In the latest trading session,, 0.46 million Wingstop Inc (NASDAQ:WING) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.82. With the company’s most recent per share price at $246.54 changing hands around $16.03 or 6.95% at last look, the market valuation stands at $6.88B. WING’s current price is a discount, trading about -75.98% off its 52-week high of $433.86. The share price had its 52-week low at $204.00, which suggests the last value was 17.25% up since then. When we look at Wingstop Inc’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 0.76 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 939.27K.
Analysts gave the Wingstop Inc (WING) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.85. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 16 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 8 recommended WING as a Hold, 8 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Wingstop Inc’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.87.
Wingstop Inc (NASDAQ:WING) trade information
Instantly WING is in green as seen in intraday trades today. With action 13.94%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -13.25%, with the 5-day performance at 13.94% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Wingstop Inc (NASDAQ:WING) is 9.29% up. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 2.03 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 2.18 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 370, meaning bulls need an upside of 33.37% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, WING’s forecast low is 260 with 380 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -54.13% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -5.46% for it to hit the projected low.
Wingstop Inc (WING) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 16.96% up from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 20 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 170.94M. 20 analysts are of the opinion that Wingstop Inc’s revenue for the current quarter will be 175.91M. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 145.79M and 155.7M respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 17.25%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 12.98%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 39.91%. The 2025 estimates are for Wingstop Inc earnings to increase by 0.04%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 18.42% per year.
WING Dividends
Wingstop Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Feb-18. The 0.42% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 1.03. It is important to note, however, that the 0.42% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 0.39 per year.
Wingstop Inc (NASDAQ:WING)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 0.68% of Wingstop Inc shares while 110.68% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 111.44%. There are 110.68% institutions holding the Wingstop Inc stock share, with VANGUARD GROUP INC the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 10.0746% of the shares, roughly 2.96 million WING shares worth $1.25 billion.
BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 9.9649% or 2.92 million shares worth $1.24 billion as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . With 954.14 shares estimated at $239.91 million under it, the former controlled 3.42% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund held about 3.30% of the shares, roughly 921.48 shares worth around $231.7 million.
