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RUTH vs KO: Dividend Comparison 2026

RUTH yields 2.98% · KO yields 2.70%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 RUTH wins by $125.1K in total portfolio value
10 years
RUTH
RUTH
● Live price
2.98%
Share price
$21.49
Annual div
$0.64
5Y div CAGR
46.8%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$159.2K
Annual income
$65,737.49
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KO
The Coca-Cola Company
● Live price
2.70%
Share price
$76.27
Annual div
$2.06
5Y div CAGR
24.3%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$34.1K
Annual income
$4,303.79
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Portfolio growth — RUTH vs KO

📍 RUTH pulled ahead of the other in Year 1

Annual dividend income

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Recession Test — Did They Cut Dividends?

How each stock treated shareholders during the 3 biggest crises of the last 20 years

Crisis PeriodRUTHKO
2008–2009
GFC
— No data— No data
2020 Q1–Q2
COVID
— No data— No data
2022 Q4
Rate Hike
— No data— No data
Based on dividend payment history. "Increased" = dividend grew during crisis. "Maintained" = held within 3%. "Cut" = reduced by more than 3%.
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Dividend Calendar Overlap

Combined, RUTH + KO cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

Jan
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RUTH pays
KO pays
Both pay
Neither
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Tax Bracket Optimizer

Which stock is actually better after tax? Adjust your rate to find out.

RUTH
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$253.14/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$55,876.87/yr
KO
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$229.58/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$3,658.22/yr
At 15% tax rate, RUTH beats the other by $52,218.65/year in after-tax income after 10 years on $10,000
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Lazy Portfolio Split Optimizer

What's the optimal mix of RUTH + KO for your $10,000?

RUTH: 50%KO: 50%
100% KO50/50100% RUTH
Portfolio after 10yr
$96.6K
Annual income
$35,020.63/yr
Blended yield
36.25%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on KO right now

RUTH
Analyst Ratings
3
Buy
6
Hold
Consensus: Hold
Altman Z
2.7
Piotroski
7/9
KO
Analyst Ratings
29
Buy
16
Hold
3
Sell
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$84.88
+11.3% upside vs current
Range: $81.00 — $88.00
Altman Z
5.0
Piotroski
7/9
Analyst ratings via FMP. Altman Z-Score: >3.0 safe, 1.81–3.0 grey zone, <1.81 distress. Piotroski: 7–9 strong, 0–3 weak.
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Copy Congress — What Are Politicians Buying?

Senate & House STOCK Act disclosures (last 90 days)

RUTH buys
0
KO buys
0
No recent congressional trades found for RUTH or KO in the last 90 days.
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MetricRUTHKO
Forward yield2.98%2.70%
Annual dividend / share$0.64$2.06
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR46.8%24.3%
Portfolio after 10y$159.2K$34.1K
Annual income after 10y$65,737.49$4,303.79
Total dividends collected$128.8K$15.5K
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorStockConsumer Staples
Analyst consensusHoldBuy

Year-by-year: RUTH vs KO ($10,000, DRIP)

YearRUTH PortfolioRUTH Income/yrKO PortfolioKO Income/yrGap
1← crossover$11,137$437.19$10,846$335.73+$291.00RUTH
2$12,585$668.02$11,829$430.64+$756.00RUTH
3$14,501$1,035.62$12,988$555.50+$1.5KRUTH
4$17,154$1,637.21$14,372$721.34+$2.8KRUTH
5$21,011$2,657.03$16,049$944.01+$5.0KRUTH
6$26,947$4,465.16$18,114$1,246.74+$8.8KRUTH
7$36,690$7,856.71$20,702$1,664.24+$16.0KRUTH
8$53,935$14,676.37$24,008$2,249.48+$29.9KRUTH
9$87,310$29,599.19$28,317$3,085.19+$59.0KRUTH
10$159,159$65,737.49$34,065$4,303.79+$125.1KRUTH

RUTH vs KO: Complete Analysis 2026

RUTHStock

Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises fine dining restaurants under the Ruth's Chris Steak House name. The company's restaurants offer food and beverage products to special occasion diners and frequent customers, as well as business clients. As of February 24, 2022, it had approximately 150 company-owned and franchisee-owned restaurants worldwide. The company was formerly known as Ruth's Chris Steak House, Inc. and changed its name to Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc. in May 2008. Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Winter Park, Florida.

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KOConsumer Staples

The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures, markets, and sells various nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company provides sparkling soft drinks, sparkling flavors; water, sports, coffee, and tea; juice, value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages; and other beverages. It also offers beverage concentrates and syrups, as well as fountain syrups to fountain retailers, such as restaurants and convenience stores. The company sells its products under the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, caffeine free Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, Fanta Orange, Fanta Zero Orange, Fanta Zero Sugar, Fanta Apple, Sprite, Sprite Zero Sugar, Simply Orange, Simply Apple, Simply Grapefruit, Fresca, Schweppes, Thums Up, Aquarius, Ayataka, BODYARMOR, Ciel, Costa, Dasani, dogadan, FUZE TEA, Georgia, glacéau smartwater, glacéau vitaminwater, Gold Peak, Ice Dew, I LOHAS, Powerade, Topo Chico, AdeS, Del Valle, fairlife, innocent, Minute Maid, and Minute Maid Pulpy brands. It operates through a network of independent bottling partners, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, as well as through bottling and distribution operators. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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