Weekly Analysts’ Ratings Updates for Wingstop (WING)

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of Wingstop (NASDAQ: WING) recently:

• 8/15/2025 – Wingstop was upgraded by analysts at Raymond James Financial, Inc. from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating. They now have a $420.00 price target on the stock.
• 8/10/2025 – Wingstop was upgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 8/2/2025 – Wingstop was downgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating.
• 7/31/2025 – Wingstop had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein. They now have a $440.00 price target on the stock.
• 7/31/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $375.00 to $415.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 7/31/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $410.00 to $440.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 7/31/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $367.00 to $405.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 7/31/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Stephens from $400.00 to $425.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 7/31/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Raymond James Financial, Inc. from $400.00 to $420.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 7/31/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein from $330.00 to $400.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 7/31/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at UBS Group AG from $335.00 to $385.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 7/31/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from $275.00 to $345.00. They now have a “market perform” rating on the stock.
• 7/31/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Guggenheim from $325.00 to $410.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 7/31/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Benchmark Co. from $325.00 to $410.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 7/18/2025 – Wingstop had its price target lowered by analysts at Bank of America Corporation from $430.00 to $420.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 7/17/2025 – Wingstop had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Raymond James Financial, Inc.. They now have a $400.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $425.00.
• 7/16/2025 – Wingstop had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Stephens.
• 7/15/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $296.00 to $321.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 7/14/2025 – Wingstop had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Morgan Stanley. They now have a $367.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $350.00.
• 7/14/2025 – Wingstop is now covered by analysts at Melius. They set a “hold” rating and a $350.00 price target on the stock.
• 7/9/2025 – Wingstop was upgraded by analysts at Westpark Capital to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 7/9/2025 – Wingstop is now covered by analysts at Piper Sandler. They set an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 7/9/2025 – Wingstop is now covered by analysts at Wolfe Research. They set an “outperform” rating and a $280.00 price target on the stock.
• 7/9/2025 – Wingstop was upgraded by analysts at Wolfe Research to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 7/9/2025 – Wingstop is now covered by analysts at William Blair. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 6/26/2025 – Wingstop had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Barclays PLC. They now have a $410.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $360.00.
• 6/25/2025 – Wingstop was downgraded by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from a “neutral” rating to a “cautious” rating.
• 6/25/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Bank of America Corporation from $360.00 to $430.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.

Wingstop Stock Performance

Shares of WING stock opened at $339.63 on Tuesday. Wingstop Inc. has a 1 year low of $204.00 and a 1 year high of $433.86. The stock has a market cap of $9.48 billion, a PE ratio of 56.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.24 and a beta of 1.84. The business’s fifty day moving average is $336.87 and its 200-day moving average is $289.64.

Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The restaurant operator reported $1.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.88 by $0.12. The business had revenue of $174.33 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $172.60 million. Wingstop had a negative return on equity of 17.07% and a net margin of 25.61%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 12.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.93 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Wingstop Inc. will post 4.18 earnings per share for the current year.

Wingstop Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 5th. Investors of record on Friday, August 15th will be issued a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 15th. This is a positive change from Wingstop’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. Wingstop’s payout ratio is presently 20.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Wingstop news, CFO Alex Kaleida sold 5,400 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $376.09, for a total transaction of $2,030,886.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 8,362 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,144,864.58. This trade represents a 39.24% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Michael Skipworth sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $337.34, for a total value of $3,373,400.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 47,190 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $15,919,074.60. The trade was a 17.49% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 31,838 shares of company stock worth $11,491,935 in the last three months. 0.72% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of WING. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB boosted its holdings in Wingstop by 93.9% in the first quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 128 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 62 shares in the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC lifted its position in shares of Wingstop by 106.9% in the first quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 149 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $34,000 after buying an additional 77 shares during the last quarter. Quaker Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Wingstop by 134.2% in the second quarter. Quaker Wealth Management LLC now owns 104 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 408 shares during the last quarter. True Wealth Design LLC lifted its position in shares of Wingstop by 62.1% in the fourth quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 141 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $40,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Quarry LP acquired a new stake in shares of Wingstop in the fourth quarter worth about $41,000.

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.