Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
Wingstop Inc. WING
$106.89 +2.42% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $2.91B
High qualityWeak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 25.4× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- Over the past year the stock returned -59.3%, behind the S&P 500 by 74.4 percentage points.
- The stock is 62% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 35%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 30%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 14%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 4%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 26%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 5%
- Gross marginTop 3%
- Operating marginTop 2%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 43%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Interest coverTop 43%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 47%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 41%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 30%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 6%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 8%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 4%
- 6-month returnBottom 11%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 6%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 7%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 47%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 37%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 20%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 28%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 9%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 15%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 38%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 29%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 9.0% | 7.6% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -32.7% | -29.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 65.8% | 73.1% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 26.1% | 28.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 8.3% | 17.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 7.6% | 9.0% | ↓ | Top 35% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -29.8% | -32.7% | ↑ | Bottom 30% |
| Gross margin | 73.1% | 65.8% | ↑ | Top 3% |
| Operating margin | 28.7% | 26.1% | ↑ | Top 2% |
| Net margin | 16.2% | 25.6% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 17.8% | 8.3% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 25.0% | — | Top 5% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 24.9% | — | Top 4% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.63×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -11.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -19.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.04×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.15%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 6.15%
- Shareholder yield
- 7.30%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -2.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 6
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +17.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $205.07
- Target vs current price
- +91.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 38
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 63%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +15.7% | +3.4% | -9.9% | -15.6% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +15.7% | -1.0% | -15.2% | -12.1% | -21.8% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | +19.0% | +10.8% | -2.0% | -21.3% | -52.1% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +19.8% | +10.9% | +11.2% | +28.4% | +24.0% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +13.6% | +26.9% | +16.6% | +12.1% | -9.4% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +14.8% | +14.5% | +15.8% | +47.2% | +31.0% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | -1.1% | -13.4% | -21.9% | -32.4% | +0.1% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -8.3% | -21.4% | -16.3% | -8.2% | -19.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $1.18 | $1.02 | +15.7% | $185.6M |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $1.18 | $1.02 | +15.7% | $183.7M |
| Feb 18, 2026 | $1.00 | $0.84 | +19.0% | $175.7M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $1.09 | $0.91 | +19.8% | $175.7M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $1.00 | $0.88 | +13.6% | $174.3M |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.99 | $0.86 | +14.8% | $171.1M |
| Feb 19, 2025 | $0.88 | $0.89 | -1.1% | $161.8M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.88 | $0.96 | -8.3% | $162.5M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 25.4× | 85.4× | 0th | Bottom 47% |
| P/E (forward) | 24.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 17.9× | — | — | Bottom 30% |
| EV / Sales | 5.63× | — | — | Bottom 6% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.41% | — | — | Bottom 41% |
| Earnings yield | 3.94% | — | — | Bottom 47% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 33.1× – 174.8× since Jun 26, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -59.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -29.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -46.0%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -14.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -7.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -39.5%
- RSI (14)
- 48.5
- Relative volume
- 0.53×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 59.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 68th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.16
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.28
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -62.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -77.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2024 | Sep 24, 2026 | -77.2% | 568 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 16, 2021 | May 24, 2022 | -62.6% | 173 days | 215 days (Apr 3, 2023) |
| Feb 11, 2021 | Mar 8, 2021 | -32.2% | 16 days | 100 days (Jul 29, 2021) |
| May 3, 2023 | Sep 5, 2023 | -30.6% | 85 days | 50 days (Nov 14, 2023) |
| Oct 2, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -18.6% | 20 days | 33 days (Dec 17, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.91B
- P/E (TTM)
- 25.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.21
- Revenue (TTM)
- $720.7M
- Dividend yield
- 1.15%
- 52-week range
- $95.82 – $302.80
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $282.5M | $357.5M | $460.1M | $625.8M | $696.9M |
| Gross profit | $141.1M | $171.1M | $222.8M | $300.9M | $575.7M |
| Operating income | $73.8M | $91.9M | $112.6M | $165.6M | $192.2M |
| Net income | $42.7M | $52.9M | $70.2M | $108.7M | $174.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.42 | $1.77 | $2.35 | $3.70 | $6.21 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $162.5M | $161.8M | $171.1M | $174.3M | $175.7M | $175.7M | $183.7M | $185.6M |
| Net income | $25.7M | $26.8M | $92.3M | $26.8M | $28.5M | $26.8M | $29.9M | $31.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.88 | $0.92 | $3.24 | $0.96 | $1.02 | $0.96 | $1.08 | $1.15 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $48.9M | $76.2M | $121.6M | $157.6M | $153.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$28.0M | -$23.9M | -$40.8M | -$51.9M | -$47.4M |
| Free cash flow | $20.9M | $52.3M | $80.8M | $105.7M | $105.6M |
| Dividends paid | -$19.8M | -$141.3M | -$24.9M | -$28.9M | -$32.4M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$315,000 | -$125.4M | -$314.7M | -$220.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $127.5M
- Total assets
- $658.0M
- Total liabilities
- $1.43B
- Total debt
- $1.27B
- Net debt
- $1.15B
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$773.0M
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $0.33 | Sep 5, 2026 |
| May 15, 2026 | $0.30 | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | $0.30 | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Nov 21, 2025 | $0.30 | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.30 | Sep 5, 2025 |
| May 16, 2025 | $0.27 | Jun 6, 2025 |
| Mar 7, 2025 | $0.27 | Mar 28, 2025 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | $0.27 | Dec 6, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,957,759
- Days to cover
- 3.74
- Change vs previous report
- +13.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.