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

Wingstop Inc. (NASDAQ:WING) – Stock analysts at Wedbush raised their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Wingstop in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, March 19th. Wedbush analyst N. Setyan now anticipates that the restaurant operator will earn $0.98 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.96. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $355.00 target price 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 research analysts have also commented on WING. Northcoast Research lowered shares of Wingstop from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, February 21st. Stifel Nicolaus cut their target price on shares of Wingstop from $375.00 to $350.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 28th. Morgan Stanley cut their target price 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. Guggenheim raised shares of Wingstop from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $280.00 target price on the stock in a research note on Monday, February 24th. Finally, Barclays cut their target price on shares of Wingstop from $359.00 to $315.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $357.67.

Wingstop Stock Performance

NASDAQ:WING opened at $215.46 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $262.51 and its 200-day moving average is $317.74. Wingstop has a 52 week low of $205.60 and a 52 week high of $433.86. The firm has a market cap of $6.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 58.08, a P/E/G ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 1.88.

Wingstop Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 7th will be issued a $0.27 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 7th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.50%. Wingstop’s dividend payout ratio is currently 29.11%.

Wingstop announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Thursday, December 5th that authorizes the company to buyback $500.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the restaurant operator to reacquire up to 5.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Institutional Trading of Wingstop

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in WING. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Wingstop by 9.1% during the third quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 686 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $285,000 after buying an additional 57 shares during the last quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Wingstop by 6.6% during the third quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 13,269 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $5,521,000 after buying an additional 822 shares during the last quarter. Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Wingstop by 13.8% during the third quarter. Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,276 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $531,000 after buying an additional 155 shares during the last quarter. Avior Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in Wingstop by 5.7% during the third quarter. Avior Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,174 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $488,000 after buying an additional 63 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. purchased a new stake in Wingstop during the third quarter worth about $4,983,000.

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.