Stifel Nicolaus Sticks to Their Buy Rating for Wingstop (WING)
In a report released yesterday, Chris O`Cull from Stifel Nicolaus maintained a Buy rating on Wingstop. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $279.08.
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O`Cull covers the Consumer Cyclical sector, focusing on stocks such as Wingstop, Wendy’s, and Yum! Brands. According to TipRanks, O`Cull has an average return of 11.2% and a 55.06% success rate on recommended stocks.
In addition to Stifel Nicolaus, Wingstop also received a Buy from TipRanks – PerPlexity’s PerPlexity Restaurants in a report issued today. However, on the same day, TipRanks – xAI reiterated a Hold rating on Wingstop (NASDAQ: WING).
Based on Wingstop’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending September 27, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $175.74 million and a net profit of $28.48 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $162.5 million and had a net profit of $25.73 million
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 53 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of WING in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in November 2025, Kilandigalu Madati, a Director at WING sold 269.00 shares for a total of $69,929.24.
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