Wingstop Stock Forecast, Price & News

Wingstop's stock was trading at $71.57 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WING stock has increased by 102.5% and is now trading at $144.95.
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17 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wingstop in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 12 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Wingstop stock.
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Wingstop is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 17th 2021.
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Wingstop Inc. (NASDAQ:WING) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 2nd. The restaurant operator reported $0.34 EPS for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.34. The restaurant operator had revenue of $64 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $63.11 million. Wingstop had a net margin of 12.73% and a negative return on equity of 14.61%. The firm's revenue was up 28.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.20 EPS.
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Wingstop announced a dividend on Monday, November 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Thursday, December 10th. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 19th.
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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 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Wingstop is 76.71%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, Wingstop will have a dividend payout ratio of 37.84% next year. This indicates that Wingstop will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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17 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Wingstop's stock. Their forecasts range from $103.00 to $182.00. On average, they expect Wingstop's stock price to reach $146.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.8% 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 International (PZZA), Brinker International (EAT), Jack in the Box (JACK), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), The Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI) and Denny's (DENN).
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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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Polianta Ltd (0.03%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.02%), Mountain Capital Investment Advisors Inc (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), 6 Meridian (0.01%) and Diversified Trust Co (0.01%). 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. Company insiders that have sold Wingstop company stock in the last year include Charles R Morrison, Madison Jobe, Mahesh Sadarangani, and Nicolas Boudet.
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WING stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Polianta Ltd, Mountain Capital Investment Advisors Inc, Diversified Trust Co, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., and 6 Meridian.
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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.

One share of WING stock can currently be purchased for approximately $144.95.

Wingstop has a market capitalization of $4.30 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.