Wingstop Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wingstop in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings 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, August 4th 2021.
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Wingstop Inc. (NASDAQ:WING) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 28th. The restaurant operator reported $0.44 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.13. The restaurant operator earned $70.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $69.31 million. Wingstop had a net margin of 12.73% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.61%. The firm's revenue was up 27.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.27 earnings per share.
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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 stock has increased by 104.3% and is now trading at $146.19.
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Wingstop announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Friday, June 4th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 13th.
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Wingstop pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.37%. Wingstop has been increasing its dividend for 3 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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19 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Wingstop's stock. Their forecasts range from $145.00 to $182.00. On average, they expect Wingstop's share price to reach $164.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.5% from the stock's current price.
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132 employees have rated Wingstop CEO Charles Morrison on Glassdoor.com. Charles Morrison has an approval rating of 61% among Wingstop's employees. This puts Charles Morrison in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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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 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 BlackRock Inc. (12.74%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.28%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.72%), Copeland Capital Management LLC (0.58%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.30%) and Rhumbline Advisers (0.27%). Company insiders that own Wingstop stock include Charles R Morrison, Christina Clarke, Donnie Upshaw, Lawrence Kruguer, Madison Jobe, Mahesh Sadarangani, Marisa Carona, 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 Retirement Systems of Alabama, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management LLC, Rhumbline Advisers, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , New York State Teachers Retirement System, and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL. Company insiders that have sold Wingstop company stock in the last year include Charles R Morrison, Christina Clarke, Donnie Upshaw, Mahesh Sadarangani, Marisa Carona, Michael Skipworth, and Nicolas Boudet.
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WING stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Copeland Capital Management LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC, Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS, BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Strs Ohio.
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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.
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One share of WING stock can currently be purchased for approximately $146.19.

Wingstop has a market capitalization of $4.35 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 238 workers across the globe.

The official website for Wingstop is www.wingstop.com.

Wingstop is headquartered at 5501 LBJ FREEWAY 5TH FLOOR, DALLAS TX, 75240.

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.