Earnings Preview: Wingstop


27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2022-10-26. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Wingstop will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $0.36.

Wingstop bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Past Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat EPS by $0.09, which was followed by a 5.33% increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Wingstop's past performance and the resulting price change:

QuarterQ2 2022Q1 2022Q4 2021Q3 2021
EPS Estimate0.360.400.310.35
EPS Actual0.450.340.240.29
Price Change %5.33%-9.32%-4.55%8.29%

Stock Performance

Shares of Wingstop were trading at $128.05 as of October 24. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 21.81%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely unhappy going into this earnings release.

To track all earnings releases for Wingstop visit their earnings calendar on our site.

This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.


27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


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