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. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.21%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 5th. This is a boost 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) announced its earnings results on Friday, November, 1st. The restaurant operator reported $0.15 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' 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 return on equity of 44.50% and a net margin of 9.02%. Ruth's Hospitality Group's revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.13 earnings per share. 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 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets 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 32.2% 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 very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ruth's Hospitality Group earned a daily sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press 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 the month of 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 currently 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 Mcdonald's (MCD), Starbucks (SBUX), Yum! Brands (YUM), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Darden Restaurants (DRI), 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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 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 $18.72.

Ruth's Hospitality Group has a market capitalization of $552.24 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]