For the quarter ended December 2025, Wingstop (WING) reported revenue of $175.69 million, up 8.6% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.00, compared to $0.88 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.37% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $176.35 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.84, the EPS surprise was +18.85%.
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.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
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: 3,056 versus 3,045 estimated by six analysts on average.
- Domestic same store sales growth: -5.8% versus the six-analyst average estimate of -6.6%.
- Total Franchise Restaurants: 2,999 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 2,990.
- Number of Restaurants at end of period - Domestic Company-Owned Activity: 57 compared to the 56 average estimate based on four analysts.
- Number of Restaurants at end of period - International Franchised Activity: 470 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 446.
- Total Domestic Restaurants: 2,586 compared to the 2,599 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Number of Restaurants at end of period - Domestic Franchised Activity: 2,529 versus 2,543 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Company-owned domestic same store sales growth: 1.6% versus 2.3% estimated by three analysts on average.
- New Restaurant Openings - International Franchised Activity: 49 versus 24 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenue- Royalty revenue, franchise fees and other: $81.93 million versus $81.9 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8.2% change.
- Revenue- Company-owned restaurant sales: $32.4 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $32.77 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +7.8%.
- Revenue- Advertising fees: $61.37 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $62.35 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +9.5%.
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Shares of Wingstop have returned -6.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -1.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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