Overview

* Wingstop ( WING ) fiscal Q2 system-wide sales rise 13.9% to $1.34 bln

* Adjusted EPS and net income beat analyst expectations, per LSEG data

* Co opens 129 net new units, achieving 19.8% net new unit growth

Outlook

* Wingstop ( WING ) raises 2025 global unit growth forecast to 17%-18%

* Company expects 2025 interest expense of approximately $39 mln

* Wingstop ( WING ) reiterates 2025 domestic same store sales growth of about 1%

* Company maintains 2025 SG&A guidance at approximately $140 mln

Result Drivers

* NEW OPENINGS - Record 129 net new openings contributed to 19.8% unit growth, driving revenue increase

* DIGITAL SALES - Increase in digital sales to 72.2% of system-wide sales supported overall revenue growth

* SAME STORE SALES DECLINE - Domestic same store sales decreased 1.9%, impacting net income

Key Details

Metric Beat/Mis Actual Consensu

s s

Estimate

Q2 $1.34

System-W bln

ide

Sales

Q2 Beat $1 $0.87

Adjusted (22

EPS Analysts

)

Q2 EPS $0.96

Q2 Beat $27.93 $24.50

Adjusted mln mln (18

Net Analysts

Income )

Q2 Net $26.76

Income mln

Q2 Beat $59.20 $55.80

Adjusted mln mln (19

EBITDA Analysts

)

Q2 Same -1.9%

Store

Sales

Growth

Analyst Coverage

* The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 19 "strong buy" or "buy", 7 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell"

* The average consensus recommendation for the restaurants & bars peer group is "buy"

* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Wingstop Inc ( WING ) is $371.00, about 21.8% above its July 29 closing price of $290.30

* The stock recently traded at 65 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 56 three months ago

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(This story was created using Reuters automation and AI based on LSEG and company data. It was checked and edited by a Reuters journalist prior to publication.)