NASDAQ:WINGWingstop Stock Price, Forecast & 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 shares have increased by 81.3% and is now trading at $129.75. 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 7 hold ratings and 11 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, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Wingstop.

Wingstop will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, July 29th 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 earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The restaurant operator reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.03. The restaurant operator earned $55.44 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $55.69 million. Wingstop had a net margin of 10.61% and a negative return on equity of 11.05%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 15.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.22 EPS. View Wingstop's earnings history.

Wingstop announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 18th will be given a dividend of $0.11 per share on Thursday, June 25th. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 17th. View Wingstop's dividend history.

18 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Wingstop's stock. Their forecasts range from $103.00 to $158.00. On average, they anticipate Wingstop's share price to reach $125.38 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.4%. View analysts' price targets for Wingstop.

Press coverage about WING stock has trended extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Wingstop earned a coverage optimism score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Wingstop.

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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 a price of $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 trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WING."

Wingstop's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.09%), Deane Retirement Strategies Inc. (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%), Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC (0.02%) and First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Wingstop stock include Charles R Morrison, Lawrence Kruguer, Madison Jobe, Maurice Cooper, Michael J Hislop, Michael Skipworth, Nicolas Boudet and Stacy Peterson. View institutional ownership trends for Wingstop.

WING stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC, and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Wingstop company stock in the last year include Charles R Morrison, Madison Jobe, Michael J Hislop, Michael Skipworth, and Nicolas Boudet. View insider buying and selling activity for Wingstop.

WING stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Deane Retirement Strategies Inc., First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and 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 $129.75.

Wingstop has a market capitalization of $3.84 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.