NASDAQ:WINGWingstop Stock Price, Forecast & News

Wingstop's stock was trading at $71.57 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WING shares have increased by 69.4% and is now trading at $121.22. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wingstop in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Wingstop.

Wingstop is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Wingstop.

Wingstop Inc (NASDAQ:WING) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The restaurant operator reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.03. The restaurant operator had revenue of $55.44 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $55.69 million. Wingstop had a negative return on equity of 11.05% and a net margin of 10.61%. Wingstop's revenue for the quarter was up 15.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.22 EPS. View Wingstop's earnings history.

Wingstop announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 18th will be given a dividend of $0.11 per share on Thursday, June 25th. This represents a $0.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 17th. View Wingstop's dividend history.

19 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Wingstop's shares. Their forecasts range from $93.00 to $143.00. On average, they expect Wingstop's stock price to reach $117.65 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.9%. View analysts' price targets for Wingstop.

News articles about WING stock have trended very positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Wingstop earned a news impact score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutWingstop.

Wingstop saw a decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,190,000 shares, a decrease of 14.9% from the April 15th total of 3,750,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 684,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.7 days. Approximately 10.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Wingstop's Current Options Chain.

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(WING) raised $75 million in an IPO on Friday, June 12th 2015. The company issued 5,800,000 shares at a price of $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.

Wingstop trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WING."

Wingstop's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.97%), Fred Alger Management LLC (5.14%), Federated Hermes Inc. (4.75%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (4.42%), Invesco Ltd. (4.07%) and State Street Corp (2.98%). Company insiders that own Wingstop stock include Charles R Morrison, Lawrence Kruguer, Madison Jobe, Maurice Cooper, Michael J Hislop, Michael Skipworth, Nicolas Boudet and Stacy Peterson. View institutional ownership trends for Wingstop.

WING stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Two Sigma Investments LP, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Fred Alger Management LLC, Two Sigma Advisers LP, BlackRock Inc., Morgan Stanley, and Franklin Resources Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Wingstop company stock in the last year include Charles R Morrison, Madison Jobe, Maurice Cooper, Michael J Hislop, Michael Skipworth, and Nicolas Boudet. View insider buying and selling activity for Wingstop.

WING stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eagle Asset Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Artemis Investment Management LLP, MIK Capital LP, and WCM Investment Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Wingstop.

Shares of WING can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of WING stock can currently be purchased for approximately $121.22.

Wingstop has a market capitalization of $3.59 billion and generates $199.68 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $20.48 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.73 on an earnings per share basis. Wingstop employs 170 workers across the globe.

The official website for Wingstop is www.wingstop.com.

Wingstop's mailing address is 5501 LBJ FREEWAY 5TH FLOOR, DALLAS TX, 75240. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at 972-686-6500.