NASDAQ:WINGWingstop Stock Price, Forecast & News

Wingstop's stock was trading at $71.57 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WING shares have increased by 70.4% and is now trading at $121.95. 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) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The restaurant operator reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.03. The restaurant operator earned $55.44 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $55.69 million. Wingstop had a negative return on equity of 11.05% and a net margin of 10.61%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 15.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.22 earnings per share. View Wingstop's earnings history.

Wingstop declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 7th. Stockholders 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 is Wednesday, June 17th. View Wingstop's dividend history.

19 brokers 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 share price to reach $117.65 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.5%. View analysts' price targets for Wingstop.

Media coverage about WING stock has been trending very negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Wingstop earned a news sentiment score of -3.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutWingstop.

Wingstop saw a drop in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,190,000 shares, a drop of 14.9% from the April 15th total of 3,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 684,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 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 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.

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. (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 Morgan Stanley. 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 $121.95.

Wingstop has a market capitalization of $3.61 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.