Wingstop Inc.

  • Earnings Score
  • Safety Score
  • Market Cap $9.45B
  • Debt $1.21B
  • Cash $284.95M
  • EV $10.37B
  • FCF $89.45M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings$172.24M
EBIT$246.07M
ROA35%
FCF$89.45M
Equity-$714.98M
Growth Stability95%
PE54.87
PEG1.27
PB-13.22
P/FCF105.65
P/S14.51
Price/Cash0.03
Debt/Equity-1.69
Debt/FCF13.49
Net Margins54%
Gross Margins86%
Op. Margins38%
Earnings CAGR24%
Sales Growth YoY17%
Sales Growth QoQ6%
Sales CAGR24%
FCF CAGR20%
Earnings Stability0.84
Earnings Growth YoY221%
Earnings Growth QoQ245%
Earnings CAGR 5Y43%
Sales CAGR 5Y26%
FCF CAGR 5Y27%
Earnings CAGR 3Y33%
Sales CAGR 3Y33%
FCF CAGR 3Y91%
Market Cap$9.45B
Revenue$651.11M
Dividend Yield0%
Payout Ratio18%
Assets$696.80M
Total Debt$1.21B
Cash$284.95M
Shares Outstanding27.9M
EV10.37B
Earnings Score94%
Safety Score47%
Working Capital233.25M
Current Ratio3.56
Gross Profit$557.92M
Shares Growth 3y-2%
Equity Growth QoQ6%
Equity Growth YoY65%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Wingstop Inc is a high-growth franchisor and operator of restaurants that specialize in cooked-to-order, hand-sauced and tossed chicken wings. The company dialect has 11 proprietary flavors, which range from extremely hot to mild, Atomic, Mango Habanero, Cajun, Original Hot, Louisiana Rub, Mild, Hickory Smoked BBQ, Lemon Pepper, Garlic Parmesan, Hawaiian, and Teriyaki.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Wingstop Inc. (WING) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

  • 2025
    • 10-Q Mar 29
  • 2024
    • 10-K Dec 28
    • 10-Q Sep 28
    • 10-Q Jun 29
    • 10-Q Mar 30
  • 2023
    • 10-K Dec 30
    • 10-Q Sep 30
    • 10-Q Jul 01
    • 10-Q Apr 01

Sector Comparison

How does Wingstop Inc. compare to its competitors?

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Wingstop Inc. compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 24%
Stability 84%
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Wingstop Inc. Discounted Cash Flow

Fully customizable DCF calculator online for Wingstop Inc..

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fcf$89M$107M$129M$155M$185M$223M$267M$320M$384M$461M$554M$5.5B
DCF$98M$106M$116M$127M$138M$151M$164M$179M$196M$213M$2.1B
Value$3.6B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years12/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/202312/2024TTM
Net Margins13%15%20%14%10%9%15%15%15%17%54%
ROA-26%30%28%26%27%30%22%30%23%35%
ROE--21%-57%-10%-10%-7%-14%-14%-15%-16%-

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years12/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/202312/2024TTM
Debt over FCF-7.75.69.2719.938.1322.913.998.9311.5513.49
Debt over Equity-9.87-2.07-2.84-1.43-1.53-1.42-1.54-1.87-1.58-1.81-1.69
Growth Stability---100%95%100%100%100%100%100%95%

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years12/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/202312/2024CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth-33%29%15%30%25%14%27%29%36%26%
Earnings YoY growth-53%77%-20%-6%14%83%24%33%55%43%
Equity YoY growth-672%-35%366%-7%63%-9%26%17%48%-
FCF YoY growth-81%22%42%-54%269%-65%151%54%31%27%