William Blair Estimates Wingstop’s Q4 Earnings (NASDAQ:WING)

Wingstop Inc. (NASDAQ:WING) – Stock analysts at William Blair cut their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Wingstop in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, November 4th. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia now forecasts that the restaurant operator will post earnings of $0.87 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.97. William Blair has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Wingstop’s current full-year earnings is $4.18 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Wingstop’s FY2026 earnings at $4.73 EPS.

Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The restaurant operator reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.91 by $0.18. Wingstop had a negative return on equity of 16.17% and a net margin of 25.51%.The company had revenue of $175.74 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $189.10 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.88 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 8.1% on a year-over-year basis.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on Wingstop from $375.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Wingstop in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Zacks Research lowered Wingstop from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Monday, October 13th. Stephens restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $375.00 price objective on shares of Wingstop in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Raymond James Financial restated a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $350.00 price objective (down previously from $420.00) on shares of Wingstop in a report on Thursday, October 16th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have issued a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $335.96.

Wingstop Stock Performance

Shares of WING stock opened at $252.84 on Thursday. Wingstop has a 1 year low of $204.00 and a 1 year high of $388.14. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $263.67 and a two-hundred day moving average of $300.74. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.06 billion, a PE ratio of 41.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.32 and a beta of 1.73.

Wingstop Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 12th. Investors of record on Friday, November 21st will be paid a $0.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 21st. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. Wingstop’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 19.54%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of WING. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. acquired a new position in Wingstop during the first quarter valued at $212,672,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its position in Wingstop by 43.2% during the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 1,646,934 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $371,517,000 after buying an additional 496,717 shares during the period. Champlain Investment Partners LLC raised its position in Wingstop by 130.7% during the first quarter. Champlain Investment Partners LLC now owns 631,989 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $142,564,000 after buying an additional 358,044 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Wingstop in the 2nd quarter worth about $118,211,000. Finally, Wasatch Advisors LP acquired a new position in Wingstop in the 2nd quarter worth about $114,758,000.

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.