−3.5%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$8.5M−13.3%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$9.8M+12.6%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$8.7M+2.4%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$8.5M−15.0%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$10.0M+61.3%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$6.2M+5.1%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$5.9M+47.5%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$4.0M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +5.4%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Sturm Ruger R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001174947-26-000243 · March 2, 2026

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