Wedbush Weighs in on Wingstop’s Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:WING)

Wingstop Inc. (NASDAQ:WING) – Research analysts at Wedbush raised their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Wingstop in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, March 19th. Wedbush analyst N. Setyan now forecasts that the restaurant operator will post earnings per share of $0.98 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.96. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $355.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Wingstop’s current full-year earnings is $4.18 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Wingstop’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.02 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also commented on the stock. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of Wingstop from $330.00 to $300.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on shares of Wingstop from $375.00 to $350.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 28th. BMO Capital Markets cut their price objective on shares of Wingstop from $335.00 to $300.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Raymond James restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $330.00 price objective (down from $375.00) on shares of Wingstop in a research report on Tuesday, January 28th. Finally, Benchmark cut their price objective on shares of Wingstop from $340.00 to $325.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Wingstop presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $357.67.

Wingstop Stock Down 2.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ:WING opened at $215.46 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $262.51 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $317.74. Wingstop has a twelve month low of $205.60 and a twelve month high of $433.86. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.18 billion, a PE ratio of 58.08, a P/E/G ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 1.88.

Wingstop Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Investors of record on Friday, March 7th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 7th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.50%. Wingstop’s payout ratio is 29.11%.

Wingstop announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Thursday, December 5th that allows the company to repurchase $500.00 million in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the restaurant operator to repurchase up to 5.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Wingstop

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. American Century Companies Inc. grew its position in Wingstop by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,206,062 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $342,763,000 after acquiring an additional 22,552 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its position in Wingstop by 29.5% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 1,150,217 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $326,893,000 after acquiring an additional 262,229 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its position in shares of Wingstop by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 861,783 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $358,571,000 after buying an additional 12,549 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its position in shares of Wingstop by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 816,991 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $326,020,000 after buying an additional 7,204 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its position in shares of Wingstop by 23.8% in the 4th quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 801,732 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $227,852,000 after buying an additional 154,055 shares during the last quarter.

Wingstop Company Profile

Wingstop Inc, together with its subsidiaries, franchises and operates restaurants under the Wingstop brand. Its restaurants offer classic wings, boneless wings, tenders, and hand-sauced-and-tossed in various flavors, as well as chicken sandwiches with fries and hand-cut carrots and celery that are cooked-to-order.