Best Restaurant Companies To Buy For 2014

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What: Shares of Ruth's Hospitality Group (NASDAQ: RUTH  ) were making investors feel at home today, gaining as much as 14% after topping estimates, and announcing a quarterly dividend in its report today.

So what: �The parent of Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, and other restaurants, said adjusted earnings per share came in at $0.25, besting estimates by $0.06, and up from $0.15 a year ago. Revenues, meanwhile, were up 7%, to $107.4 million, beating expectations by 1.5%. Same-store sales at Ruth's Chris, the company's core franchise, were up 6.6%, but more importantly, Ruth's said it would start paying a $0.04 quarterly dividend,� and authorize a $30 million share buyback program.

Best Restaurant Companies To Buy For 2014: Mountainview Energy Ltd. (MVW.V)

Mountainview Energy, Ltd. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of petroleum and natural gas reserves in Montana and North Dakota regions of the United States. It holds interests in projects located in the Williston Basin Bakken/Three Forks play and the south Alberta Bakken play. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Cut Bank, Montana.

Best Restaurant Companies To Buy For 2014: ProAssurance Corporation(PRA)

ProAssurance Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides medical and other professional liability insurance products to health care service, legal service, and other professional service providers in the United States. It primarily offers its products to physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists, and allied health professionals. The company markets its products through an internal sales force, as well as independent agents. ProAssurance Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Birmingham, Alabama.

Top 5 New Companies To Invest In Right Now: Omega Flex Inc.(OFLX)

Omega Flex, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of flexible metal hoses primarily in North America and Europe. Its product lines include corrugated metal hoses in a range of sizes and alloys, including three grades of stainless steel, bronze, Inconel, and Hastelloy. The company also manufactures a range of pressure reinforcing braids for its hoses in metallic and synthetic constructions. Its products are used in conveying various liquids and gases primarily in the construction, transportation, steel, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, processing, and semiconductor industries, as well as for instrumentation. Omega Flex sells its products directly, as well as through independent sales representatives, distributors, fabricating distributors, wholesalers, original equipment manufacturers, and its Website. The company, formerly known as Tofle America, Inc., was incorporated in 1976 and is based in Exton, Pennsylvania.

Best Restaurant Companies To Buy For 2014: lancashire hldgs com stk usd0(LRE.L)

Lancashire Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides specialty insurance and reinsurance products worldwide. The company underwrites risks within the property, energy, marine, and aviation segments, as well as terrorism, and political risks. It also provides coverage for natural catastrophes. The company is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Best Restaurant Companies To Buy For 2014: Convergys Corporation (CVG)

Convergys Corporation provides relationship management solutions in North America and internationally. Its Customer Management segment offers agent-assisted, self-service, and intelligent technology care solutions, including customer service, customer retention, sales, technical support, social interaction, collections management, back office, business-to-business, customer experience applied analytics, and intelligent interaction solutions for communications, financial services, technology, retail, healthcare, and government markets. This segment also provides premise-based and hosted automated self-care and technology solutions; speech recognition solutions; and license, professional, consulting and maintenance, and software support services. Convergys Corporation was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Best Restaurant Companies To Buy For 2014: Oconee Federal Financial Corp.(OFED)

Oconee Federal Financial Corp. operates as the bank holding company for Oconee Federal Savings and Loan Association that provides various financial services in the Oconee County area of northwestern South Carolina. The company accepts various deposit accounts, including demand, NOW, money market, savings, and individual retirement accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio includes one- to four-family residential mortgage; home equity loans; non-residential real estate loans secured primarily by churches, office buildings, and retail and mixed-use properties; construction loans for the construction of their primary residences; land loans; and consumer loans for purchase of automobiles, boats, appliances, and recreational vehicles, as well as for other legitimate personal purposes. The company was founded in 1924 and is based in Seneca, South Carolina. Oconee Federal Financial Corp. is a subsidiary of Oconee Federal, MHC.