NASDAQ:WING - Wingstop Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Wingstop announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.09 per share on Tuesday, September 18th. This represents a $0.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.57%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 31st. This is a positive change from Wingstop's previous quarterly dividend of $0.07. View Wingstop's Dividend History.

Wingstop Inc (NASDAQ:WING) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 2nd. The restaurant operator reported $0.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.03. The restaurant operator had revenue of $37.04 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $36.92 million. Wingstop had a negative return on equity of 24.63% and a net margin of 22.15%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 17.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.18 EPS. View Wingstop's Earnings History.

Wingstop is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Wingstop.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Wingstop's stock. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $62.00. On average, they expect Wingstop's share price to reach $53.1538 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 15.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Wingstop.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wingstop in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Wingstop.

Some companies that are related to Wingstop include Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Jack in the Box (JACK), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Brinker International (EAT), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), MITCHELLS &BUTLERS (MBPFF), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), Sonic (SONC) and Ruth's Hospitality Group (RUTH).

(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 served as the underwriters for the IPO and Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Wells Fargo Securities were co-managers.

Headlines about WING stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Wingstop earned a news impact score of 0.06 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the restaurant operator an impact score of 47.38 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Wingstop.

Wingstop's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.76%), FMR LLC (3.87%), Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (3.86%), Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. (3.31%), Federated Investors Inc. PA (2.99%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.76%). Company insiders that own Wingstop stock include Charles R Morrison, David A Vernon, Flynn Dekker, Lawrence Kruguer, Madison Jobe, Michael J Hislop, Michael Mravle, Michael Skipworth, Neal K Aronson, Sidney J Feltenstein and Stacy Peterson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Wingstop.

WING stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Stephens Investment Management Group LLC, Cortina Asset Management LLC, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL. Company insiders that have sold Wingstop company stock in the last year include Charles R Morrison, Flynn Dekker, Lawrence Kruguer, Madison Jobe, Michael J Hislop, Michael Skipworth and Stacy Peterson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Wingstop.

WING stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Eagle Asset Management Inc., OppenheimerFunds Inc., BlackRock Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. and Wells Fargo & Company MN. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WING stock can currently be purchased for approximately $63.21.

Wingstop has a market capitalization of $1.76 billion and generates $105.55 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $27.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.74 on an earnings per share basis. Wingstop employs 530 workers across the globe.

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.