NASDAQ:WING - Wingstop Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Wingstop announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 30th. Investors of record on Friday, November 29th will be given a dividend of $0.11 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $0.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.47%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 26th. View Wingstop's Dividend History.

Wingstop Inc (NASDAQ:WING) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The restaurant operator reported $0.20 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.03. The restaurant operator had revenue of $49.88 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $49.26 million. Wingstop had a net margin of 10.61% and a negative return on equity of 9.95%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 30.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.21 earnings per share. View Wingstop's Earnings History.

Wingstop is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Wingstop.

Wingstop issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.75-0.77 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.73.

18 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Wingstop's stock. Their forecasts range from $72.00 to $135.00. On average, they expect Wingstop's stock price to reach $99.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Wingstop.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wingstop in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Wingstop.

Press coverage about WING stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Wingstop earned a media sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage 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 company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Wingstop.

Wingstop saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 3,130,000 shares, an increase of 15.5% from the November 28th total of 2,710,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 455,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.9 days. Currently, 10.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Wingstop's Current Options Chain.

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

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

(WING) raised $75 million in an 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 acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Wells Fargo Securities were co-managers.

Wingstop's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.51%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Wingstop stock include Charles R Morrison, Flynn Dekker, Lawrence Kruguer, Madison Jobe, Maurice Cooper, Michael J Hislop, Michael Skipworth and Stacy Peterson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Wingstop.

WING stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Wingstop company stock in the last year include Charles R Morrison, Lawrence Kruguer, Madison Jobe, Maurice Cooper, Michael J Hislop and Michael Skipworth. View Insider Buying and Selling for Wingstop.

WING stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WING stock can currently be purchased for approximately $93.30.

Wingstop has a market capitalization of $2.75 billion and generates $153.18 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $21.72 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.84 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.