Wingstop Inc. (WING): one to watch?

Cheaper than its 2024 peak but still pricey for a chain whose sales growth engine has stalled for over a year with no clear recovery yet.

👀 WATCH Fundamentals72/100

Down 76% from its all-time high of $422.66 — now $102.38

Why WING dropped

Wingstop's 21-year streak of same-store sales growth broke in 2025, with multiple consecutive quarters of declining sales at existing restaurants (down 5.6%-8.7% in various quarters) due to low-income and Hispanic customers pulling back, later spreading to middle-income diners amid a weak consumer economy — this is a real demand slowdown, not an accounting scandal or one-off event.

Fwd P/E 18.8Op margin 29.8%Rev growth 6.4%Debt/equity —Analyst upside 96.2%

How this scored 72/100

✅ Passes all 4 hard checks — profitable, cash-generative, and financially survivable.

✅ Makes money Net profit margin 16.2%

✅ Generates cash Free cash flow $99M

✅ Not drowning in debt Debt/equity unknown (limit 200%)

✅ Can pay its bills Current ratio 3.0 (needs 1+)

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Profitability Does it actually make money? 18/25

Operating margin 29.8% 9/9

Net profit margin 16.2% 6/8

Return on equity unknown 2/8

Growth Is it getting bigger, or dying? 17/25

Revenue growth 6.4% 3/9

Earnings growth 19.8% 6/8

Expected profit change 26.4% 7/8

Value Is it cheap right now? 19/25

Forward P/E 18.8 7/10

PEG ratio 1.3 6/8

Analyst target upside 96.2% 7/7

Balance sheet Will it survive? 18/25

Debt / equity unknown 3/10

Current ratio 3.0 8/8

Free cash flow $99M 7/7

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Analysis generated by SmartStonks's AI from public fundamentals and news, first flagged 2026-09-23. Research only — not financial advice.