Wingstop

WING

Restaurants · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$142.33

+1.40 (+0.99%)

Market Cap

$3.88B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

−6.2% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 29.9M (2021) → 28.1M (2025)

Wingstop Inc., together with its subsidiaries, franchises and operates restaurants under the Wingstop brand name. Its restaurants offer classic wings, boneless wings, and tenders that are cooked-to-order, and hand-sauced-and-tossed in various flavors. As of December 25, 2021, the company had 1,695 franchised restaurants and 36 company-owned restaurants in 44 states and 7 countries worldwide. Wingstop Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Addison, Texas.

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+7.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-66.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

6.3%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$129M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Wingstop is growing revenue at 7% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

82.8%

Premium pricing power — 82.8% gross margin

Operating Margin

29.0%

Excellent — 29.0% operating margin

ROCE

N/A

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Growth

Sales YoY

+9.0%

Steady sales growth (9.0% YoY)

EPS YoY

-32.6%

Earnings shrinking (-32.6% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

169%

Turns 169% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

18.6%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (18.6%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

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Interest Cover

5.43x

Adequate interest coverage (5.4x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

35.2x

Pricey — P/E 35.2

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

+14.7

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (35.2 → 20.5)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

0.85%

Small dividend — 0.85% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+11.1%

Dividend growing fast (11.1% YoY)

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