Wingstop Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wingstop in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Wingstop stock.
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Wingstop is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 4th 2021.
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Wingstop Inc. (NASDAQ:WING) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 28th. The restaurant operator reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.13. The restaurant operator had revenue of $70.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $69.31 million. Wingstop had a net margin of 10.74% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.26%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 27.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.27 earnings per share.
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Wingstop's stock was trading at $71.57 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WING stock has increased by 104.1% and is now trading at $146.10.
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Wingstop announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 14th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Friday, June 4th. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.38%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 13th.
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Wingstop pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.38%. Wingstop has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Wingstop is 51.38%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Wingstop will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.94% next year. This indicates that Wingstop will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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19 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Wingstop's stock. Their forecasts range from $145.00 to $182.00. On average, they expect Wingstop's share price to reach $166.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.0% from the stock's current price.
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132 employees have rated Wingstop CEO Charles Morrison on Glassdoor.com. Charles Morrison has an approval rating of 61% among Wingstop's employees. This puts Charles Morrison in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.74%), Fred Alger Management LLC (5.91%), Federated Hermes Inc. (4.62%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (2.98%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (2.52%) and Champlain Investment Partners LLC (2.38%). Company insiders that own Wingstop stock include Charles R Morrison, Christina Clarke, Donnie Upshaw, Madison Jobe, Mahesh Sadarangani, Marisa Carona, 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 Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Retirement Systems of Alabama, and Allianz Asset Management GmbH. Company insiders that have sold Wingstop company stock in the last year include Charles R Morrison, Christina Clarke, Donnie Upshaw, Mahesh Sadarangani, Marisa Carona, and Michael Skipworth.
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WING stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Champlain Investment Partners LLC, BlackRock Inc., Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Ameriprise Financial Inc., Maryland Capital Management, Federated Hermes Inc., UBS Group AG, and Copeland Capital Management 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of WING stock can currently be purchased for approximately $146.10.

Wingstop has a market capitalization of $4.34 billion and generates $248.81 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $23.31 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.09 on an earnings per share basis.

Wingstop employs 238 workers across the globe.

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

Wingstop is headquartered at 5501 LBJ FREEWAY 5TH FLOOR, DALLAS TX, 75240.

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 or via email at [email protected]