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Wingstop Inc. (WING)

Consumer Cyclical | Restaurants | Dallas, United States | NasdaqGS
113.58 USD +3.63 (3.302%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 113.85 +0.27 (0.238%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:46 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:51 a.m. EDT

The long-term investment case faces a critical inflection point where historical dominance clashes with current operational reality. While the nine-year trajectory remains a massive winner with nearly 1,000 percent cumulative gains, the most recent annual performance turned negative, and same-store sales have contracted sharply. This disconnect between the analyst consensus, which maintains a buy rating with a target price nearly double the current level, and the deteriorating top-line data creates a tense setup. The short-term outlook is neutral; the stock is trading near its fifty-two-week low, yet technical indicators remain well below their moving averages, suggesting the downtrend has not fully exhausted itself despite the oversold conditions. The dividend offers a modest but highly secure income stream, backed by a payout ratio that leaves ample room for earnings to fluctuate without threatening the payout. Investors should view the current price as a potential entry point for a recovery trade, but the fundamental headwinds in consumer spending require patience before expecting a return to the 2024 highs.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.082713
AutoETS0.092564
AutoARIMA0.092860
MSTL0.101104

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 37%
H-stat 4.67
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.646
Excess Kurtosis -0.67
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-13
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-13
Revenue per Share 26.133
Market Cap 3,094,208,512
Trailing P/E 25.93
Forward P/E 21.18
Beta 1.81
Profit Margins 16.15%
Website https://www.wingstop.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:51 a.m. EDT: Implied volatility remains elevated at roughly 70-75% for at-the-money strikes, indicating uncertainty. Call flow shows a notable volume spike at the 120 strike, suggesting speculative bets on a near-term rebound to test resistance levels. Conversely, put writers are establishing significant option open interest walls at 100, 165, and 175 strikes, creating a defensive hedge against further downside. The mix suggests speculators are positioning for a volatile range-bound move rather than a decisive directional break.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.26% 0.75% 0.47% 1.21%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-14 0.33 0.261656
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 1.32
dividendYield 1.2
exDividendDate 2026-08-14
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.2
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.010914053
lastDividendValue 0.33
lastDividendDate 2026-08-14
dividendDate 2026-09-05

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.6549072
Address1 2,801 N Central Expressway
Address2 Suite 1600
All Time High 433.86
All Time Low 20.31
Ask 113.07
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 5
Average Analyst Rating 1.5 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,116,270
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,199,725
Average Volume 1,199,725
Average Volume10Days 1,116,270
Beta 1.806
Bid 103.94
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 2
Book Value -28.377
City Dallas
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 10
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 113.58
Current Ratio 2.967
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 113.72
Day Low 109.615
Display Name Wingstop
Dividend Date 1,788,566,400
Dividend Rate 1.32
Dividend Yield 1.2
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,333,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,333,600
Earnings Growth 0.198
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.169
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,328,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,709,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,709,000
Ebitda 234,028,000
Ebitda Margins 0.32471
Enterprise To Ebitda 18.114
Enterprise To Revenue 5.882
Enterprise Value 4,239,228,416
Eps Current Year 4.44803
Eps Forward 5.36267
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 4.38
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,665,600
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 138.4603
Fifty Day Average Change -24.880295
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.17969263
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -65.49072
Fifty Two Week High 330.415
Fifty Two Week High Change -216.835
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.6562505
Fifty Two Week Low 105.43
Fifty Two Week Low Change 8.150002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.07730249
Fifty Two Week Range 105.43 - 330.415
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,434,115,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.44
Float Shares 25,522,724
Forward Eps 5.36267
Forward P E 21.179749
Free Cashflow 98,595,000
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 345
Fullday Change 3.63
Fullday Change Percent 3.30151
Fullday Price 113.85
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.49418998
Gross Profits 356,172,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00745
Held Percent Institutions 1.25629
Implied Shares Outstanding 27,242,546
Industry Restaurants
Industry Disp Restaurants
Industry Key restaurants
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,786,665,600
Last Dividend Value 0.33
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 3,094,208,512
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_260824267
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,518,400
Net Income To Common 116,410,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,329,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 2,996,407,634
Number Of Analyst Opinions 27
Open 110.04
Operating Cashflow 189,490,000
Operating Margins 0.29759002
Overall Risk 7
Payout Ratio 0.28370002
Peg Ratio 1.76
Phone 972 686 6500
Post Market Change 0.26999664
Post Market Change Percent 0.23771495
Post Market Price 113.85
Post Market Time 1,787,960,774
Previous Close 109.95
Price Eps Current Year 25.5349
Price Hint 2
Price To Book -4.0025373
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.293225
Profit Margins 0.16152
Quick Ratio 2.173
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.51724
Region US
Regular Market Change 3.63
Regular Market Change Percent 3.30151
Regular Market Day High 113.72
Regular Market Day Low 109.615
Regular Market Day Range 109.615 - 113.72
Regular Market Open 110.04
Regular Market Previous Close 109.95
Regular Market Price 113.58
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 786,534
Return On Assets 0.18971
Revenue Growth 0.064
Revenue Per Share 26.133
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 27,242,546
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.15640001
Shares Short 4,261,459
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 4,598,134
Short Name Wingstop Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.15720001
Short Ratio 3.24
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol WING
Target High Price 265.0
Target Low Price 143.0
Target Mean Price 202.88889
Target Median Price 200.0
Total Cash 127,455,000
Total Cash Per Share 4.679
Total Debt 1,272,475,008
Total Revenue 720,718,976
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.2
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.010914053
Trailing Eps 4.38
Trailing P E 25.931507
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.7011
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 194.10103
Two Hundred Day Average Change -80.52103
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.41484082
Type Disp Equity
Volume 786,534
Website https://www.wingstop.com
Zip 75,204