Buffalo Wild Wings Company Profile (NASDAQ:BWLD)

Buffalo Wild Wings trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BWLD."

Buffalo Wild Wings announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Monday, April 10th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 14.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWLD) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 26th. The company reported $0.66 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.35. The firm earned $500 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $512.68 million. Buffalo Wild Wings had a net margin of 3.39% and a return on equity of 17.14%. Buffalo Wild Wings's revenue for the quarter was up 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.27 EPS. View Buffalo Wild Wings' Earnings History.

Buffalo Wild Wings is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 24th 2017. View Earnings Estimates for Buffalo Wild Wings.

Buffalo Wild Wings updated its FY17 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.50-5.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.28.

24 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Buffalo Wild Wings' stock. Their forecasts range from $110.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect Buffalo Wild Wings' share price to reach $140.20 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Buffalo Wild Wings.

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Buffalo Wild Wings stock:

• 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Buffalo Wild Wings’ shares underperformed the Zacks categorized Retail-Restaurants industry year to date. Its earnings and revenues have been mostly missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate in the trailing ten quarters. Estimates have been going down ahead of its Q2 earnings release too.  Moreover, the company’s comps have been under pressure due to the choppy restaurant sales environment, further adding to the woes. Notably, the menu price increases made by the company might affect traffic trends in the near term, thereby further weighing on traffic. Nevertheless, various innovative initiatives undertaken by the company like menu innovation, promotional offerings, roll-out of loyalty program and delivery, enhancement of digital capabilities along with international expansion should aid in sales growth. Still, higher traditional chicken wing prices along with other rising costs are anticipated to keep profits under pressure." (7/11/2017)
• 2. UBS AG analysts commented, "We believe modest multiple expansion may occur as BWLD works to address its recent issues. Our multiple moves up one turn to ~10x (on our 2018 EV/EBITDA, implies a ~29x 2018 P/E)," the firm said."This multiple takes into consideration BWLD's recent capital and strategic moves, but still discounts fundamentals given recent SSS struggles and the need for a continued recovery." (5/15/2017)
• 3. Maxim Group analysts commented, "We maintain our Hold rating on Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD), though raise our price target to $175 (from $170) after our meeting with CFO Alexander Ware on Friday, May 5. We raise our 2017-2018 sales estimates, and our 2018 EPS estimate, as we now model an accelerated rollout of delivery in the next few quarters. Management expressed confidence that it would find buyers for the 80 company-owned restaurants it sought to sell to franchisees." (5/9/2017)
• 4. Wedbush analysts commented, "We believe risk exists to BWLD's 2017 guidance. Nevertheless, we continue to view potential capital structure catalysts as a near- and medium-term valuation floor." (2/8/2017)
• 5. Canaccord Genuity analysts commented, "We recently hosted investor meetings with Buffalo Wild Wings management, including newly appointed CFO Alex Ware and Heather Pribyl (Investor Relations). We are incrementally more positive on BWLD following our meetings with management, given significant cost-cutting opportunities and potentially improving returns on capital. While we remain HOLD given what we believe to be a challenging Q4 (higher y/y wing costs & likely negative comps), we see the longer-term horizon for BWLD as promising." (12/5/2016)

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Buffalo Wild Wings' management team includes the folowing people:

• Jerry R. Rose, Independent Chairman of the Board
• Sally J. Smith CPA, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
• Alexander H. Ware, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Treasurer
• James M. Schmidt, Chief Operating Officer
• Emily C. Decker, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
• Andrew D. Block, Senior Vice President - Talent Management
• Lee R. Patterson, Senior Vice President - Enterprise Strategy, Brand and Innovation
• Santiago M. Abraham, Chief Information Officer
• Cynthia L. Davis, Independent Director
• Andre J. Fernandez, Independent Director

Buffalo Wild Wings' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.34%), MARCATO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP (9.90%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.62%), MARCATO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP (6.10%), MARCATO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP (6.10%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (4.23%). Company insiders that own Buffalo Wild Wings stock include Andrew D Block, B Jeffrey Sorum, Emily C Decker, International Master F Marcato, J Oliver Maggard, James M Damian, James M Schmidt, Judith A Shoulak, Kathleen M Benning, Lee R Patterson, Sally J Smith, Santiago M Abraham and Warren E Mack. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Buffalo Wild Wings.

Buffalo Wild Wings' stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership and State Street Corp. Company insiders that have sold Buffalo Wild Wings stock in the last year include B Jeffrey Sorum, Emily C Decker, James M Schmidt, Kathleen M Benning, Lee R Patterson and Sally J Smith. View Insider Buying and Selling for Buffalo Wild Wings.

Buffalo Wild Wings' stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Koch Industries Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Chilton Investment Co. LLC, Teachers Advisors LLC, Thrivent Financial For Lutherans, Alliancebernstein L.P., Gotham Asset Management LLC and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. Company insiders that have bought Buffalo Wild Wings stock in the last two years include International Master F Marcato and Santiago M Abraham. View Insider Buying and Selling for Buffalo Wild Wings.

Shares of Buffalo Wild Wings can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of Buffalo Wild Wings stock can currently be purchased for approximately $110.05.