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Wingstop (FRA:WST) 3-Month Share Buyback Ratio : 2.65% (As of Mar. 2025 )


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What is Wingstop 3-Month Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

3-Month Share Buyback Ratio measures the proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past three months, calculated as the percentage change in shares outstanding from the previous quarter to the current quarter. A positive ratio may indicates share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio suggests no buybacks or potential share issuance. Wingstop's current 3-Month Share Buyback Ratio was 2.65%.


Competitive Comparison of Wingstop's 3-Month Share Buyback Ratio

For the Restaurants subindustry, Wingstop's 3-Month Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Month Share Buyback Ratio 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 3-Month Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Wingstop's 3-Month Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wingstop's 3-Month Share Buyback Ratio falls into.


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Wingstop 3-Month Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

Wingstop's 3-Month Share Buyback Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

3-Month Share Buyback Ratio=(Shares Outstanding (EOP) (Dec. 2024 ) - Shares Outstanding (EOP) (Mar. 2025 )) / Shares Outstanding (EOP) (Dec. 2024 )
=(28.663 - 27.903) / 28.663
=2.65%

* 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  (FRA:WST) 3-Month Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A positive ratio may indicates share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio suggests no buybacks or potential share issuance.


Be Aware

Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.


Wingstop 3-Month Share Buyback Ratio Related Terms


Wingstop Business Description

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Address
2801 N Central Expressway, Suite 1600, Dallas, TX, USA, 75204
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 north of 2,560 global stores at the end of 2024. 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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