Wingstop Valuation

Is EWG undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of EWG when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: EWG (€278) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€180.18)

Significantly Below Fair Value: EWG is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for EWG?

Key metric: As EWG is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for EWG. This is calculated by dividing EWG's market cap by their current earnings.
What is EWG's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio84.6x
EarningsUS$100.78m
Market CapUS$8.52b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does EWG's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for EWG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26.5x
8.5x16.1%€4.3b
TIMA ZEAL Network
22.6x-12.6%€1.1b
7550 Zensho Holdings
37.2x19.8%JP¥1.4t
ARMK Aramark
37.9x20.1%US$9.9b
EWG Wingstop
84.6x19.4%€8.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: EWG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (84.6x) compared to the peer average (26.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does EWG's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Hospitality Industry?

10 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
EWG 84.6xIndustry Avg. 17.6xNo. of Companies16PE01224364860+
10 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: EWG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (84.6x) compared to the European Hospitality industry average (17.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is EWG's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

EWG PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio84.6x
Fair PE Ratio32.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: EWG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (84.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.4x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst EWG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€278.00
€344.46
+23.9%
16.2%€443.62€170.62n/a23
Dec ’25€312.00
€337.83
+8.3%
16.3%€436.64€167.94n/a23
Nov ’25€280.00
€340.40
+21.6%
16.4%€431.87€166.10n/a23
Oct ’25€376.00
€366.83
-2.4%
16.1%€425.03€150.33n/a20
Sep ’25€346.00
€376.49
+8.8%
15.9%€435.24€153.94n/a20
Aug ’25€348.00
€380.03
+9.2%
16.7%€440.18€140.86n/a20
Jul ’25€394.00
€367.56
-6.7%
16.8%€429.33€141.56n/a19
Jun ’25€354.00
€357.24
+0.9%
17.4%€425.69€140.36n/a18
May ’25€366.00
€343.41
-6.2%
18.6%€402.18€130.01n/a18
Apr ’25€338.00
€299.09
-11.5%
18.4%€378.55€128.34n/a17
Mar ’25€320.00
€290.58
-9.2%
18.1%€364.51€128.27n/a18
Feb ’25€260.00
€239.70
-7.8%
19.1%€305.42€105.51n/a17
Jan ’25€232.00
€209.53
-9.7%
18.3%€259.04€103.61n/a17
Dec ’24€220.00
€193.32
-12.1%
13.7%€237.59€104.17€312.0018
Nov ’24€186.00
€190.95
+2.7%
13.5%€227.11€107.88€280.0019
Oct ’24€171.00
€186.35
+9.0%
15.4%€227.09€107.87€376.0018
Sep ’24€147.00
€178.46
+21.4%
15.9%€220.27€104.63€346.0018
Aug ’24€152.00
€185.35
+21.9%
15.0%€217.70€97.06€348.0018
Jul ’24€180.00
€190.04
+5.6%
15.5%€218.93€97.61€394.0018
Jun ’24€186.00
€191.74
+3.1%
16.1%€221.04€98.55€354.0016
May ’24€181.00
€169.99
-6.1%
15.9%€205.09€89.33€366.0016
Apr ’24€168.00
€172.68
+2.8%
8.5%€190.53€148.70€338.0015
Mar ’24€159.00
€173.69
+9.2%
8.9%€193.25€150.83€320.0016
Feb ’24€145.00
€149.30
+3.0%
10.5%€171.47€121.69€260.0018
Jan ’24€134.00
€152.12
+13.5%
11.5%€176.55€118.65€232.0019
Dec ’23€153.00
€152.63
-0.2%
14.9%€181.57€92.74€220.0020

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 17:01
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings2024/09/28
Annual Earnings2023/12/30

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Wingstop Inc. is covered by 37 analysts. 23 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David TarantinoBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Jeffrey BernsteinBarclays