Shares of Luby’s (LUB), the Houston, Texas parent company of Luby’s, Fuddruckers, Koo Koo Roo, and Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurants, surged 117% Tuesday after the company said its Board of Directors approved a plan to sell the company’s assets and distribute the proceeds to its shareholders. Luby’s also said that it is willing to scrap its plans should the company receive an alternative transaction that provides better value to shareholders.
As the stock surged on deal potential, interest in Luby’s surged among retail investors as well. According to TrackStarIQ rankings, the ticker is at the top of the list of stocks with increasing traffic this week. Also, please find below the rankings of stocks and ETFs that saw notable jumps in interest among retail investors, followed by the industry groups and ETF categories that are trending this week as well.
Top Stocks by Retail Investor Traffic Surge* :
Top ETFs by Retail Investor Traffic Surge* :
| Rank | Ticker | Group |
| 3 | FNDX | Schwab Fundamental |
| 2 | UGE | ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods |
| 1 | CEFS | Saba Closed End Funds |
Top Industry Groups by Retail Investor Traffic Surge* :
| Rank | Industry Group |
| 3 | Metal Machinery & Equipment |
| 2 | Business Associations |
| 1 | Chemical and fertilizer |
Top ETF Categories by Increase (or smallest decrease) in by Retail Investor Traffic* :
| Rank | ETF Category |
| 3 | Large Cap Value Equities |
| 2 | Mid Cap Blend Equities |
| 1 | Metals |
*Surge in traffic is evaluated by the increase in average traffic from the previous two days from the five-day period preceding it.
| Rank (Verified FA Traffic) | Top Stocks Researched by Greatest Retail Investor Traffic Surge | Top ETFs Researched by Greatest Retail Investor Traffic Surge | Top Stock Industry Groups Researched by Greatest Retail Investor Traffic Surge | Top ETF Categories Researched by Retail Investor Traffic Change |
| 1 | LUB | CEFS | Chemical and fertilizer | Metals |
| 2 | ALKN | UGE | Business associations | Mid Cap Blend Equities |
| 3 | RUHN | FNDX | Metal Machinery & Equipment | Large Cap Value Equities |
| 4 | CBSH | IBND | Vegetables and melons | Commodity Producers Equities |
| 5 | RLBD | BNKD | Beef cattle feedlots | Oil & Gas |
| 6 | MBI | JJC | Real Estate Operators (No Developers) & Lessors | Inverse Commodities |
| 7 | CASH | ENOR | Structural clay products, misc | MLPs |
| 8 | ADFS | ISRA | Musical instrument stores | Water Equities |
| 9 | FFWM | JKK | Nitrogenous fertilizers | Leveraged Commodities |
| 10 | COE | CAPE | Cement, hydraulic | Inverse Equities |
| 11 | IOR | INCO | Membership organizations | Consumer Staples Equities |
| 12 | IMKTA | PXJ | Internal combustion engines, misc | Asia Pacific Emerging Markets Equities |
| 13 | MORF | BDCS | Farm management services | Agricultural Commodities |
| 14 | NSSC | NACP | Industrial machinery and equipment | High Yield Bonds |
| 15 | USLM | IFRA | Services-Social Services | Global Real Estate |
| 16 | MATW | SFY | National security | Energy Equities |
| 17 | OPGX | ROBT | Credit reporting services | Asia Pacific Equities |
| 18 | ULTXF | FTXO | Jewelry stores | Transportation Equities |
| 19 | SPRO | NRGD | Paper mills | Consumer Discretionary Equities |
| 20 | OPMZ | CHIH | Oil Royalty traders | Real Estate |