Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Wingstop Q3 Earnings

Wingstop Inc. (NASDAQ:WING - Free Report) - Equities researchers at William Blair cut their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Wingstop in a report issued on Tuesday, July 22nd. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia now expects that the restaurant operator will earn $1.00 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.03. William Blair currently 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 FY2025 earnings at $3.88 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.02 EPS.

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

Several other research firms have also recently issued reports on WING. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued an "overweight" rating and issued a $360.00 price target on shares of Wingstop in a research note on Wednesday, May 14th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and set a $367.00 target price (up previously from $350.00) on shares of Wingstop in a research note on Monday, July 14th. UBS Group decreased their target price on Wingstop from $300.00 to $255.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, April 28th. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on Wingstop from $350.00 to $400.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, May 23rd. Finally, Raymond James Financial reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $400.00 price objective (down from $425.00) on shares of Wingstop in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have issued a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Wingstop currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $355.80.

Wingstop Trading Up 0.8%

WING traded up $2.38 during trading on Thursday, reaching $302.01. 750,842 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 562,072. The stock has a market cap of $8.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 50.59, a PEG ratio of 4.04 and a beta of 1.84. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $339.30 and a 200 day moving average of $283.78. Wingstop has a 52 week low of $204.00 and a 52 week high of $433.86.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Wingstop

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Ameriflex Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Wingstop during the second quarter worth $43,000. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB grew its stake in Wingstop by 93.9% in the first quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 128 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 62 shares during the period. True Wealth Design LLC boosted its position in shares of Wingstop by 62.1% during the fourth quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 141 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $40,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. Quarry LP acquired a new position in shares of Wingstop during the fourth quarter worth about $41,000. Finally, Signaturefd LLC boosted its position in shares of Wingstop by 106.9% during the first quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 149 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $34,000 after buying an additional 77 shares during the period.

Insider Buying and Selling at Wingstop

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

Wingstop Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 6th. Investors of record on Friday, May 16th were paid a $0.27 dividend. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 16th. Wingstop's dividend payout ratio is 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.