Sturm Ruger (FRA:ST2) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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FRA:ST2 Sturm Ruger & Co Inc FRA:ST2
75 GF Score
Price €35.02
GF Value €38.85
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What is Sturm Ruger Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Sturm Ruger's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €0.4 Mil. Sturm Ruger's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €0.9 Mil. Sturm Ruger's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €52.7 Mil. Sturm Ruger's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 0.02.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sturm Ruger's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:ST2' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01   Med: 0.03   Max: 0.07
Current: 0.03

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sturm Ruger was 0.07. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.03.

FRA:ST2's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
95.97% of 248 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 1.885 vs FRA:ST2: 0.03

Sturm Ruger  (FRA:ST2) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Sturm Ruger Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Sturm Ruger Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Sturm Ruger's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Sturm Ruger Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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FRA:ST2 vs SWBI, ELMT, PKE: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Sturm Ruger's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Sturm Ruger Debt-to-EBITDA vs Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Sturm Ruger's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sturm Ruger's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


FRA:ST2
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Sturm Ruger Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Sturm Ruger's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.55089616416195 + 0.98599344373962) / 14.003463377718
=0.11

Sturm Ruger's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.42071197411003 + 0.88253301845535) / 52.663189661692
=0.02

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Sturm Ruger (FRA:ST2) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Sturm Ruger stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of €35.02 is trading 9.9% below its estimated GF Value™ of €38.85.

Key valuation signals for FRA:ST2:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: €38.85 vs. price of €35.02 (9.9% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 75/100 with 3 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the FRA:ST2 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Sturm Ruger Business Description

Other Exchanges RGR:USA
Address 1 Lacey Place, Southport, CT, USA, 06890
Sturm Ruger & Co Inc and its subsidiary are principally engaged in the design, manufacture, and sale of firearms to domestic customers. The company's design and manufacturing operations are in the United States, and almost all product content is domestic. The company has two reportable operating segments: firearms and castings. The firearms segment manufactures and sells rifles, pistols, and revolvers principally to a number of federally-licensed, independent wholesale distributors located in the United States. The castings segment manufactures and sells steel investment castings and metal injection molding parts. It generates maximum income from the sale of Firearms.
75GF Score

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