As of today (2024-05-04), Wingstop's share price is $388.55.
Wingstop's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.80. Hence, Wingstop's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 138.72.
The historical rank and industry rank for Wingstop's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
WING'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 36.36 Med: 76.43 Max: 307.57
Current: 144.08
During the past 12 years, Wingstop's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 307.57. The lowest was 36.36. And the median was 76.43.
WING's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 96.37% of 248
companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 15.31
vs WING: 144.08
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Wingstop was 20.70% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 10.70% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 20.80% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 19.40% per year.
During the past 12 years, Wingstop's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 47.60% per year. The lowest was -15.90% per year. And the median was 23.70% per year.
Wingstop Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Wingstop's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Wingstop's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Restaurants subindustry, Wingstop's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Wingstop's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Restaurants Industry
For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Wingstop's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Wingstop's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Wingstop Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
Wingstop's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
Wingstop's Share Price of today is $388.55. Wingstop's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2.80.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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Founded in 1994 in Garland, Texas, Wingstop is a restaurant operator specializing in indulgent bone-in and boneless chicken wings, chicken tenders, fries, and recently chicken sandwiches. The firm's footprint has grown quickly since its inception, reaching nearly 2,000 global stores at the end of 2022, rendering Wingstop the 40th-largest restaurant chain in the U.S. by system sales, according to Technomic data. With a 98% franchised model, Wingstop generates the lion share of its revenue from franchise royalties and advertising fees, with the remainder derived from a small footprint of company-owned stores.
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