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Wingstop (WING) Competitors

$389.60
+5.71 (+1.49%)
(As of 05/28/2024 ET)

WING vs. TXRH, CAVA, ARMK, YUMC, DRI, SG, EAT, CAKE, PZZA, and CBRL

Should you be buying Wingstop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wingstop include Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), CAVA Group (CAVA), Aramark (ARMK), Yum China (YUMC), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Sweetgreen (SG), Brinker International (EAT), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Papa John's International (PZZA), and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.

Wingstop vs.

Texas Roadhouse (NASDAQ:TXRH) and Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Texas Roadhouse received 3 more outperform votes than Wingstop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.18% of users gave Wingstop an outperform vote while only 53.56% of users gave Texas Roadhouse an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Texas RoadhouseOutperform Votes
572
53.56%
Underperform Votes
496
46.44%
WingstopOutperform Votes
569
61.18%
Underperform Votes
361
38.82%

Texas Roadhouse has higher revenue and earnings than Wingstop. Texas Roadhouse is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wingstop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Texas Roadhouse$4.63B2.48$304.88M$4.9434.84
Wingstop$497.12M22.96$70.18M$2.81138.65

94.8% of Texas Roadhouse shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Texas Roadhouse shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Wingstop shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Wingstop has a net margin of 16.75% compared to Wingstop's net margin of 6.94%. Wingstop's return on equity of 28.85% beat Texas Roadhouse's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Texas Roadhouse6.94% 28.85% 12.42%
Wingstop 16.75%-19.64%21.36%

Texas Roadhouse has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Wingstop has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Texas Roadhouse had 1 more articles in the media than Wingstop. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Texas Roadhouse and 17 mentions for Wingstop. Wingstop's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Texas Roadhouse's score of 0.66 indicating that Texas Roadhouse is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Texas Roadhouse
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Wingstop
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Texas Roadhouse currently has a consensus price target of $157.32, indicating a potential downside of 8.59%. Wingstop has a consensus price target of $330.39, indicating a potential downside of 15.20%. Given Wingstop's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Texas Roadhouse is more favorable than Wingstop.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Texas Roadhouse
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
Wingstop
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

Texas Roadhouse pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Wingstop pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Texas Roadhouse pays out 49.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wingstop pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Texas Roadhouse has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Wingstop has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Summary

Texas Roadhouse beats Wingstop on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WING and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WING vs. The Competition

MetricWingstopEating places IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$11.42B$8.35B$21.29B$8.09B
Dividend Yield0.23%3.88%181.45%3.96%
P/E Ratio138.6541.4927.6018.43
Price / Sales22.962.302.4772.31
Price / Cash126.3519.8617.8628.77
Price / Book-25.054.675.194.39
Net Income$70.18M$316.14M$751.76M$213.55M
7 Day Performance2.43%-1.53%-0.30%-0.81%
1 Month Performance1.84%0.82%5.73%3.42%
1 Year Performance94.05%-0.65%10.10%7.52%

Wingstop Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TXRH
Texas Roadhouse
3.6279 of 5 stars
$167.79
-0.4%
$155.55
-7.3%
+52.5%$11.21B$4.63B33.9791,000Analyst Forecast
CAVA
CAVA Group
2.1169 of 5 stars
$78.25
-2.8%
$60.42
-22.8%
N/A$8.92B$728.70M0.008,100News Coverage
Gap Up
ARMK
Aramark
3.8955 of 5 stars
$32.91
+0.3%
$33.32
+1.3%
-19.2%$8.66B$18.85B13.83262,550Short Interest ↑
Positive News
YUMC
Yum China
4.9467 of 5 stars
$38.31
-1.3%
$54.65
+42.7%
-37.8%$14.94B$10.98B19.25432,000
DRI
Darden Restaurants
4.8943 of 5 stars
$149.69
-1.5%
$178.67
+19.4%
-8.5%$17.87B$10.49B17.55187,384Analyst Forecast
SG
Sweetgreen
1.409 of 5 stars
$31.91
-5.7%
$25.75
-19.3%
+238.4%$3.83B$616.83M-34.316,186Insider Selling
EAT
Brinker International
3.6955 of 5 stars
$63.79
-1.1%
$47.59
-25.4%
+70.5%$2.84B$4.13B18.9364,323Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
3.7241 of 5 stars
$37.59
-1.8%
$39.00
+3.8%
+14.9%$1.92B$3.46B17.2447,900Analyst Forecast
PZZA
Papa John's International
4.522 of 5 stars
$49.08
-0.7%
$76.36
+55.6%
-32.9%$1.62B$2.14B21.8113,200Analyst Revision
CBRL
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
4.3575 of 5 stars
$46.89
-2.9%
$65.00
+38.6%
-55.4%$1.04B$3.44B12.5077,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:WING) was last updated on 5/28/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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