WING
Wingstop IncNASDAQ
Consumer Cyclical • Restaurants
Factor tilt: Mid-Cap Blend
$163.28-1.48%
Close Nov 6, 2026
- Market cap
- $4.45B
- 1 month
- +37.8%
- 3 months
- +38.9%
- 1 year
- -35.4%
- 52-week range
- $97.84$284.66
- Dividend, last 12 mo
- $1.23 · 0.75% yield
- Last ex-date
- Aug 14, 2026 · $0.33
- Dividend growth
- 8+ years in a row
- Short interest
- 18.5% of float4.7M shares · settled Oct 15, 2026 · -5.9% since Sep 30, 2026 · FINRA
Fundamentals · trailing 12 months to Sep 30, 2026
- Revenue
- $730.11M
- Net income
- $117.04M
- Free cash flow
- $128.49M
- Book value
- —
- Total debt
- $1.28B
- P/E
- 38×
- Price / sales
- 6.1×
- Price / book
- —
- FCF yield
- +2.9%
- Net margin
- +16.0%
EODHD (TTM) · as of Nov 6, 2026
End-of-day close from stored market data, not a live quote.
About Wingstop Inc
Wingstop Inc., together with its subsidiaries, franchises and operates restaurants under the Wingstop brand in United States, Australia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, and The Netherlands. Its restaurants provides classic wings, boneless wings, tenders, and hand-sauced-and-tossed in various flavors, as well as chicken sandwiches, fries, and hand-cut carrots and celery that are cooked-to-order. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
- Website
- wingstop.com
- Headquarters
- Dallas, TX, United States
- Employees
- 345
- Listed
- Jun 12, 2015
- Fiscal year ends
- December
Company profile from EODHD, stored Oct 30, 2026.
Quarterly results
The last 8 fiscal quarters as reported (EODHD). Year over year compares the same quarter a year earlier.
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026filed Oct 28, 2026 | $185.1M | +5.3% | 43.8% | $50.7M | $29.1M |
| Jun 2026filed Jul 29, 2026 | $185.6M | +6.4% | 45.7% | $54.6M | $31.3M |
| Mar 2026filed Apr 29, 2026 | $183.7M | +7.4% | 82.8% | $53.3M | $29.9M |
| Dec 2025filed Feb 18, 2026 | $175.7M | +8.6% | 82.4% | $47.8M | $26.8M |
| Sep 2025filed Nov 4, 2025 | $175.7M | +8.1% | 82.6% | $51.0M | $28.5M |
| Jun 2025filed Jul 30, 2025 | $174.3M | +12.0% | 82.4% | $46.8M | $26.8M |
| Mar 2025filed Apr 30, 2025 | $171.1M | +17.4% | 83.0% | $46.6M | $92.3M |
| Dec 2024filed Feb 19, 2025 | $161.8M | +27.4% | 48.1% | $41.8M | $26.8M |
Fiscal years · last 6
| Fiscal year | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025filed Feb 18, 2026 | $696.9M | +11.4% | 82.6% | $192.2M | $174.3M |
| Dec 2024filed Feb 19, 2025 | $625.8M | +36.0% | 48.1% | $165.6M | $108.7M |
| Dec 2023filed Feb 21, 2024 | $460.1M | +28.7% | 48.4% | $112.6M | $70.2M |
| Dec 2022filed Feb 22, 2023 | $357.5M | +26.6% | 47.8% | $91.9M | $52.9M |
| Dec 2021filed Feb 16, 2022 | $282.5M | +13.5% | 49.9% | $73.8M | $42.7M |
| Dec 2020filed Feb 18, 2021 | $248.8M | +24.6% | 49.4% | $57.4M | $23.3M |
Short-interest history
FINRA reports open short positions for a settlement date. The publication date is later. These are reported positions, with a separate date for each observation.
Compare the reported short exposure around the dates you bought, sold or watched WING. A long position benefits from price rises; a short position benefits from falls. A change in these counts does not predict either move.
Settlement Oct 15, 2026
4,721,777 shares short
-298,635 shares (-5.9%) vs Sep 30, 2026
18.5% of the stored float. Published Oct 26, 2026.
Settlement Sep 30, 2026
5,020,412 shares short
+62,653 shares (+1.3%) vs Sep 15, 2026
19.7% of the stored float. Published Oct 9, 2026.
Settlement Sep 15, 2026
4,957,759 shares short
+585,521 shares (+13.4%) vs Aug 31, 2026
19.4% of the stored float. Published Sep 24, 2026.
Settlement Aug 31, 2026
4,372,238 shares short
+110,779 shares (+2.6%) vs Aug 14, 2026
17.1% of the stored float. Published Sep 10, 2026.
Settlement Aug 14, 2026
4,261,459 shares short
+19,862 shares (+0.5%) vs Jul 31, 2026
16.7% of the stored float. Published Aug 25, 2026.
Settlement Jul 31, 2026
4,241,597 shares short
-356,537 shares (-7.8%) vs Jul 15, 2026
16.6% of the stored float. Published Aug 11, 2026.
Change = this settlement’s shares short − the previous recorded settlement’s shares short; percentage change divides by that earlier count. A zero earlier count has no percentage change. Split-spanning counts are left uncompared. Float percentages use the stored settlement observation, not today’s float.
Source: stored FINRA equity short-interest records, up to six settlements from the last 240 days. FINRA data and reporting dates · How to read short interest
Dividends and stock splits
See the recorded cash amounts and dates behind WING’s income, and the splits that change its share count. Dates below are stored event records, not confirmation of a payment to your account.
Cash-dividend records
USD 0.33 per share
Ex-dividend date: Nov 13, 2026 (future recorded date)
Recorded pay date: Dec 4, 2026 (pending)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.33 per share
Ex-dividend date: Aug 14, 2026
Recorded pay date: Sep 5, 2026 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.3 per share
Ex-dividend date: May 15, 2026
Recorded pay date: Jun 5, 2026 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.3 per share
Ex-dividend date: Mar 6, 2026
Recorded pay date: Mar 27, 2026 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.3 per share
Ex-dividend date: Nov 21, 2025
Recorded pay date: Dec 12, 2025 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.3 per share
Ex-dividend date: Aug 15, 2025
Recorded pay date: Sep 5, 2025 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
1 conflicting dividend event is omitted; an amount or date could not be resolved.
Up to six Polygon cash-dividend events, including recorded ex-dates within the next 120 days. Amounts retain their recorded currency and decimal precision. Historical amounts are not restated to a common split basis, annualized, or converted to dollars.
For a long holding, compare the ex-date with when you held the shares and check the pay date against your broker’s cash history. Owning the stock today does not establish past entitlement. For a short holding, a dividend can create a payment obligation to the share lender.
Ex-dates and special dividend rules · Short-sale dividend obligations · Dividend data definitions
Split history
No qualified split events are stored. This does not establish that the stock has never split.
Up to six stored split dates through Nov 7, 2026. Equivalent vendor ratios are combined; conflicting ratios are left out. This history may be incomplete.
A split changes the share count and per-share price basis; it does not by itself add investment value. Put your holding’s earlier and later share counts on the same basis before comparing them. This applies to both long shares and shares owed on a short position.
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Smart money context
Holder IQ: MEDIUM
40 smart-money holders: institutions with a high Holder IQ
Q2 2026, filed Nov 3, 2026
Smart-money 13F trend: distributing (light)
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Sentiment: neutral
Last trade: sell 5 days ago
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Stored SEC Forms 3/4/5 insider-signal records, ordered by filing date with amendment duplicates excluded. Filing date is not transaction date. The last-trade line locates recent reported activity; it does not date or reconstruct the complete count.
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What happened
Stored recent-activity label: neutral. This context label is separate from the scored insider signal read.
Why it can matter
A count of reported activity describes a sample, not purchase conviction, an insider’s intent or a future price move. Neutral is not an all-clear, and absent direction is not neutral evidence.
How we got this
The current context rule reads at most 50 nonduplicate issuer/share-class records filed in the last 90 days. It counts a bullish direction or purchase code P toward bullish, and a bearish direction or sale code S toward bearish. A side must exceed the opposite count by more than two to set its label; otherwise nonzero directional counts produce neutral. Calculation unavailable for this saved label: its counts, exact records, as-of time and rule version are not supplied here. Do not substitute the separate scored read’s different window or denominator.
Where the data comes from
Stored SEC Forms 3/4/5 insider-signal records, ordered by filing date with amendment duplicates excluded. Filing date is not transaction date. The last-trade line locates recent reported activity; it does not date or reconstruct the complete count.
Largest 13-F holders · Q2 2026
429 filers reported a long position in WING for Q2 2026. 13-F holdings are filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends.
The top 10 hold
48.1%
of the 33.7M shares 13-F filers reported
Moves vs Q1 2026
5 added4 trimmed
1 new
Net shares held
+14.9%
across the 9 holders with a comparable Q1 2026 book
| Rank | Holder | Value | Shares | Shares vs Q1 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FMR LLC | $709.6M · 4.1M shares | 4.1M | +90.7% |
| 2 | BlackRock, Inc. | $481.3M · 2.8M shares | 2.8M | -11.2% |
| 3 | Darsana Capital Partners LP | $260.1M · 1.5M shares | 1.5M | +20% |
| 4 | MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | $226.6M · 1.3M shares | 1.3M | +0.9% |
| 5 | T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | $214.7M · 1.2M shares | 1.2M | -3.5% |
| 6 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $213.3M · 1.2M shares | 1.2M | -0.4% |
| 7 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | $205.5M · 1.2M shares | 1.2M | +2.6% |
| 8 | AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | $166.8M · 961.7K shares | 961.7K | -13.4% |
| 9 | MARSHALL WACE, LLP | $166.7M · 961.3K shares | 961.3K | New |
| 10 | Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | $163.5M · 942.9K shares | 942.9K | +44.5% |
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Holders of more than 5% of WING file with the SEC within days. A 13D holder may seek to influence the company; a 13G holder is passive. Each holder’s latest filing from the last three years.
| Filed | Holder | % of class |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2026 | BlackRock, Inc.13G · passive · amended | 10% |
| Aug 14, 2026 | PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/13G · passive · amended | 0.5%under 5% |
| May 15, 2026 | LONE PINE CAPITAL LLC13G · passive · amended | 0%under 5% |
| May 14, 2026 | MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/13G · passive · amended | 4.8%under 5% |
| May 12, 2026 | Darsana Capital Partners LP13G · passive | 5.5% |
| May 7, 2026 | FMR LLC13G · passive · amended | 14.2% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC13G · passive | 5.3% |
| Mar 27, 2026 | VANGUARD GROUP INC13G · passive · amended | 0%under 5% |
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