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Founded in 1994 in Garland, Texas, Wingstop is a restaurant operator specializing in indulgent bone-in and boneless chicken wings, chicken tenders, fries, and, recently, chicken sandwiches. The firm's footprint has grown quickly since its inception, reaching north of 2,560 global stores at the end of 2024. With a 98% franchised model, Wingstop generates the lion share of its revenue from franchise royalties and advertising fees, with the remainder derived from a small footprint of company-owned stores.

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Wingstop reported a 27.4% increase in fourth-quarter sales to $161.82 million, missing expectations. System-wide sales rose 27.6%, with domestic same-store sales up 10%.

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Shares of companies in the broader consumer discretionary sector are trading lower amid overall market weakness on US consumer and economic concerns.

Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bullish stance on Wingstop.
Looking at options history for Wingstop (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WING#NASDAQ">WING</a>) we detected 9 trades.
If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 55% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 11% with bearish.
From the overall spotted trades, 4 are puts, for a total amount of $164,302 and 5, calls, for a total amount of $399,890.
<h3>Expected Price Movements</h3>
After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $240.0 and $400.0 for Wingstop, spanning the last three months.
<h3>Analyzing Volume &amp; Open Interest</h3>
Assessing the volume and open interest is a strategic step in options trading. These metrics shed light on the liquidity and investor interest in Wingstop's options at specified strike prices. The forthcoming data visualizes the fluctuation in volume and open interest for both calls and puts, linked to Wingstop's substantial trades, within a strike price spectrum from $240.0 to $400.0 over the preceding 30 days.
<h3>Wingstop 30-Day Option Volume &amp; Interest Snapshot</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1740076240_0.png" alt="Options Call Chart" />
<h3>Largest Options Trades Observed:</h3>

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<th align="right">Open Interest</th>
<th align="right">Volume</th>
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<td>WING</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>01/15/27</td>
<td>$62.0</td>
<td>$58.5</td>
<td>$60.85</td>
<td>$250.00</td>
<td>$152.1K</td>
<td align="right">7</td>
<td align="right">26</td>
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<td>WING</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>NEUTRAL</td>
<td>06/20/25</td>
<td>$27.4</td>
<td>$25.8</td>
<td>$26.5</td>
<td>$240.00</td>
<td>$145.7K</td>
<td align="right">17</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
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<td>WING</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>03/21/25</td>
<td>$27.9</td>
<td>$25.4</td>
<td>$25.4</td>
<td>$270.00</td>
<td>$63.5K</td>
<td align="right">209</td>
<td align="right">11</td>
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<td>WING</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>01/16/26</td>
<td>$19.8</td>
<td>$18.3</td>
<td>$19.5</td>
<td>$310.00</td>
<td>$48.7K</td>
<td align="right">116</td>
<td align="right">0</td>
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<td>WING</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>03/21/25</td>
<td>$11.2</td>
<td>$10.3</td>
<td>$10.5</td>
<td>$250.00</td>
<td>$40.9K</td>
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<td align="right">188</td>
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<h3>About Wingstop</h3>
Founded in 1994 in Garland, Texas, Wingstop is a restaurant operator specializing in indulgent bone-in and boneless chicken wings, chicken tenders, fries, and, recently, chicken sandwiches. The firm's footprint has grown quickly since its inception, reaching north of 2,200 global stores at the end of 2023, rendering Wingstop the 31st-largest restaurant brand in the US by system sales, according to Euromonitor data. With a 98% franchised model, Wingstop generates the lion share of its revenue from franchise royalties and advertising fees, with the remainder derived from a small footprint of company-owned stores.
<h3>Where Is Wingstop Standing Right Now?</h3>
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<li>With a volume of 1,021,351, the price of WING is down -6.76% at $247.1. </li>
<li>RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.</li>
<li>Next earnings are expected to be released in 69 days.</li>
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<h3>Expert Opinions on Wingstop</h3>
Over the past month, 5 industry analysts have shared their insights on this stock, proposing an average target price of $369.0.
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&#x2A; Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from Stephens &amp; Co. keeps a Overweight rating on Wingstop with a target price of $400. 
&#x2A; Maintaining their stance, an analyst from Barclays continues to hold a Overweight rating for Wingstop, targeting a price of $315. 
&#x2A; An analyst from TD Securities has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Wingstop, which currently sits at a price target of $305. 
&#x2A; An analyst from Morgan Stanley has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Wingstop, which currently sits at a price target of $375. 
&#x2A; Reflecting concerns, an analyst from Stephens &amp; Co. lowers its rating to Overweight with a new price target of $450.
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Wingstop's Options: A Look at What the Big Money is Thinking

Barclays analyst Jeffrey Bernstein maintains Wingstop (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WING#NASDAQ">WING</a>) with a Overweight and lowers the price target from $359 to $315.

Barclays Maintains Overweight on Wingstop, Lowers Price Target to $315

Wingstop shares are trading lower after multiple firms cut their respective price targets on the stock.

UBS analyst Dennis Geiger maintains Wingstop (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WING#NASDAQ">WING</a>) with a Neutral and lowers the price target from $330 to $300.

UBS Maintains Neutral on Wingstop, Lowers Price Target to $300

Benchmark analyst Todd Brooks maintains Wingstop (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WING#NASDAQ">WING</a>) with a Buy and lowers the price target from $340 to $325.

Benchmark Maintains Buy on Wingstop, Lowers Price Target to $325

BMO Capital analyst Andrew Strelzik maintains Wingstop (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WING#NASDAQ">WING</a>) with a Market Perform and lowers the price target from $335 to $300.

BMO Capital Maintains Market Perform on Wingstop, Lowers Price Target to $300

Morgan Stanley analyst John Glass maintains Wingstop (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WING#NASDAQ">WING</a>) with a Overweight and lowers the price target from $389 to $375.

Morgan Stanley Maintains Overweight on Wingstop, Lowers Price Target to $375

Stephens &amp; Co. analyst Jim Salera maintains Wingstop (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WING#NASDAQ">WING</a>) with a Overweight and lowers the price target from $450 to $400.

Stephens & Co. Maintains Overweight on Wingstop, Lowers Price Target to $400

Wedbush analyst Nick Setyan maintains Wingstop (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WING#NASDAQ">WING</a>) with a Outperform and lowers the price target from $390 to $355.

Wedbush Maintains Outperform on Wingstop, Lowers Price Target to $355

TD Securities analyst Andrew Charles maintains Wingstop (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WING#NASDAQ">WING</a>) with a Buy and lowers the price target from $365 to $305.

TD Securities Maintains Buy on Wingstop, Lowers Price Target to $305

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Shares of restaurant companies are trading lower. The sector may be down after Wingstop reported a Q4 revenue miss and reported an increase in the cost of food, beverage and packaging costs, including a rise in the cost bone-in chicken wings.

Stephens &amp; Co. analyst Jim Salera reiterates Wingstop (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WING#NASDAQ">WING</a>) with a Overweight and maintains $450 price target.

Reiteration

Stephens & Co. Reiterates Overweight on Wingstop, Maintains $450 Price Target

Wingstop Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WING#NASDAQ">WING</a>) shares are <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/premarket" rel="noreferrer noopener">trading lower in premarket</a> on Wednesday after the fourth-quarter FY24 earnings.
The company reported fourth-quarter sales growth of 27.4% year-on-year to $161.82 million, missing the analyst consensus estimate of $164.54 million.
System-wide sales increased 27.6% Y/Y to $1.2 billion, Domestic same-store sales increased 10.1% versus last year, and Digital sales jumped to 70.3% of system-wide sales. Domestic restaurant AUVs increased to $2.1 million.
Revenue from royalty, franchise fees, and others rose 31.2% Y/Y, Advertising fee revenue increased 30%, and company-owned restaurant sales grew 14.6%.
Total costs and expenses expanded 23.3% Y/Y to $119.98 million. The operating margin was 25.8%, and the operating income for the quarter gained 40.3% to $41.8 million.
Adjusted EBITDA of $56.3 million increased 44.2% Y/Y. EPS of $0.92 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/earnings" rel="noreferrer noopener">beat the consensus estimate of $0.87.</a>
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Wingstop held $336.8 million in cash and equivalents as of December 28. There were 2,563 Wingstop restaurants system-wide, including 2,204 restaurants in the U.S.
The company&#8217;s board of directors approved a quarterly dividend of $0.27 per share, which will be paid on&nbsp;March 28, 2025,&nbsp;to stockholders of record as of&nbsp;March 7, 2025.
As of December 28, 2024, $311.1 million remained available under the share repurchase program previously approved by the company's Board of Directors.
&#8220;We reached new highs with domestic AUVs of&nbsp;$2.1 million&nbsp;and opened 349 net new restaurants &#8211; a remarkable 15.8% growth rate, demonstrating the strength of our unit economics and confidence in our strategies by our Brand Partners,&#8221; said President and CEO&nbsp;Michael Skipworth.
FY25 Outlook: Wingstop sees low- to mid-single digit domestic same store sales growth. The company expects global unit growth rate of 14% to 15%. Wingstop sees depreciation and amortization of $29 million – $30 million.
Price Action: WING shares are trading lower by 10.5% at $274.00 in premarket at the last check Wednesday.
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What's Going On With Restaurant Chain Wingstop Stock Today?

Wingstop shares are trading lower following a Q4 revenue miss.

Guidance

Wingstop Sees Low- To Mid-Single Digit Domestic Same Store Sales Growth In FY25

Wingstop Q4 Domestic same Store Sales Increase 10.1%

Wingstop (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WING#NASDAQ">WING</a>) reported quarterly earnings of $0.92 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.87 by 5.75 percent. This is a 43.75 percent increase over earnings of $0.64 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $161.82 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $164.54 million by 1.65 percent. This is a 27.36 percent increase over sales of $127.06 million the same period last year.

Earnings

Earnings Beats

Earnings Misses

Wingstop Q4 EPS $0.92 Beats $0.87 Estimate, Sales $161.82M Miss $164.54M Estimate

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Earnings Scheduled For February 19, 2025

Wingstop (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WING#NASDAQ">WING</a>) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 13.38% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 25.89%. Currently, Wingstop has a market capitalization of $9.01 billion. 
Buying $100 In WING: If an investor had bought $100 of WING stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $314.81 today based on a price of $308.59 for WING at the time of writing.
<h3>Wingstop's Performance Over Last 5 Years</h3>
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Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.

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