Wingstop Cash Flow Statement
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Wingstop free cash flow
In fiscal 2025, Wingstop generated $153.1 million of operating cash flow and spent $47.4 million on capital expenditures. That left free cash flow of $105.6 million, a free-cash-flow margin of 15.2% of revenue. Free cash flow was down 0.1% from the prior year's $105.7 million.
Wingstop returned $254.2 million to shareholders: $32.4 million in dividends and $221.9 million in share repurchases, equal to 241% of free cash flow. Free cash flow covered dividend payments 3.3 times.
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Wingstop cash flow statement (annual)
| Fiscal year (USD) | FY 20252025-12-27 | FY 20242024-12-28 | FY 20232023-12-30 | FY 20222022-12-31 | FY 20212021-12-25 | FY 20202020-12-26 | FY 20192019-12-28 | FY 20182018-12-29 | FY 20172017-12-30 | FY 20162016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Income | 174.27M | 108.72M | 70.17M | 52.95M | 42.66M | 23.31M | 20.48M | 21.72M | 23.94M | 13.77M |
| Net Income growth (YoY) | +60.29% | +54.92% | +32.54% | +24.12% | +83.03% | +13.82% | -5.72% | -9.28% | +73.87% | +36.25% |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 25.07M | 19.49M | 13.24M | 10.90M | 7.94M | 7.52M | 5.48M | 4.31M | 3.38M | 3.01M |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 24.88M | 22.06M | 15.56M | 4.20M | 9.63M | 8.56M | 6.97M | 3.73M | 1.85M | 1.23M |
| Change in Working Capital | 1.17M | -8.30M | 11.88M | 2.51M | -1.68M | 6.04M | 4.79M | 6.60M | 305.00K | 6.33M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 153.06M | 157.61M | 121.60M | 76.24M | 48.88M | 65.53M | 38.58M | 38.77M | 27.43M | 21.88M |
| Capital Expenditures | -47.44M | -51.93M | -40.83M | -23.94M | -28.02M | -6.05M | -22.49M | -3.98M | -2.54M | -2.06M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -17.46M | -62.48M | -52.15M | -28.68M | -29.85M | -7.99M | -23.73M | -10.50M | -6.48M | -2.06M |
| Dividends Paid | -32.38M | -28.87M | -24.91M | -141.28M | -19.82M | -163.79M | -11.74M | -190.74M | -4.07M | -83.27M |
| Share Repurchases | -221.86M | -314.66M | -125.40M | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Debt Issued | 0 | 500.00M | 0 | 250.00M | 0 | 496.00M | 5.00M | 551.11M | 3.50M | 165.00M |
| Debt Repaid | 0 | 0 | -3.65M | -3.02M | -2.40M | -333.60M | -7.40M | -364.86M | -21.00M | -109.25M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -266.73M | 144.76M | -155.49M | 103.25M | -23.39M | -19.45M | -14.62M | -13.72M | -20.25M | -28.21M |
| Net Change in Cash | -131.12M | 239.90M | -86.04M | 150.81M | -4.36M | 38.09M | 235.00K | 14.55M | 699.00K | -8.39M |
| Free Cash Flow | 105.62M | 105.68M | 80.77M | 52.30M | 20.86M | 59.48M | 16.10M | 34.79M | 24.90M | 19.82M |
This table shows 10 annual periods of Wingstop's cash flow statement, from FY 2025 back to FY 2016, across 14 line items including net income, depreciation & amortization, stock-based compensation. Values in USD; B = billions, M = millions. Fiscal periods follow WING's reporting calendar. What is a cash flow statement?