WING — Wingstop Inc

Stock analysis, trade plans, and proprietary indicators by Trend Edge.

Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates WING Bearish with a Setup Score of 42, net conviction 47, actionability 38. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score42
Directional BiasBearish
Net Conviction47
Actionability38 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

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. Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$116.84
Market Cap$3.10B
Float25.5M
Shares Outstanding27.2M
P/E (Forward)27.86
P/E (TTM)28.48
Price/Sales (TTM)4.30
vs. Analyst Target+76.8% to analyst PT
Profit Margin16.15%
Operating Margin (TTM)29.76%
Revenue (TTM)$721M
Earnings Growth (YoY)19.80%
Dividend Rate1.3%
Analyst Target Price$206.59 (30 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $249M $23.3M $123M $51.2M
2021 $283M $42.7M $141M $81.8M
2022 $358M $52.9M $171M $101M
2023 $460M $70.2M $223M $126M
2024 $626M $109M $301M $188M
2025 $697M $174M $576M $298M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $176M $28.5M
Dec 2025 $176M $26.8M
Mar 2026 $184M $29.9M
Jun 2026 $186M $31.3M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership0.7%
Institutional Ownership125.6%
Short Float16.6%
% of All Funds Holding4.81%
Number of Funds Holding423

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$138.03Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$192.00Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$235.94Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$252.69Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$192.39Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$239.91Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$265.95Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$176.00 resistance 1.25x 0 months ago
$251.00 resistance 1.37x 4 months ago
$324.00 resistance 1.19x 10 months ago
$417.00 resistance 1.28x 21 months ago
$426.00 resistance 1.10x 24 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (45 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 1.97% 0.75% 71.11% 14.94% -6.19%
1 Day 1.98% 1.89% 55.56% 17.71% -9.32%
1 Week 1.47% 2.73% 55.56% 23.60% -21.22%
2 Weeks 1.15% 1.60% 57.78% 25.64% -30.52%
1 Month 3.47% 2.50% 59.09% 37.02% -34.34%

Next earnings: October 17, 2026 (52 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan7.2%81.8%11
Feb-2.6%27.3%11
Mar-3.9%45.5%11
Apr9.4%81.8%11
May1.8%45.5%11
Jun6.4%72.7%11
Jul4.8%50.0%12
Aug2.3%63.6%11
Sep-3.5%45.5%11
Oct-4.5%36.4%11
Nov9.0%72.7%11
Dec-1.3%45.5%11

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.15% 48.8% 527
Tuesday 0.01% 50.0% 580
Wednesday 0.29% 54.1% 577
Thursday 0.00% 51.9% 567
Friday 0.28% 54.0% 563

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 125.6%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 0.7%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings5
Net Value-$70,561.109
Net Shares Change-3,962
% of Float-0.0%
C-Suite Filings2
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Madati Kilandigalu -$773,888.623 2 2 sell
MCDONALD WESLEY S -$141,500 1 1 sell
Fallon Christopher Former SVP & CIO -$70,561.109 2 2 sell

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-02-27 Madati Kilandigalu -$703,957.5 Transaction at $260.73, now -55.2%
2026-05-12 Fallon Christopher Former SVP & CIO -$31,482.5 Transaction at $125.93, now -7.2%
2026-03-12 Fallon Christopher SVP, Chief Information Officer -$39,078.609 Transaction at $220.78, now -47.1%
2026-02-25 MCDONALD WESLEY S -$141,500 Transaction at $250.00, now -53.3%
2025-11-26 Madati Kilandigalu -$69,931.123 Transaction at $259.97, now -55.1%

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AI Consult Analysis

Trend Edge's AI Consult feature delivers a comprehensive, multi-layer trade plan for Wingstop Inc (WING) powered by Claude Opus — Anthropic's most capable AI model. The analysis covers five layers: technical analysis (near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular trend, momentum, volume shelf support and resistance, breakout and breakdown signals), qualitative analysis (business model, competitive moat, sector dynamics), insider sentiment (buy and sell signals from executive and director transactions), share stats analysis (institutional accumulation, fund positioning, short float squeeze potential), and fundamental analysis (valuation, revenue growth, profit margin, earnings quality).

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