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Wingstop (WING) EBITDA Margin (2014 - 2026)

Wingstop posted quarterly EBITDA Margin of 15.33% for Q1 2026, down 4050.0% year-on-year from 0.39% in Q1 2025, and down 1.67% on a QoQ basis from 15.59% in Q4 2025.

Wingstop (WING) has 13 years of EBITDA Margin data on file, last reported at 15.33% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin fell 4050.0% year-over-year to 15.33%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 16.03% (down 1090.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 25.99%, up 864.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 15.33%, down from 15.59% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 55.83% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 11.3% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 15.59% (2025), against an average of 18.17%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2025, when EBITDA Margin surged 3613 bps; it then slumped 4050 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 17.11% in 2022, then declined by 12 bps to 14.98% in 2023, then gained by 8 bps to 16.18% in 2024, then retreated by 4 bps to 15.59% in 2025, then declined by 2 bps to 15.33% in 2026.
  • The last three EBITDA Margin figures came in at 15.33% (Q1 2026), 15.59% (Q4 2025), and 15.2% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 110.27 Bn 108.58 Bn 9.40 Bn 12.50%
2 Yum Brands 40.90 Bn 40.21 Bn 1.38 Bn 31.28%
3 Chipotle Mexican Grill 39.62 Bn 38.75 Bn 2.61 Bn 9.78%
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.25 Bn 25.79 Bn 2.14 Bn 26.77%
5 Darden Restaurants 23.41 Bn 23.17 Bn 3.31 Bn 12.15%
6 Yum China Holdings 15.07 Bn 13.64 Bn 3.24 Bn 13.67%
7 Texas Roadhouse 11.59 Bn 11.39 Bn 1.40 Bn 7.55%
8 Dominos Pizza 10.51 Bn 10.27 Bn 464.51 Mn 20.02%
9 Cava 8.67 Bn 8.28 Bn 797.57 Mn 1.02%
10 Wingstop 4.35 Bn 4.20 Bn 159.01 Mn 15.33%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 15.33%
Dec 27, 2025 15.59%
Sep 27, 2025 15.20%
Jun 28, 2025 18.07%
Mar 29, 2025 55.83%
Dec 28, 2024 16.18%
Sep 28, 2024 16.11%
Jun 29, 2024 17.64%
Mar 30, 2024 19.70%
Dec 30, 2023 14.98%
Sep 30, 2023 16.49%
Jul 1, 2023 15.22%
Apr 1, 2023 14.55%
Dec 31, 2022 17.11%
Sep 24, 2022 14.00%
Jun 25, 2022 15.56%
Mar 26, 2022 11.30%
Dec 25, 2021 9.46%
Sep 25, 2021 17.07%
Jun 26, 2021 15.14%
Mar 27, 2021 18.62%
Dec 26, 2020 -10.13%
Sep 26, 2020 15.75%
Jun 27, 2020 17.46%
Mar 28, 2020 24.30%
Dec 28, 2019 16.72%
Sep 28, 2019 54.62%
Jun 29, 2019 21.18%
Mar 30, 2019 24.50%
Dec 29, 2018 21.42%
Sep 29, 2018 27.08%
Jun 30, 2018 26.80%
Mar 31, 2018 25.59%
Dec 30, 2017 24.05%
Sep 30, 2017 26.25%
Jul 1, 2017 25.92%
Apr 1, 2017 25.52%
Dec 31, 2016 33.35%
Sep 24, 2016 27.88%
Jun 25, 2016 31.86%
Mar 26, 2016 34.56%
Dec 26, 2015 31.63%
Sep 26, 2015 30.59%
Jun 27, 2015 12.51%
Mar 28, 2015 26.02%
Dec 27, 2014 17.85%
Sep 27, 2014 24.44%
Jun 28, 2014 30.94%