What is Wingstop's stock-based comp?

Wingstop (WING) reported stock-based comp of $4.82M in Q1 2026.

How has Wingstop's stock-based comp changed year-over-year?

Wingstop's stock-based comp decreased by 9.2% year-over-year, from $5.31M to $4.82M.

What is the long-term trend for Wingstop's stock-based comp?

Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), Wingstop's stock-based comp has grown at a 37.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $9.63M to $24.88M.

What does stock-based comp mean?

Total non-cash stock-based compensation expense for equity awards (RSUs, options, ESPP), added back to net income in cash flow reconciliation.

Wingstop WING Stock-Based Comp

Stock-Based Comp at other companies

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$24M+14.3%

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$8.79M-15.3%

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$35M-27.1%

McDonald'sMCD

$60M+33.3%

Dutch BrosBROS

$5.28M+25.8%

Darden RestaurantsDRI

$17.6M+12.8%

Segments

By segment

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Restaurants Segment$4.82M-9.2%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$183.7M+7.4%

Gross profit$159.0M+7.3%

Operating income$50.4M+31.7%

Net income$29.9M-67.6%

EPS (diluted)$1.08-66.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$128.8M-48.8%

Total debt$1.3B+0.2%

Total equity-$799.2M-11.8%

Total assets$648.9M-6.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$61.4M+143%

CapEx$17.7M+121%

Free cash flow$43.7M+153%

Valuation

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Market cap$4.41B-34.1%

Profitability

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Gross margin86.2%+0.5pp

Operating margin27%+2.2pp

Net margin15.8%-10.7pp

FCF margin19.7%+4.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Current ratio2.2×-1.3×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Wingstop in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:ShareBasedCompensation.

The official record: Wingstop’s 10-Q, filed April 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Wingstop's stock-based comp?: Wingstop (WING) reported stock-based comp of $4.82M in Q1 2026.
How has Wingstop's stock-based comp changed year-over-year?: Wingstop's stock-based comp decreased by 9.2% year-over-year, from $5.31M to $4.82M.
What is the long-term trend for Wingstop's stock-based comp?: Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), Wingstop's stock-based comp has grown at a 37.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $9.63M to $24.88M.
What does stock-based comp mean?: Total non-cash stock-based compensation expense for equity awards (RSUs, options, ESPP), added back to net income in cash flow reconciliation.