Wingstop Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Wingstop (WING) executive compensation
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WING · Dallas, TX · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

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Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 22, 2026

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Michael Skipworth

Latest say-on-pay support

May 21, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is Wingstop's chief executive and what were they paid?

Total compensation for Michael Skipworth, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $35,288,595 in fiscal 2025. Skipworth's total was 281.4% higher than the $9,251,656 reported for fiscal 2024.

What was Wingstop's say-on-pay result?

The say-on-pay proposal drew 50.4% support at the meeting held May 21, 2026 for fiscal 2025.

Which companies are in Wingstop's peer group?

Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Bloomin' Brands, Inc., Brinker International, Inc., CAVA Group, Inc., Darden Restaurants, Inc. and Dine Brands Global, Inc., among others.

What is Wingstop's chief executive pay ratio?

The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 1,590:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $22,198.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2022

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Michael Skipworth President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Alex Kaleida Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Marisa Carona Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Michael Skipworth President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Donnie Upshaw Senior Vice President, Corporate Restaurants and Chief People Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Rajneesh Kapoor Senior Vice President, President of International	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Marisa Carona Senior Vice President, Chief U.S. Franchise Operations Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Alex Kaleida Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Michael Skipworth President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Alex Kaleida Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Donnie Upshaw Senior Vice President, Corporate Restaurants and Chief People Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Marisa Carona Senior Vice President, Chief U.S. Franchise Operations and Development Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Albert McGrath Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Michael Skipworth President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Alex Kaleida Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Rajneesh Kapoor Senior Vice President, President of International	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	— not reconciled
Marisa Carona Senior Vice President, Chief U.S. Franchise Operations and Development Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Donnie Upshaw Senior Vice President, Corporate Restaurants and Chief People Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
Alex Kaleida	PRSU	—	—	—	—	—	—	◇
Donnie Upshaw	PRSU	—	—	—	—	—	—	◇
Marisa Carona	PRSU	—	—	—	—	—	—	◇
Michael Skipworth	PRSU	—	—	—	—	—	—	◇
Rajneesh Kapoor	PRSU	—	—	—	—	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.

As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
Rajneesh Kapoor	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
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	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
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Michael Skipworth	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
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Alex Kaleida	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
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Donnie Upshaw	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
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Marisa Carona	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
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	RSU	◇	◇	—	—

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.

Alex Kaleida

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing

Severance multiple	◇
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Change-in-control multiple	◇
Equity acceleration on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
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Donnie Upshaw

Senior Vice President, Corporate Restaurants and Chief People Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing

Severance multiple	◇
Severance base	◇
Severance cash amount	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇

Marisa Carona

Senior Vice President, Chief U.S. Franchise Operations and Development Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing

Severance multiple	◇
Severance base	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Equity acceleration on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇

Michael Skipworth

President and Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing

Severance multiple	◇
Severance base	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Equity acceleration on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
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Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.

Fiscal 2025

Director	Fees earned in cash	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Lynn Crump-Caine Board chair	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Kate S. Lavelle	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
David L. Goebel	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Krishnan (Kandy) Anand	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Kilandigalu (Kay) M. Madati	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Ania M. Smith	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Thomas R. Greco	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Wesley S. McDonald	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Michael J. Hislop	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

Michael J. Skipworth served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.

Earlier years are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.

Board cash retainer	◇
Board equity retainer	◇
Total board retainer	◇
Board chair premium	◇
Audit committee chair	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇
Nominating and governance chair	◇

Equity is delivered as Restricted Stock.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Fiscal 2025

Bloomin' Brands, Inc. BLMN
Brinker International, Inc. EAT
CAVA Group, Inc. CAVA
Darden Restaurants, Inc. DRI
Dine Brands Global, Inc. DIN
Domino's Pizza, Inc. DPZ
Dutch Bros Inc. BROS
Five9, Inc. FIVN
Freshpet, Inc. FRPT
Jack in the Box Inc. JACK
Papa John's International, Inc. PZZA
Planet Fitness, Inc. PLNT
Rapid7, Inc. RPD
Shake Shack Inc. SHAK
Tenable Holdings, Inc. TENB
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. TXRH
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated CAKE
The Wendy's Company WEN

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	May 21, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	May 22, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	May 23, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	May 17, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	May 26, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	May 27, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	June 8, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	June 12, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇
2017	May 2, 2018	=	◇	◇	◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.

Ratio

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Median employee compensation

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Chief executive total compensation

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What this page does not include

Everything above is a fact Wingstop disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.

Peer benchmarking

Where Wingstop sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.

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Board and governance analysis

Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.

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Realizable pay

What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.

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Say-on-pay responsiveness

Wingstop recorded a low support level. The responsiveness analysis covers what the company said it would do, what it did, and how that compares with the companies that recovered their vote.

Responsiveness analysis

Adviser switching and vote outcomes

Two datasets covering compensation-adviser changes and what followed a contested vote. Both are part of the Velarion platform.

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Citations

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260 figures on this page: 251 cited to the filing that reported them, 9 calculated from figures it prints.

251 cited to the filing

9 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed May 22, 2026
0001636222-26-000020
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 2, 2026
0001193125-26-140360
CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End Table · and 1 more section
8-K, filed May 23, 2025
0001636222-25-000080
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 3, 2025
0001193125-25-072428
Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed May 23, 2024
0001636222-24-000091
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 4, 2024
0001193125-24-086632
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed May 17, 2023
0001636222-23-000070
DEF 14A, filed March 30, 2023
0001193125-23-084562
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed May 27, 2022
0001636222-22-000091
8-K, filed June 1, 2021
0001636222-21-000103
8-K, filed June 11, 2020
0001636222-20-000120
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed June 18, 2019
0001636222-19-000110
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed May 4, 2018
0001193125-18-152754

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Peers Wingstop discloses

The companies named in WING's own disclosed peer group.

Bloomin' Brands, Inc.Brinker International, Inc.CAVA Group, Inc.Darden Restaurants, Inc.Dine Brands Global, Inc.Domino's Pizza, Inc.Dutch Bros Inc.Five9, Inc.Freshpet, Inc.Jack in the Box Inc.Papa John's International, Inc.Planet Fitness, Inc.Rapid7, Inc.Shake Shack Inc.Tenable Holdings, Inc.Texas Roadhouse, Inc.The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated The Wendy's Company

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854

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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}

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Frequently asked questions

Executive compensation

Equity awards granted

Outstanding awards

Severance and change in control

Director compensation

Director fee schedule

Disclosed peer group

Say-on-pay history

Chief executive pay ratio

What this page does not include

Citations

Documents cited

The paid brief for Wingstop

Peers Wingstop discloses

Terms on this page