William Blair Estimates Wingstop's Q2 Earnings (NASDAQ:WING)

Wingstop Inc. (NASDAQ:WING - Free Report) - William Blair issued their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Wingstop in a report released on Wednesday, July 9th. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia expects that the restaurant operator will post earnings of $0.88 per share for the quarter. William Blair has a "Outperform" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Wingstop's current full-year earnings is $4.18 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Wingstop's Q3 2025 earnings at $1.03 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.01 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.91 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.05 EPS.

Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The restaurant operator reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.15. The firm had revenue of $171.09 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $172.25 million. Wingstop had a net margin of 26.45% and a negative return on equity of 18.85%. Wingstop's revenue was up 17.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.98 EPS.

Other research analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Stephens reissued an "overweight" rating and set a $385.00 target price on shares of Wingstop in a research note on Wednesday, May 14th. UBS Group dropped their price target on shares of Wingstop from $300.00 to $255.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 28th. BTIG Research boosted their price target on shares of Wingstop from $350.00 to $430.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 11th. Gordon Haskett upgraded shares of Wingstop to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 30th. Finally, Barclays restated an "overweight" rating and set a $410.00 price target (up from $360.00) on shares of Wingstop in a research report on Thursday, June 26th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, twenty-one have issued a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $358.83.

Wingstop Trading Down 0.6%

Wingstop stock traded down $1.95 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $328.21. 581,852 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 656,269. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $332.77 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $281.73. The firm has a market cap of $9.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 54.98, a PEG ratio of 4.61 and a beta of 1.84. Wingstop has a fifty-two week low of $204.00 and a fifty-two week high of $433.86.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in Wingstop by 521.4% during the fourth quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 87 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 73 shares in the last quarter. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC grew its position in Wingstop by 62.5% during the fourth quarter. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC now owns 91 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 35 shares in the last quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. purchased a new position in Wingstop during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB grew its position in Wingstop by 93.9% during the first quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 128 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 62 shares in the last quarter. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC grew its position in Wingstop by 62.1% during the fourth quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 141 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares in the last quarter.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, SVP Raj Kapoor sold 637 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $273.07, for a total transaction of $173,945.59. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 517 shares in the company, valued at $141,177.19. The trade was a 55.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Michael Skipworth sold 10,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $337.34, for a total transaction of $3,373,400.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 47,190 shares in the company, valued at $15,919,074.60. The trade was a 17.49% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.72% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wingstop Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 16th were issued a dividend of $0.27 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 16th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.33%. Wingstop's dividend payout ratio is currently 18.09%.

About Wingstop

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.