NASDAQ:RUTH - Ruth's Hospitality Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ruth's Hospitality Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "RUTH."

Ruth's Hospitality Group declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 22nd. Investors of record on Thursday, November 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.13 per share on Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.30%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 20th. This is a positive change from Ruth's Hospitality Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.06. View Ruth's Hospitality Group's Dividend History.

Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:RUTH) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, November, 1st. The restaurant operator reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.09 by $0.06. The restaurant operator earned $103.01 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $102.19 million. Ruth's Hospitality Group had a net margin of 9.26% and a return on equity of 45.15%. The firm's revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.13 EPS. View Ruth's Hospitality Group's Earnings History.

Ruth's Hospitality Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ruth's Hospitality Group.

3 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Ruth's Hospitality Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate Ruth's Hospitality Group's stock price to reach $24.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ruth's Hospitality Group.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ruth's Hospitality Group in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ruth's Hospitality Group.

News coverage about RUTH stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ruth's Hospitality Group earned a news impact score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Ruth's Hospitality Group.

Ruth's Hospitality Group saw a decrease in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 945,400 shares, a decrease of 7.3% from the October 31st total of 1,020,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 312,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.0 days. Approximately 3.5% of the company's stock are short sold. View Ruth's Hospitality Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Ruth's Hospitality Group include Mcdonald's (MCD), Starbucks (SBUX), Yum! Brands (YUM), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Dunkin Brands Group (DNKN), Wendys (WEN), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Jack in the Box (JACK), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) and Brinker International (EAT).

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Ruth's Hospitality Group's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (2.80%), Millennium Management LLC (1.60%), Phocas Financial Corp. (1.36%), Man Group plc (1.02%), Hancock Whitney Corp (0.82%) and Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.46%). Company insiders that own Ruth's Hospitality Group stock include Cheryl Janet Henry and Susan Mirdamadi. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ruth's Hospitality Group.

RUTH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Hancock Whitney Corp, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Barclays PLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ruth's Hospitality Group.

RUTH stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Phocas Financial Corp., First Trust Advisors LP, Tibra Equities Europe Ltd, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and California Public Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ruth's Hospitality Group.

Shares of RUTH can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of RUTH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $22.61.

Ruth's Hospitality Group has a market capitalization of $667.00 million and generates $452.33 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $41.68 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.39 on an earnings per share basis. Ruth's Hospitality Group employs 5,408 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Ruth's Hospitality Group.

The official website for Ruth's Hospitality Group is http://www.rhgi.com/.

Ruth's Hospitality Group's mailing address is 1030 W. CANTON AVENUE SUITE 100, WINTER PARK FL, 32789. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at 407-333-7440 or via email at [email protected]