Dine Brands vs Wingstop
Dine Brands reported revenue of $879 million in fiscal 2025, 1.3 times Wingstop's $697 million in fiscal 2025. Dine Brands' revenue grew 8.2% in its latest year, and Wingstop's grew 11.3%. Free cash flow was $53 million at Dine Brands and $106 million at Wingstop. Their fiscal years end in different months (December 28 and December 27), so the periods don't line up exactly.
Side by side
| Dine Brands | Wingstop | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 28, 2025 | FY2025, Dec 27, 2025 |
| Revenue | $879M | $697M |
| Revenue growth | 8.2% | 11.3% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 5.0% | 22.9% |
| Gross margin | 40.9% | — |
| Operating margin | — | 25.7% |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 25.0% |
| Free cash flow | $53M | $106M |
| Free cash flow margin | 6.1% | 15.2% |
| Return on capital | 9.0% | 51.0% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 7.2x | 5.0x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $92M | $254M |
| Change in diluted share count | −4.2% | −4.5% |
| Last close | $35.85 | $163.28 |
| P/E at the last close | 32.3× | 38.2× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | — | sold $1.6 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 of 9 | 4 of 8 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
Ten years
Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Dine Brands and Wingstop pages.