Wingstop Stock Forecast, Price & News

Wingstop's stock was trading at $71.57 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WING shares have increased by 85.5% and is now trading at $132.73.
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17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wingstop in the last year. There are currently 7 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 Wednesday, November 4th 2020.
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Wingstop Inc (NASDAQ:WING) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 29th. The restaurant operator reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.29 by $0.10. The restaurant operator had revenue of $66.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $62.46 million. Wingstop had a net margin of 12.73% and a negative return on equity of 14.61%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 36.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.17 earnings per share.
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Wingstop announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 29th. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 0.42%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 27th. This is an increase from Wingstop's previous quarterly dividend of $0.11.
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17 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Wingstop's shares. Their forecasts range from $103.00 to $182.00. On average, they expect Wingstop's share price to reach $137.87 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.9% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to Wingstop include Darden Restaurants (DRI), Aramark (ARMK), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), Brinker International (EAT), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Jack in the Box (JACK), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI) and Denny's (DENN).
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(WING) raised $75 million in an initial public offering 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 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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.23%), Federated Hermes Inc. (5.12%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.42%), FMR LLC (2.29%), Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (1.79%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.20%). 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 Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Stephens Investment Management Group LLC, Redwood Investments LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Vanguard Group Inc., and Driehaus Capital Management LLC. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Federated Hermes Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, TimesSquare Capital Management LLC, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., and Bank of Montreal Can.
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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 $132.73.

Wingstop has a market capitalization of $3.93 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.