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

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ruth's Hospitality Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" RUTH shares.
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2 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Ruth's Hospitality Group's stock. Their RUTH share price forecasts range from $20.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $22.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.2% from the stock's current price.
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Ruth's Hospitality Group's stock was trading at $15.48 at the beginning of the year. Since then, RUTH shares have increased by 12.5% and is now trading at $17.41.
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Ruth's Hospitality Group saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,070,000 shares, a drop of 28.2% from the December 31st total of 1,490,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 396,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 3.4% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 23rd 2023.
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Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:RUTH) released its earnings results on Friday, November, 4th. The restaurant operator reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.18 by $0.02. The restaurant operator had revenue of $112.74 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $111.30 million. Ruth's Hospitality Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 30.24% and a net margin of 8.10%.

Ruth's Hospitality Group announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 4th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 18th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Friday, December 2nd. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.22%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 17th.
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Ruth's Hospitality Group (NASDAQ:RUTH) pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.22%. The dividend payout ratio is 47.46%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, RUTH will have a dividend payout ratio of 47.46% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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114 employees have rated Ruth's Hospitality Group Chief Executive Officer Michael P. O'Donnell on Glassdoor.com. Michael P. O'Donnell has an approval rating of 72% among the company's employees.

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

Ruth's Hospitality Group's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Phocas Financial Corp. (0.84%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.45%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.21%), True Signal LP (0.07%), Yousif Capital Management LLC (0.05%) and Comerica Bank (0.04%). Insiders that own company stock include Michael P Odonnell and Susan Mirdamadi.
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Shares of RUTH stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of RUTH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.41.

Ruth's Hospitality Group (NASDAQ:RUTH) has a market capitalization of $578.01 million and generates $429.12 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $42.28 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.18 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,527 workers across the globe.

Ruth's Hospitality Group's mailing address is 1030 W. CANTON AVENUE SUITE 100, WINTER PARK FL, 32789. The official website for the company is www.rhgi.com. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at (407) 333-7440, via email at investor@rhgi.com, or via fax at 407-833-9625.