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) Return on invested capital

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Wingstop Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 41.1%, down 3.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (44.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16.5% (fiscal 2015) to 53.4% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 3.01% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.42%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 44.9% (8.54)
FY2024 53.4% 7.50
FY2023 45.9% 0.11
FY2022 45.8% 3.99
FY2021 41.8% (1.13)
FY2020 42.9% 10.93
FY2019 32.0% (2.40)
FY2018 34.4% 4.52
FY2017 29.9% 6.89
FY2016 23.0% 6.48

Against its own ten years

Low 16.5% High 53.4%
Ten-year median 41.8%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
CHA Chagee Holdings Limited - Sponsored ADR compare 221.5%
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 117.1%
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 49.8%
WING Wingstop Inc. 41.1%
CAKE The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated compare 17.0%
BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare 14.6%
SHAK Shake Shack, Inc. compare 6.95%
CAVA CAVA Group, Inc. compare 5.09%
JMKE Jersey Mike�s Subs Inc. compare 3.01%
Restaurants industry median 3.01%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.42%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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