Wingstop (WING) reported $174.33 million in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 12%. EPS of $1.00 for the same period compares to $0.93 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.05% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $174.42 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.88, the EPS surprise was +13.64%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Wingstop performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Total System-wide Restaurants: 2,818 versus the eight-analyst average estimate of 2,766.
- Domestic same store sales growth: -1.9% compared to the -2.4% average estimate based on seven analysts.
- Number of Restaurants at end of period - Domestic Company-Owned Activity: 54 compared to the 52 average estimate based on six analysts.
- Company-owned domestic same store sales growth: 3.6% versus the five-analyst average estimate of -1.8%.
- Total Domestic Restaurants: 2,411 compared to the 2,369 average estimate based on four analysts.
- Number of Restaurants at end of period - Domestic Franchised Activity: 2,357 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 2,317.
- Number of Restaurants at end of period - International Franchised Activity: 407 compared to the 399 average estimate based on four analysts.
- New Restaurant Openings - Domestic Franchised Activity: 110 versus 67 estimated by three analysts on average.
- New Restaurant Openings - International Franchised Activity: 21 versus 13 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenue- Royalty revenue, franchise fees and other: $79.89 million versus the eight-analyst average estimate of $80.65 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +12.3%.
- Revenue- Company-owned restaurant sales: $32.48 million versus $29.77 million estimated by eight analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8.7% change.
- Revenue- Advertising fees: $61.96 million compared to the $64.01 million average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of +13.4% year over year.
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Shares of Wingstop have returned -13.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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