Fast-food chain Wingstop (NASDAQ: WING) will be reporting results this Wednesday before the bell. Here’s what to expect.
Wingstop missed analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $175.7 million, up 8.6% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ same-store sales estimates but a significant miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Wingstop’s revenue to grow 10% year on year, slowing from the 17.4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Heading into earnings, analysts covering the company have grown increasingly bearish with revenue estimates seeing in majority downward revisions over the last 30 days. Wingstop has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Wingstop’s peers in the restaurants segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Kura Sushi delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 23.3%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.5%, and Darden reported revenues up 5.9%, in line with consensus estimates. Kura Sushi traded down 17.8% following the results while Darden was up 1.2%.
Read our full analysis of Kura Sushi’s results here and Darden’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the restaurants segment, with share prices up 12.1% on average over the last month. Wingstop is up 15.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $275.47 (compared to the current share price of $179.01).
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