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Wingstop (WING) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$287.69
-2.30 (-0.79%)
(As of 10/31/2024 ET)

About Wingstop Stock (NASDAQ:WING)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$287.55
$303.17
50-Day Range
$289.99
$427.92
52-Week Range
$177.88
$433.86
Volume
1.26 million shs
Average Volume
451,098 shs
Market Capitalization
$8.43 billion
P/E Ratio
89.90
Dividend Yield
0.38%
Price Target
$374.32
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Wingstop Inc., together with its subsidiaries, franchises and operates restaurants under the Wingstop brand. Its restaurants offer classic wings, boneless wings, tenders, and hand-sauced-and-tossed in various flavors, as well as chicken sandwiches with fries and hand-cut carrots and celery that are cooked-to-order. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Addison, Texas.

Wingstop Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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87th Percentile Overall Score

WING MarketRank™: 

Wingstop scored higher than 87% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 59th out of 207 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Wingstop has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.55, and is based on 11 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Wingstop has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Wingstop's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Wingstop are expected to grow by 22.31% in the coming year, from $3.81 to $4.66 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Wingstop is 89.90, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 133.70.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Wingstop is 89.90, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 37.01.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Wingstop has a PEG Ratio of 3.41. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Read more about Wingstop's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    4.72% of the float of Wingstop has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Wingstop has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

  • Dividend Yield

    Wingstop has a dividend yield of 0.30%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Wingstop does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Wingstop is 38.43%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Wingstop will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.18% next year. This indicates that Wingstop will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Wingstop's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    4.72% of the float of Wingstop has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Wingstop has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

  • News Sentiment

    Wingstop has a news sentiment score of 0.28. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.52 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 40 news articles for Wingstop this week, compared to 13 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    15 people have searched for WING on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 7% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    8 people have added Wingstop to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 33% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Wingstop insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,192,299.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.36% of the stock of Wingstop is held by insiders.

  • Read more about Wingstop's insider trading history.
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WING Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Wingstop's stock was trading at $256.58 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, WING stock has increased by 12.1% and is now trading at $287.69.
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Wingstop Inc. (NASDAQ:WING) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The restaurant operator reported $0.88 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.09. The company's quarterly revenue was up 38.8% on a year-over-year basis.

Wingstop (WING) raised $75 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, June 12th 2015. The company issued 5,800,000 shares at $12.00-$14.00 per share. Morgan Stanley, Jefferies and Baird acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Wells Fargo Securities were co-managers.

Top institutional investors of Wingstop include Copeland Capital Management LLC (0.79%), Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (0.74%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.62%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.27%). Insiders that own company stock include Michael Skipworth, Albert G Mcgrath, Wesley S Mcdonald, Kilandigalu Madati, Krishnan Anand, Kate S Lavelle, Stacy Peterson, Marisa Carona, Ania Smith, Donnie Upshaw, Charles R Morrison, Alex Kaleida and Nicolas Boudet.
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Shares of WING stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Wingstop investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Humana (HUM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Salesforce (CRM) and American Water Works (AWK).

Company Calendar

Ex-Dividend for 9/6 Dividend
8/16/2024
Dividend Payable
9/06/2024
Last Earnings
10/30/2024
Today
10/31/2024
Ex-Dividend for 12/6 Dividend
11/15/2024
Dividend Payable
12/06/2024
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2024
Next Earnings (Estimated)
2/19/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Eating places
Sub-Industry
Restaurants, Hotels, Motels
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:WING
Fax
N/A
Employees
1,225
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$371.95
High Stock Price Target
$468.00
Low Stock Price Target
$42.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+29.1%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.55
Research Coverage
20 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$70.18 million
Pretax Margin
23.11%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$545.65 million
Cash Flow
$2.44 per share
Book Value
($15.55) per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
29,199,000
Market Cap
$8.50 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.71

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This page (NASDAQ:WING) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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