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Wingstop (WING) FCF Margin (2014 - 2026)

Wingstop posted quarterly FCF Margin of 32.31% for Q1 2026, up 2144.0% year-on-year from 1.44% in Q1 2025, and up 191.82% on a QoQ basis from 11.07% in Q4 2025.

Wingstop (WING) has 13 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 32.31% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 2144.0% year-over-year to 32.31%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 20.63% (up 801.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 15.16%, down 173.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 32.31%, up from 11.07% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 43.63% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 24.1% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 18.81% (2022), against an average of 17.14%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Margin surged 4037 bps; it then slumped 2755 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 17.26% in 2022, then tumbled by 93 bps to 1.29% in 2023, then tumbled by 1963 bps to 24.1% in 2024, then jumped by 146 bps to 11.07% in 2025, then jumped by 192 bps to 32.31% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 32.31% (Q1 2026), 11.07% (Q4 2025), and 43.63% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 110.27 Bn 108.58 Bn 9.40 Bn 0.96%
2 Yum Brands 40.90 Bn 40.21 Bn 1.38 Bn 16.56%
3 Chipotle Mexican Grill 39.62 Bn 38.75 Bn 2.61 Bn 15.25%
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.25 Bn 25.79 Bn 2.14 Bn 7.46%
5 Darden Restaurants 23.41 Bn 23.17 Bn 3.31 Bn 13.51%
6 Yum China Holdings 15.07 Bn 13.64 Bn 3.24 Bn 12.41%
7 Texas Roadhouse 11.59 Bn 11.39 Bn 1.40 Bn 10.96%
8 Dominos Pizza 10.51 Bn 10.27 Bn 464.51 Mn 12.77%
9 Cava 8.67 Bn 8.28 Bn 797.57 Mn 1.04%
10 Wingstop 4.35 Bn 4.20 Bn 159.01 Mn 32.31%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 32.31%
Dec 27, 2025 11.07%
Sep 27, 2025 43.63%
Jun 28, 2025 -5.23%
Mar 29, 2025 10.87%
Dec 28, 2024 -24.10%
Sep 28, 2024 41.71%
Jun 29, 2024 22.33%
Mar 30, 2024 28.90%
Dec 30, 2023 1.29%
Sep 30, 2023 30.18%
Jul 1, 2023 11.58%
Apr 1, 2023 28.86%
Dec 31, 2022 17.26%
Sep 24, 2022 18.81%
Jun 25, 2022 1.90%
Mar 26, 2022 19.92%
Dec 25, 2021 -23.11%
Sep 25, 2021 18.57%
Jun 26, 2021 15.54%
Mar 27, 2021 19.50%
Dec 26, 2020 35.52%
Sep 26, 2020 31.42%
Jun 27, 2020 18.23%
Mar 28, 2020 19.65%
Dec 28, 2019 58.43%
Sep 28, 2019 -7.06%
Jun 29, 2019 0.19%
Mar 30, 2019 18.64%
Dec 29, 2018 17.40%
Sep 29, 2018 30.08%
Jun 30, 2018 19.45%
Mar 31, 2018 24.15%
Dec 30, 2017 19.50%
Sep 30, 2017 26.47%
Jul 1, 2017 7.34%
Apr 1, 2017 20.79%
Dec 31, 2016 20.99%
Sep 24, 2016 25.62%
Jun 25, 2016 6.50%
Mar 26, 2016 34.26%
Dec 26, 2015 26.21%
Sep 26, 2015 31.47%
Jun 27, 2015 -9.83%
Mar 28, 2015 12.72%
Dec 27, 2014 18.45%
Sep 27, 2014 17.59%