Wingstop (WING)

Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
$122.26 +3.17% on the day Market cap $3.8B 52-week range $95.82 to $302.80 Prices as of Oct 11, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
13% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $3.8B, Wingstop's free cash flow of $106M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 13% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Wingstop's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price12.8% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years20.4% a year
Revenue, same period23.6% a year
Price to free cash flow36.2x

Fundamental grade

B

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from WING's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation4
Profitability8
Growth5
Financial health7
Cash efficiency7

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Wingstop's 10-K filings. Ten years of the full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$283M$358M$460M$626M$697M
Net income$43M$53M$70M$109M$174M
Free cash flow$21M$52M$81M$106M$106M
EPS (diluted)$1.42$1.77$2.35$3.70$6.21
Operating margin26.1%25.7%24.5%26.5%25.7%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2025. Every breakdown, year by year.

Royalty revenue, franchise fees and other$322M46%
Advertising fees$248M36%
Company-owned restaurant sales$127M18%

Superinvestors who own WING

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 5 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Trimmed $78M0.06%Q2 2026
Ron Baron
Baron Capital (BAMCO)
Added $75M0.11%Q2 2026
PRIMECAP Management
PRIMECAP Management Co
New position $6M0.00%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $4M0.01%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $865,4800.0%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Wingstop's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of WING in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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Questions

What growth does Wingstop's stock price imply?

At a market value of $3.8B, Wingstop would need its free cash flow to grow about 13% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 20% a year.

Are Wingstop insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of WING in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Wingstop?

5 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold WING in their latest 13F, including Hersh Cohen, Ron Baron, PRIMECAP Management.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 11, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.