NASDAQ:WINGWingstop Stock Price, Forecast & 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 (WHO). Since then, WING shares have increased by 39.4% and is now trading at $99.77. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wingstop in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 12 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 Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Wingstop.

Wingstop will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Wingstop Inc (NASDAQ:WING) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 19th. The restaurant operator reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.18 by $0.04. The restaurant operator earned $53.19 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $53.07 million. Wingstop had a negative return on equity of 10.13% and a net margin of 10.26%. Wingstop's quarterly revenue was up 31.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.15 earnings per share. View Wingstop's earnings history.

Wingstop announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 19th. Investors of record on Friday, March 6th will be given a dividend of $0.11 per share on Friday, March 20th. This represents a $0.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.44%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 5th. View Wingstop's dividend history.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Wingstop's shares. Their forecasts range from $74.00 to $135.00. On average, they expect Wingstop's share price to reach $105.19 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Wingstop.

News coverage about WING stock has been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Wingstop earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutWingstop.

Wingstop saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 3,177,000 shares, an increase of 12.3% from the February 27th total of 2,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 556,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.7 days. Currently, 10.9% of the company's shares are sold short. View Wingstop's Current Options Chain.

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), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Jack in the Box (JACK), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Brinker International (EAT), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Denny's (DENN), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) and Habit Restaurants (HABT).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Wingstop investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), Paypal (PYPL), Walt Disney (DIS), Adobe (ADBE), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Micron Technology (MU), Starbucks (SBUX) and Tesla (TSLA).

(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 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.09%). Company insiders that own Wingstop stock include Charles R Morrison, Lawrence Kruguer, Madison Jobe, Maurice Cooper, Michael J Hislop, Michael Skipworth and Stacy Peterson. View institutional ownership trends for Wingstop.

WING stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $99.77.

Wingstop has a market capitalization of $2.94 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. View additional information about Wingstop.

The official website for Wingstop is http://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.