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 paid a dividend of $0.13 per share on Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.40%. The ex-dividend date 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) announced its earnings results on Friday, November, 1st. The restaurant operator reported $0.15 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.09 by $0.06. The restaurant operator earned $103.01 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $102.19 million. The company's quarterly revenue was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous 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 21st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ruth's Hospitality Group.

Ruth's Hospitality Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 21st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

4 equities research analysts 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 $24.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ruth's Hospitality Group.

4 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 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Ruth's Hospitality Group.

News stories about RUTH stock have trended neutral on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ruth's Hospitality Group earned a news impact score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely 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 increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,120,000 shares, an increase of 24.7% from the January 15th total of 898,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 252,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.4 days. Approximately 4.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Ruth's Hospitality Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Ruth's Hospitality Group include Del Frisco's Restaurant Group (DFRG), Biglari (BH), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Brinker International (EAT), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Chuy's (CHUY), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Denny's (DENN), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Domino's Pizza (DPZ) and Dunkin Brands Group (DNKN).

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Ruth's Hospitality Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.06%), State Street Corp (2.85%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.22%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.65%), TD Asset Management Inc. (1.18%) and Panagora Asset Management Inc. (1.15%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ruth's Hospitality Group.

RUTH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Hancock Whitney Corp, Pinebridge Investments L.P., Dupont Capital Management Corp and Arizona State Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ruth's Hospitality Group.

RUTH stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Aviva PLC, Maverick Capital Ltd., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System, Bank of Montreal Can, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and Dean Capital Management. 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 $21.69.