Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us and welcome to Sturm Ruger & Co's 2026 Q1 earnings call. After today's prepared remarks, we'll host a question and answer session. If you'd like to ask a question, please press star one to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press star one again. I'll now hand the conference over to Todd Seaford, President and Chief Executive Officer. Please go ahead, Todd. Good afternoon and welcome to Sturm Ruger & Company's first quarter 2026 earnings conference call. I'm Todd Seifert, President and Chief Executive Officer. Before we get started, I would like to turn it over to Sarah Colbert, our General Counsel, for the caution on forward-looking statements. I would like to remind everyone that some of the statements we make today will be forward-looking in nature. These statements reflect our current expectations, but actual results could differ materially due to a number of uncertainties and risks. You can find more information about these factors in our most recent Form 10-K and other filings with the SEC. We do not undertake any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Thank you, Sarah. There's a lot for me to comment on from the quarter, but before I get into the financials, I would like to step through a few recent news items from the past few weeks. First, as we ended the quarter, we announced the appointment of Andrew Wieland as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, following the planned transition of Tom Deneen. We are excited for Andrew to join our team in this capacity and look forward to his leadership in the continued execution of Ruger's long-term plan. I would like to thank Tom for his many years of dedicated service and financial stewardship. As I stated in our announcement, we are gr...