Wingstop Inc. cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, Wingstop Inc.'s operations generated $153m of cash; it spent $47.4m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $106m. It returned $32.4m in dividends and $222m through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 11 | 14 | 14 | 22 | 27 | 39 | 39 | 66 | 49 | 76 | 122 | 158 | 153 | 187 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 29 |
| Stock-based pay | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 25 | 20 |
| Capital spending | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 41 | 52 | 47 | 70 |
| Free cash flow | 9 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 16 | 59 | 21 | 52 | 81 | 106 | 106 | 117 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 8 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 31 | 9 | 51 | 11 | 48 | 65 | 84 | 81 | 97 |
| Dividends paid | 39 | 0 | 48 | 83 | 4 | 191 | 12 | 164 | 20 | 141 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 34 |
| Share buybacks | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 125 | 315 | 222 | 165 |
| Shares issued | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 8 | 25 | 7 | 64 | 57 | 61 | 7 | 61 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Stock-based pay | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Capital spending | 16 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 12 |
| Free cash flow | −9 | 17 | −8 | 62 | 34 | 44 | −11 | 50 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | −15 | 12 | −14 | 56 | 27 | 39 | −15 | 46 |
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