RGR vs CALY vs ESCA Stock Comparison

Sturm Ruger, Callaway Golf and Escalade Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
RGR Sturm Ruger & Co Inc
$46.38 +8.5% 1M -0.9% 1Y
Market cap
$739.29M
P/E
60.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$577.24M
Div. yield
–
Sporting Goods Consumer Discretionary
1 win
CALY Callaway Golf Co
$14.43 -0.1% 1M +44.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.60B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.13B
Div. yield
–
Sporting Goods Consumer Discretionary
2 wins
ESCA Escalade Inc
$18.45 -5.5% 1M +57.8% 1Y
Market cap
$256.42M
P/E
11.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$243.83M
Div. yield
–
Sporting Goods Consumer Discretionary
8 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Escalade leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Escalade 8, Callaway Golf 2, Sturm Ruger 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionRGRCALYESCALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $739.29M $2.60B $256.42M CALY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 60.7x -9.9x 11.1x ESCA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.3x 20.0x 11.5x ESCA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.6% +3.7% +1.0% RGR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.1% -12.4% 9.5% ESCA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 5.4% 11.9% ESCA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -1.6x 0.0x CALY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -0.9% +44.0% +57.8% ESCA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -9.8%/yr -11.7%/yr -0.6%/yr ESCA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 38.5% 50.8% 37.6% ESCA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 52/100 68/100 76/100 ESCA

Percentile Scorecard

RGRCALYESCA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisRGRCALYESCA
Valuation 49 #18 of 34 76 #9 of 34 94 #3 of 34
Growth 42 #19 of 32 39 #20 of 32 55 #15 of 32
Profitability 65 #12 of 32 68 #11 of 32 94 #3 of 32
Financial Health 88 #5 of 33 75 #9 of 33 69 #11 of 33
Shareholder Returns 18 #15 of 18 82 #4 of 18 71 #6 of 18
Overall 52 68 76
  • RGR ranked among 34 companies in Leisure Products
  • CALY ranked among 34 companies in Leisure Products
  • ESCA ranked among 34 companies in Leisure Products

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodRGRCALYESCASPY
1 month +8.5%-0.1%-5.5% -0.2%
3 months +20.7%-20.9%-7.2% +3.9%
6 months +7.6%-6.5%+0.6% +8.2%
Year to date +42.1%+23.7%+36.8% +12.9%
1 year -0.9%+44.0%+57.8% +12.3%
3 years -14.0%+19.0%+12.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year -4.9%+6.0%+4.1% +23.3%
5 years -40.3%-46.4%-2.9% +67.9%
5 years, per year -9.8%-11.7%-0.6% +10.9%
10 years -21.3%+42.7%+45.3% +261.1%
10 years, per year -2.4%+3.6%+3.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureRGRCALYESCASPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.5%50.8%37.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 45.3%46.4%32.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.771.240.63 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.020.871.54 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -64.6%-81.8%-54.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.7%-26.6%-18.4% -1.2%
52-week high $50.25$19.66$22.60 $779.14
52-week low $28.81$8.81$11.41 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleRGRCALYESCA
P/E now vs peer median 60.8xmedian 17.8x -9.8xmedian 17.8x 11.0xmedian 17.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.1x 1.2xmedian 1.1x 1.0xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 21.0xmedian 9.4x 17.0xmedian 9.4x 7.2xmedian 9.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.7xmedian 10.2x 7.6xmedian 10.2x 9.8xmedian 10.2x
P/B now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 1.4x 1.2xmedian 1.4x 1.4xmedian 1.4x
PEG now vs peer median -1.45median 0.32 0.15median 0.32 0.27median 0.32

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsRGRCALYESCA
Revenue $577.24M $2.13B $243.83M
Gross profit $107.93M $1.01B $68.68M
Operating income $5.63M $203.70M $30.22M
Net income $12.18M -$263.40M $23.07M
Free cash flow $47.35M $338.70M $25.92M
R&D – $55.40M –
EPS (diluted) $0.75 $-1.39 $1.66
Cash & equivalents $30.65M $278.10M $16.39M
Total debt – $50.80M $14.88M
Shares (diluted) 16.27M 190.10M 13.90M
Enterprise value $343.29M $49.37M $211.59M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricRGRCALYESCA
P/E 60.8x -9.8x 11.0x
P/FCF 15.7x 7.6x 9.8x
P/Operating cash flow 11.5x 6.9x 8.8x
P/S 1.3x 1.2x 1.0x
P/B 2.6x 1.2x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 2.6x 1.2x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA 21.0x 17.0x 7.2x
EV/EBIT 110.9x 11.5x 8.4x
EV/Revenue 1.1x 1.1x 1.0x
EV/FCF 13.2x 6.9x 9.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.7x 6.3x 8.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.45 0.15 0.27

Growth

14 metrics
MetricRGRCALYESCA
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.6% 3.7% 1.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -0.2% -20.2% -3.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 18.7% 4.4% 12.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -11.4% -28.5% 6.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 93.5% 23.6% 61.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -57.8% -4.0% 24.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 111.5% 82.4% 80.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -43.6% -64.3% 40.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 112.8% 82.8% 80.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -41.9% -66.0% 40.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 16.7% 36.9% -27.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -1.1% 254.0% 9.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 24.1% -5.1% -31.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -0.7% 37.6% 8.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricRGRCALYESCA
Gross margin 18.7% 47.5% 28.2%
EBITDA margin 5.2% 6.5% 14.5%
Operating margin 1.0% 9.6% 12.4%
Pretax margin 2.0% 12.2% 12.3%
Net margin 2.1% -12.4% 9.5%
FCF margin 8.2% 15.9% 10.6%
Operating cash flow margin 11.2% 17.5% 11.8%
Return on equity 4.2% -8.3% 12.9%
Return on assets 3.4% -5.9% 10.0%
Return on invested capital – 5.4% 11.9%
Return on capital employed 2.0% 7.9% 16.2%
Asset turnover 1.6x 0.7x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 5.3x -1.4x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 1.0% 1.2% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricRGRCALYESCA
Debt / assets – 1.8% 6.3%
Debt / equity – 0.0x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – -1.6x 0.0x
Debt / FCF – 0.1x 0.6x
Liabilities / assets 20.4% 22.3% 22.1%
Equity / assets 79.6% 77.7% 77.9%
Interest coverage 55.7x 4.5x 40.7x
Current ratio 3.3x 3.0x 3.2x
Quick ratio 2.7x 1.4x 1.4x
Cash ratio 1.6x 0.7x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 9.79 3.49 5.98

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricRGRCALYESCA
Dividend yield 0.9% – 3.3%
Net buyback yield – 3.3% 0.9%
Shareholder yield 0.9% 3.3% 4.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusRGRCALYESCA
Forward P/E 30.3xFY2026 20.0xFY2026 11.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.53FY2026 $0.72FY2026 $1.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +82.1%FY2026 +242.9%FY2026 +62.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +28.1% +31.9% -27.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $550.45MFY2026 $2.02BFY2026 $256.64MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.8%FY2026 -2.1%FY2026 +6.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.3% +1.3% -7.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersRGRCALYESCA
Held by institutions 59.6% 86.2% 30.6%
Institutions holding 172 316 85
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.4% +0.7% +0.4%
Institutions buying 76 170 32
Institutions selling 45 92 33
Buyers to sellers 1.69 1.85 0.97

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

RGRCALYESCA
RGR 1.00 0.14 0.22
CALY 0.14 1.00 0.24
ESCA 0.22 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, RGR, CALY and ESCA?

Callaway Golf (CALY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Sturm Ruger (RGR) $739.29M, Callaway Golf (CALY) $2.60B, Escalade (ESCA) $256.42M.

Which stock is cheaper, RGR, CALY and ESCA?

Escalade (ESCA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Sturm Ruger (RGR) 60.7x, Callaway Golf (CALY) -9.9x, Escalade (ESCA) 11.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Escalade (ESCA) is cheapest (Sturm Ruger (RGR) 30.3x, Callaway Golf (CALY) 20.0x, Escalade (ESCA) 11.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Sturm Ruger (RGR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Sturm Ruger (RGR) +7.6%, Callaway Golf (CALY) +3.7%, Escalade (ESCA) +1.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Escalade (ESCA) has the highest net margin (Sturm Ruger (RGR) 2.1%, Callaway Golf (CALY) -12.4%, Escalade (ESCA) 9.5%). On return on invested capital, Escalade (ESCA) leads (Callaway Golf (CALY) 5.4%, Escalade (ESCA) 11.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Escalade (ESCA) returned the most: Sturm Ruger (RGR) -0.9%, Callaway Golf (CALY) +44.0%, Escalade (ESCA) +57.8%. Over five years, Escalade (ESCA) compounded fastest (Sturm Ruger (RGR) -9.8%/yr, Callaway Golf (CALY) -11.7%/yr, Escalade (ESCA) -0.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Escalade (ESCA) has been the steadiest (Sturm Ruger (RGR) 38.5%, Callaway Golf (CALY) 50.8%, Escalade (ESCA) 37.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, RGR, CALY and ESCA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Escalade (ESCA) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.