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 announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 24th. Investors of record on Friday, March 6th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, March 20th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 5th. This is a positive change from Ruth's Hospitality Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. View Ruth's Hospitality Group's Dividend History.

Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:RUTH) released its earnings results on Friday, November, 1st. The restaurant operator reported $0.15 earnings per share 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 analyst estimates of $102.19 million. Ruth's Hospitality Group had a net margin of 9.02% and a return on equity of 44.50%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $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, May 1st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ruth's Hospitality Group.

4 equities research 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 $24.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.4% 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.

Media coverage about RUTH stock has trended extremely negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ruth's Hospitality Group earned a coverage optimism score of -4.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave 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 stock's share price in the next several 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 sold short. 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), Jack in the Box (JACK), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) and Dine Brands Global (DIN).

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Ruth's Hospitality Group's stock is owned by a number of 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%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.32%) and TD Asset Management Inc. (1.18%). 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 purchased 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 $19.89.

Ruth's Hospitality Group has a market capitalization of $586.77 million and generates $468.03 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $42.21 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.43 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]