Wedbush Analysts Boost Earnings Estimates for Wingstop

Wingstop Inc. (NASDAQ:WING) – Wedbush raised their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Wingstop in a research note issued on Wednesday, March 19th. Wedbush analyst N. Setyan now anticipates that the restaurant operator will post earnings of $0.98 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate 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.

WING has been the topic of several other research reports. BMO Capital Markets cut their target price on Wingstop from $335.00 to $300.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Barclays dropped their price target on Wingstop from $359.00 to $315.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Guggenheim upgraded Wingstop from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $280.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, February 24th. Morgan Stanley cut their price target on shares of Wingstop from $389.00 to $375.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on shares of Wingstop from $375.00 to $350.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 28th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $357.67.

Wingstop Stock Performance

Shares of WING stock opened at $220.19 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $263.70 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $319.30. The stock has a market cap of $6.31 billion, a PE ratio of 59.35, a PEG ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 1.88. Wingstop has a 52-week low of $205.60 and a 52-week high of $433.86.

Institutional Trading of Wingstop

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Wingstop by 521.4% during the 4th quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 87 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 73 shares in the last quarter. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in shares of Wingstop by 62.5% during the 4th quarter. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC now owns 91 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 35 shares in the last quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. bought a new position in Wingstop in the fourth quarter worth $30,000. True Wealth Design LLC bought a new stake in Wingstop during the third quarter worth about $36,000. Finally, V Square Quantitative Management LLC increased its position in Wingstop by 34.9% during the 4th quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC now owns 143 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $41,000 after buying an additional 37 shares in the last quarter.

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

Wingstop Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 7th will be given a $0.27 dividend. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 7th. Wingstop’s payout ratio is 29.11%.

About Wingstop

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.