NASDAQ:WING - Wingstop Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Wingstop declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 4th. Investors of record on Monday, June 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.07 per share on Monday, June 18th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.54%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 1st. View Wingstop's Dividend History.

Wingstop Inc (NASDAQ:WING) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 3rd. The restaurant operator reported $0.25 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.05. The restaurant operator earned $37.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $36.34 million. Wingstop had a net margin of 23.15% and a negative return on equity of 28.86%. Wingstop's revenue for the quarter was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.22 earnings per share. View Wingstop's Earnings History.

Wingstop is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Wingstop.

Wingstop updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of ~$0.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.77.

15 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Wingstop's shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $59.00. On average, they anticipate Wingstop's share price to reach $50.5385 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.1%. View Analyst Ratings for Wingstop.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wingstop in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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

(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.

Press coverage about WING stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Wingstop earned a media sentiment score of 0.04 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the restaurant operator an impact score of 46.93 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Wingstop's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Fred Alger Management Inc. (1.99%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.13%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.07%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.03%), Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.02%) and Amalgamated Bank (0.02%). Company insiders that own Wingstop stock include Charles R Morrison, David A Vernon, Flynn Dekker, Lawrence Kruguer, Madison Jobe, Michael J Hislop, Michael Mravle, Michael Skipworth, Neal K Aronson, Sidney J Feltenstein and Stacy Peterson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Wingstop.

WING stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Foundry Partners LLC, Fred Alger Management Inc., Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan and Fortaleza Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Wingstop company stock in the last year include Charles R Morrison, Flynn Dekker, Lawrence Kruguer, Madison Jobe, Michael J Hislop, Michael Skipworth and Stacy Peterson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Wingstop.

WING stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Amalgamated Bank and Hartford Investment Management Co.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WING stock can currently be purchased for approximately $52.13.

Wingstop has a market capitalization of $1.54 billion and generates $105.55 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $27.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.74 on an earnings per share basis. Wingstop employs 530 workers across the globe.

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.