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Wingstop Inc. (WING)

Consumer Cyclical | Restaurants | Dallas, United States | NasdaqGS
154.06 USD +0.77 (0.502%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 154.00 -0.06 (-0.060%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 7:49 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 6:48 a.m. EDT

Wingstop remains a dominant franchise player with exceptional long-term capital appreciation, having gained over 1100 percent in value across the last nine years. Despite a recent earnings miss and negative earnings growth, the company maintains healthy profit margins and strong free cash flow generation. The stock is currently trading below its long-term moving average, creating a technical ceiling, and the recent drop from recent highs suggests sellers are aggressive near the 170 to 190 resistance zone. The dividend is a modest, reliable feature rather than a high-yield income play, offering steady growth rather than immediate cash. Options traders are betting on a sideways battle between 150 and 190, suggesting the market views the current dip as a potential accumulation zone before testing the long-term trend line.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.088538
AutoETS0.088538
MSTL0.089248
AutoTheta0.095490

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 42%
H-stat 0.43
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.332
Excess Kurtosis -0.86
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2026-05-14
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-14
Revenue per Share 25.569
Market Cap 4,195,446,784
Trailing P/E 38.04
Forward P/E 27.64
Beta 1.78
Profit Margins 15.77%
Website https://www.wingstop.com

As of July 11, 2026, 6:48 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound battle between 150 and 190. Open interest walls exist at 170 and 190 for calls, while 150 and 165 act as put support. Implied volatility is elevated, indicating expectations of a significant move, but the concentration of contracts suggests a tight consolidation zone.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.23% 0.57% 0.43% 1.17%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-05-15 0.30 0.232180
2026-03-06 0.30 0.130907
2025-11-21 0.30 0.121946
2025-08-15 0.30 0.089063
2025-05-16 0.27 0.084091
2025-03-07 0.27 0.118880
2024-11-15 0.27 0.085260
2024-08-16 0.27 0.069505
2024-05-16 0.22 0.056560
2024-03-07 0.22 0.059338
2023-11-16 0.22 0.096610
2023-08-17 0.22 0.133674
2023-05-18 0.19 0.093092
2023-03-09 0.19 0.112081
2022-11-09 0.19 0.121795
2022-08-11 0.19 0.140077
2022-05-19 0.17 0.229080
2022-03-23 4.00 3.563157
2022-03-10 0.17 0.134175
2021-11-18 0.17 0.098872
2021-08-12 0.17 0.100729
2021-05-13 0.14 0.106993
2021-03-04 0.14 0.116318
2020-11-19 5.14 3.978328
2020-08-27 0.14 0.084526
2020-06-17 0.11 0.087866
2020-03-05 0.11 0.138330
2019-11-27 0.11 0.135786
2019-08-29 0.11 0.106342
2019-06-06 0.09 0.101112
2019-03-12 0.09 0.134650
2018-12-03 0.09 0.144974
2018-11-23 3.05 4.848966
2018-08-31 0.09 0.134429
2018-06-01 0.07 0.139470
2018-03-08 0.07 0.152472
2018-02-08 3.17 7.209461
2017-12-01 0.07 0.180692
2017-08-30 0.07 0.217662
2016-07-08 2.90 11.297234
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.2
dividendYield 0.78
exDividendDate 2026-05-15
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.17
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0076325918
lastDividendValue 0.3
lastDividendDate 2026-05-15
dividendDate 2026-06-05

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.5183649
Address1 2,801 N Central Expressway
Address2 Suite 1600
All Time High 433.86
All Time Low 20.31
Ask 161.51
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 5
Average Analyst Rating 1.5 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,208,130
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,319,149
Average Volume 1,319,149
Average Volume10Days 1,208,130
Beta 1.782
Bid 140.11
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 2
Book Value -29.346
City Dallas
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 10
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 154.06
Current Ratio 2.243
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 160.55
Day Low 149.0
Display Name Wingstop
Dividend Date 1,780,617,600
Dividend Rate 1.2
Dividend Yield 0.78
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,355,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,355,200
Earnings Growth -0.667
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.676
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,328,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,328,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,328,200
Ebitda 224,583,008
Ebitda Margins 0.31654
Enterprise To Ebitda 23.764
Enterprise To Revenue 7.522
Enterprise Value 5,337,046,016
Eps Current Year 4.55788
Eps Forward 5.5747
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 4.05
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,778,803,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 150.2868
Fifty Day Average Change 3.7731934
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.025106618
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -51.83649
Fifty Two Week High 381.45
Fifty Two Week High Change -227.39001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.59612006
Fifty Two Week Low 116.35
Fifty Two Week Low Change 37.71
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.3241083
Fifty Two Week Range 116.35 - 381.45
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,434,115,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.42
Float Shares 25,513,362
Forward Eps 5.5747
Forward P E 27.635569
Free Cashflow 87,470,872
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 345
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.49118
Gross Profits 348,484,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00741
Held Percent Institutions 1.23066
Implied Shares Outstanding 27,232,553
Industry Restaurants
Industry Disp Restaurants
Industry Key restaurants
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,778,803,200
Last Dividend Value 0.3
Last Fiscal Year End 1,766,793,600
Long Business Summary Wingstop Inc., together with its subsidiaries, franchises and operates restaurants under the Wingstop brand in United States, Australia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, and The Netherlands. Its restaurants provides classic wings, boneless wings, tenders, and hand-sauced-and-tossed in various flavors, as well as chicken sandwiches, fries, and hand-cut carrots and celery that are cooked-to-order. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
Long Name Wingstop Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 4,195,446,784
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_260824267
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,656,000
Net Income To Common 111,885,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,329,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 4,174,478,049
Number Of Analyst Opinions 27
Open 155.56
Operating Cashflow 189,152,000
Operating Margins 0.29035
Overall Risk 7
Payout Ratio 0.2889
Peg Ratio 2.29
Phone 972 686 6500
Post Market Change -0.05999756
Post Market Change Percent -0.03894428
Post Market Price 154.0
Post Market Time 1,783,986,561
Previous Close 153.29
Price Eps Current Year 33.8008
Price Hint 2
Price To Book -5.2497783
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 5.9133773
Profit Margins 0.1577
Quick Ratio 1.575
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.48276
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.770004
Regular Market Change Percent 0.502319
Regular Market Day High 160.55
Regular Market Day Low 149.0
Regular Market Day Range 149.0 - 160.55
Regular Market Open 155.56
Regular Market Previous Close 153.29
Regular Market Price 154.06
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 1,292,408
Return On Assets 0.18476
Revenue Growth 0.074
Revenue Per Share 25.569
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 27,232,553
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.1534
Shares Short 4,178,791
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 5,272,739
Short Name Wingstop Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1542
Short Ratio 3.79
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol WING
Target High Price 305.0
Target Low Price 143.0
Target Mean Price 233.14815
Target Median Price 234.0
Total Cash 128,816,000
Total Cash Per Share 4.73
Total Debt 1,270,414,976
Total Revenue 709,484,032
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.17
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0076325918
Trailing Eps 4.05
Trailing P E 38.039505
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.2887
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 214.7656
Two Hundred Day Average Change -60.705597
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.2826598
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,292,408
Website https://www.wingstop.com
Zip 75,204