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Wingstop (Wingstop) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Wingstop Financial Strength?

Wingstop has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Wingstop's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 9.41. Wingstop's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.22. As of today, Wingstop's Altman Z-Score is 8.98.


Competitive Comparison of Wingstop's Financial Strength

For the Restaurants subindustry, Wingstop's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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 Financial Strength Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Wingstop's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wingstop's Financial Strength falls into.



Wingstop Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Wingstop's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-4.5 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $42.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $712.8 Mil.

Wingstop's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*42.738/-4.544
=9.41

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Wingstop's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0 + 712.79) / 583.156
=1.22

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Wingstop has a Z-score of 8.98, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 8.98 is strong.

* 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.


Wingstop  (NAS:WING) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Wingstop has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Wingstop (Wingstop) Business Description

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Address
15505 Wright Brothers Drive, Addison, TX, USA, 75001
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.
Executives
Donnie Upshaw officer: Senior Vice President, People 5501 LBJ FREEWAY, 5TH FLOOR, DALLAS TX 75420
Anne C Fischer officer: SVP, Chief Growth Officer C/O WINGSTOP INC., 15505 WRIGHT BROTHERS DRIVE, ADDISON TX 75001
Wesley S Mcdonald director
Michael Skipworth officer: Corporate Controller 5501 LBJ FREEWAY, 5TH FLOOR, DALLAS TX 75240
Raj Kapoor officer: SVP, Pres. of International C/O WINGSTOP INC., 15505 WRIGHT BROTHERS DRIVE, ADDISON TX 75001
Krishnan Anand director 1801 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 4600, DENVER CO 80202
Marisa Carona officer: VP Strategy & Chief of Staff 5501 LBJ FREEWAY, 5TH FLOOR, DALLAS TX 75420
Stacy Peterson officer: Chief Information Officer 5501 LBJ FREEWAY, 5TH FLOOR, DALLAS TX 75240
Albert G Mcgrath officer: See Remarks C/O FOGO DE CHAO, INC., 14881 QUORUM DRIVE, SUITE 750, DALLAS TX 75254
Craig M Sherwood officer: SVP, U.S. Development C/O WINGSTOP INC., 15505 WRIGHT BROTHERS DRIVE, ADDISON TX 75001
Ania Smith director C/O WINGSTOP INC., 15505 WRIGHT BROTHERS DRIVE, ADDISON TX 75001
Alex Kaleida officer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer C/O WINGSTOP INC., 15505 WRIGHT BROTHERS DR, ADDISON TX 75001
Nicolas Boudet officer: See Remarks 5501 LBJ FREEWAY, 5TH FLOOR, DALLAS TX 75240
Charles R Morrison director, officer: President and CEO 3551 PLANO PKWY, THE COLONY TX 75056
Mahesh Sadarangani officer: See remarks 5501 LBJ FREEWAY, 5TH FLOOR, DALLAS TX 75240