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Sturm Ruger earnings quality score

How much of the reported profit is backed by cash, and how many markers of managed earnings the filings show

Score71 / 100 · grade B · rank 312 of 1027

Sturm Ruger (RGR) scores 71 of 100 for earnings quality, grade B: rank 312 of 1027 companies and 61 of 287 in industrials. It loses the most points on adjusted earnings 32% below GAAP, discretionary accruals of -8.2% of assets (modified Jones), larger than most, Montier C-score 2 of 6 checks failed. It earns full or near-full marks for accruals of -16.2% of assets, lower than 94% of companies (profit backed by cash), Beneish M-score -3.07: clean (below −2.22), Dechow F-score 0.36 (normal).

What earned and lost points

ComponentWhat the filings showPointsOf
Accrualsaccruals of -16.2% of assets, lower than 94% of companies (profit backed by cash)1920
Beneish M-scoreBeneish M-score -3.07: clean (below −2.22)1515
Dechow F-scoreDechow F-score 0.36 (normal)1515
Montier C-scoreMontier C-score 2 of 6 checks failed1015
Discretionary accrualsdiscretionary accruals of -8.2% of assets (modified Jones), larger than most210
Piotroski F-scorePiotroski F-score 5 of 9610
Non-GAAP gapadjusted earnings 32% below GAAP010
Earnings smoothnessprofit about as variable as cash flow (smoothness 0.98)55
RGR: share of the available points, by componentRGR: share of the available points, by componentAccruals94%Discretionary accruals17%Beneish M-score100%Dechow F-score100%Montier C-score67%Piotroski F-score56%Earnings smoothness100%

How the score is built

Eight published measures, each scored against the whole universe or on its own scale and weighted: accruals 20, discretionary accruals 10, Beneish M 15, Dechow F 15, Montier C 15, Piotroski F 10, the non-GAAP gap 10, smoothness 5. A measure that cannot be computed (Beneish for a bank, say) drops out and the rest is rescaled, so every company is scored on what applies to it.

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Computed from the companies’ own XBRL filings (latest fiscal year) by published formulas; a statistical screen, not an audit or an accusation. A low score means the reported profit shows more of the markers of managed or low-quality earnings than its peers. Not investment advice.