Wingstop Inc.

WING Consumer Cyclical Restaurants

Wingstop Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $696.9 million, up 11.4% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+5.35%
EPS
+5.18%
Free cash flow
−19.3%
Total debt
+0.25%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

166.14 1.48 −0.88%
Market cap
$4.5B
P/E
38.8×
Fwd P/E
36.2×
Dividend yield
0.74%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.47
Beneish M
−2.09
Dividend safety
68/100

Wingstop Inc. (WING) Free cash flow margin

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Wingstop Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 16.0%, down 1.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (17.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.06% (fiscal 2019) to 25.8% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 2.47% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 17.6% 0.11
FY2024 17.5% (0.10)
FY2023 17.6% 1.87
FY2022 15.8% 5.83
FY2021 9.93% (15.90)
FY2020 25.8% 17.77
FY2019 8.06% (14.65)
FY2018 22.7% 4.03
FY2017 18.7% (0.51)
FY2016 19.2% 3.87

Against its own ten years

Low 8.06% High 25.8%
Ten-year median 17.6%
Current reading's percentile 64

Free cash flow margin against peers

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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