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. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 21st will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share on Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 20th. This is an increase 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) posted its earnings results on Friday, November, 1st. The restaurant operator reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.09 by $0.06. The restaurant operator earned $103.01 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 business 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Ruth's Hospitality Group's stock. 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 twelve months. 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 headlines about RUTH stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ruth's Hospitality Group earned a news impact score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Ruth's Hospitality Group.

Ruth's Hospitality Group saw a drop in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 945,400 shares, a drop 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 currently 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 institutional and retail 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%). 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]