Wingstop Stock Forecast, Price & 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 74.2% and is now trading at $124.68.
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16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wingstop in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings, 9 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Wingstop is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 2nd 2020.
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Wingstop will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, November 2nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Wingstop Inc. (NASDAQ:WING) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 29th. The restaurant operator reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.29 by $0.10. The restaurant operator had revenue of $66.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $62.46 million. Wingstop had a negative return on equity of 14.61% and a net margin of 12.73%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 36.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.17 earnings per share.
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Wingstop announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Friday, September 11th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 27th. This is an increase from Wingstop's previous quarterly dividend of $0.11.
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16 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Wingstop's stock. Their forecasts range from $103.00 to $182.00. On average, they anticipate Wingstop's stock price to reach $141.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.7% from the stock's current price.
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Wingstop saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,510,000 shares, a decline of 23.5% from the September 15th total of 3,280,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 675,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.7 days.
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(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.

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

Wingstop's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.31%), Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC (0.04%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.02%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Wingstop stock include Charles R Morrison, Lawrence Kruguer, Madison Jobe, Mahesh Sadarangani, Maurice Cooper, Michael J Hislop, Michael Skipworth and Nicolas Boudet.
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WING stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Wingstop company stock in the last year include Charles R Morrison, Madison Jobe, Mahesh Sadarangani, Michael Skipworth, and Nicolas Boudet.
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WING stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Retirement Systems of Alabama, Pacer Advisors Inc., Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC, V Wealth Advisors LLC, 6 Meridian, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC.
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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 $124.68.

Wingstop has a market capitalization of $3.69 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 209 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.