WINGSTOP INC WING
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 974155103 · ISIN US9741551033
American fast food chain
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustryRetail-Eating Places
- HeadquartersDallas, TX
- Founded1994
- Websitewingstop.com.mx
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($30.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 29.2m as of 2024-10-29, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $284.22. Options: 21 managers hold calls ($214.2m notional), 28 hold puts ($373.4m).
Trends to Q4 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 294 |
| Q4 2022 | 325 |
| Q1 2023 | 346 |
| Q2 2023 | 361 |
| Q3 2023 | 334 |
| Q4 2023 | 382 |
| Q1 2024 | 426 |
| Q2 2024 | 460 |
| Q3 2024 | 490 |
| Q4 2024 | 452 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | 181 | 164 |
| Q2 2023 | 180 | 186 |
| Q3 2023 | 156 | 207 |
| Q4 2023 | 179 | 173 |
| Q1 2024 | 216 | 203 |
| Q2 2024 | 245 | 212 |
| Q3 2024 | 259 | 220 |
| Q4 2024 | 211 | 272 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | $373.7m | $719.9m | 1.93 |
| Q2 2024 | $421.4m | $820.4m | 1.95 |
| Q3 2024 | $284.4m | $511.9m | 1.80 |
| Q4 2024 | $214.2m | $373.4m | 1.74 |
Biggest buyers
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | New | +534.1k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +413.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +337.4k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | New | +273.9k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +262.2k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC | Added | +175.2k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | +171.0k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | Added | +154.1k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | Added | +107.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Added | +101.2k |
Biggest sellers
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -387.9k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -338.4k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | Sold out | -276.2k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Sold out | -256.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -216.6k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | Sold out | -205.1k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Sold out | -160.9k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Reduced | -151.4k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | Sold out | -121.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -120.2k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $59.9m210.9k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $24.9m87.7k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $22.8m80.3k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $21.5m75.5k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $18.5m64.5k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $18.0m63.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $11.6m40.9k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | First filing | $8.0m28.3k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $7.4m26.1k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $4.8m17.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $89.1m313.4k shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | New | $82.0m288.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $40.5m142.6k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $30.7m107.9k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Added | $17.9m62.9k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $16.8m59.2k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $16.4m57.2k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $14.8m52.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $13.4m47.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $12.2m43.0k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| FMR LLC 13G · institution +6.4 pts · filed 2026-05-07 | 14.2% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution -2.6 pts · filed 2025-04-17 | 9.6% |
| Darsana Capital Partners LP 13G · passive investor new · filed 2026-05-12 | 5.5% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.3% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ (0.5%, 2026-08-14), LONE PINE CAPITAL LLC (0.0%, 2026-05-15), MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ (4.8%, 2026-05-14), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC), AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC (4.1%, 2026-02-13)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.1m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.3m | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.1m | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $5.4m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $2.4m | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.2m | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $86.3k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-12 | Kapoor Raj SVP, Pres. of International | Sold | $86.3k266 shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.6m $1.0bn | Added +413.9k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.9m $816.7m | Reduced -5.8k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.20% of their portfolio | 1.2m $342.8m | Added +22.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $326.9m | Added +262.2k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.63% of their portfolio | 1.0m $288.6m | Reduced -35.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 889.4k $252.8m | Added +27.6k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.07% of their portfolio | 801.7k $227.9m | Added +154.1k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 713.3k $202.7m | Reduced -103.7k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 694.2k $197.3m | Reduced -4.9k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 574.0k $163.1m | Added +101.2k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.20% of their portfolio | 547.8k $155.7m | Added +14.1k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 540.1k $153.5m | Reduced -39.6k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.57% of their portfolio | 534.1k $151.8m | New |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 530.4k $150.8m | Reduced -2.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 520.9k $148.0m | Reduced -216.6k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.38% of their portfolio | 514.7k $146.3m | Added +28.3k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.10% of their portfolio | 435.7k $123.8m | Reduced -48.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.20% of their portfolio | 432.6k $123.0m | Added +14.7k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 405.7k $115.3m | First filing |
| Man Group plc 0.34% of their portfolio | 388.0k $110.3m | Added +97.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 381.7k $108.5m | Added +337.4k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 373.4k $106.1m | Added +15.3k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.36% of their portfolio | 359.3k $102.1m | Added +175.2k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 342.5k $97.3m | Reduced -120.2k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 335.1k $95.1m | Reduced -14.6k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.21% of their portfolio | 319.9k $90.9m | Reduced -98.5k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 297.0k $84.4m | Added +79.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 289.6k $82.3m | Added +47.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 285.7k $81.2m | Added +19.0k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 285.7k $81.1m | Added +54.2k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 0.49% of their portfolio | 273.9k $77.9m | New |
| Copeland Capital Management, LLC 1.42% of their portfolio | 269.6k $76.6m | Added +39.1k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.12% of their portfolio | 268.7k $76.4m | Added +86.1k |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC 1.02% of their portfolio | 268.6k $76.3m | Added +51.2k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 242.6k $68.9m | Reduced -7.8k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 238.9k $67.9m | Added +7.9k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.21% of their portfolio | 237.0k $67.4m | Reduced -5.7k |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 234.5k $66.7m | Reduced -22.3k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 233.2k $66.3m | Added +107.7k |
| WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP 0.28% of their portfolio | 225.4k $64.0m | Reduced -50.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 220.6k $62.7m | Reduced -47.1k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 214.9k $61.1m | Reduced -93.4k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 204.2k $58.0m | Added +1.7k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 201.5k $57.3m | Added +171.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 179.6k $51.0m | Added +5.5k |
| ZEVENBERGEN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LLC 1.01% of their portfolio | 173.7k $49.4m | Added +6.2k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 144.9k $42.3m | Reduced -38.1k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 139.4k $39.6m | Added +41.9k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 128.0k $36.4m | Added +49.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 126.2k $35.9m | Reduced -338.4k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 119.5k $33.9m | Reduced -387.9k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 112.0k $31.8m | Reduced -69.3k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.04% of their portfolio | 102.9k $29.3m | Added +17.6k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 98.2k $27.9m | Added +62.0k |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP 0.32% of their portfolio | 92.3k $26.2m | First filing |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 91.5k $26.0m | Added +17.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 87.5k $24.9m | Added +11.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 83.5k $23.7m | Reduced -261 |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 81.4k $23.1m | Added +2.2k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.22% of their portfolio | 80.9k $23.0m | Added +48.9k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 74.2k $21.1m | Added +2.3k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 69.2k $19.7m | Added +57.2k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 68.5k $19.5m | Added +17.3k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 67.9k $19.3m | Reduced -590 |
| COMERICA BANK 0.08% of their portfolio | 66.5k $18.9m | Added +1.1k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.31% of their portfolio | 62.1k $17.6m | Added +9.1k |
| OFI INVEST ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.39% of their portfolio | 60.2k $16.5m | First filing |
| STRS OHIO 0.07% of their portfolio | 59.5k $16.9m | Added +15.4k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 57.6k $16.4m | Added +300 |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.02% of their portfolio | 56.9k $16.2m | Added +34.3k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.4k $15.5m | Added +24.7k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 52.9k $15.0m | Reduced -3.0k |
| Benchstone Capital Management LP 1.55% of their portfolio | 52.8k $15.0m | First filing |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.0k $14.5m | Reduced -227 |
| Orbis Allan Gray Ltd 0.07% of their portfolio | 46.7k $13.3m | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 44.8k $12.7m | Added +30.3k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.02% of their portfolio | 43.4k $12.3m | Added +36.2k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 42.4k $12.1m | Reduced -4.1k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 42.0k $11.9m | Reduced -20.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.6k $11.2m | Reduced -5.6k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.01% of their portfolio | 38.1k $10.8m | Added +6.6k |
| Savoir Faire Capital Management, L.P. 5.14% of their portfolio | 38.0k $10.8m | Added +23.9k |
| NICHOLAS COMPANY, INC. 0.17% of their portfolio | 37.2k $10.6m | New |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.02% of their portfolio | 36.8k $10.5m | Added +9.7k |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 0.18% of their portfolio | 36.2k $10.3m | Added +20.5k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.10% of their portfolio | 36.0k $10.2m | Reduced -53.5k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 35.8k $10.2m | Added +1.9k |
| Carnegie Investment Counsel 0.29% of their portfolio | 35.7k $10.1m | Added +8.7k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.04% of their portfolio | 35.5k $10.1m | Reduced -77 |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 33.4k $9.5m | Reduced -1.6k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 31.5k $9.0m | Added +25.6k |
| AXIOM INVESTORS LLC /DE 0.07% of their portfolio | 31.1k $8.8m | Reduced -7.9k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 30.4k $8.7m | Reduced -25.3k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.02% of their portfolio | 30.1k $8.6m | Added +7.6k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 29.7k $8.4m | Added +19.5k |
| NEXT CENTURY GROWTH INVESTORS LLC 0.62% of their portfolio | 29.1k $8.3m | New |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 28.1k $8.0m | Reduced -370 |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.38% of their portfolio | 28.0k $8.0m | Added +3.6k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 27.7k $7.9m | Added +2.7k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 27.4k $7.8m | Reduced -373 |