Wendys Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NASDAQ:WEN)

Wendys trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WEN."

Wendys declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 11th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. This is a boost from Wendys's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. View Wendys' Dividend History.

Wendys declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, February 21st 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $175,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 4.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Wendys Co (NASDAQ:WEN) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The restaurant operator reported $0.19 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.15 by $0.04. The restaurant operator had revenue of $437.88 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $434.45 million. Wendys had a net margin of 7.69% and a return on equity of 24.72%. The company's revenue was up 9.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.17 earnings per share. View Wendys' Earnings History.

Wendys is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Wendys.

Wendys updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.58-0.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.58.

23 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Wendys' shares. Their forecasts range from $17.50 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Wendys' share price to reach $21.69 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Wendys.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wendys in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 13 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Wendys.

News stories about WEN stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Wendys earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Wendys.

Wendys saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 13,920,000 shares, an increase of 10.7% from the September 30th total of 12,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,600,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.9 days. Currently, 6.5% of the company's shares are sold short. View Wendys' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Wendys include Mcdonald's (MCD), Starbucks (SBUX), Yum! Brands (YUM), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Dunkin Brands Group (DNKN), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Jack in the Box (JACK), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Brinker International (EAT) and Dine Brands Global (DIN).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Wendys investors own include Wolverine World Wide (WWW), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Carnival (CCL), Xerox (XRX), Frontier Communications (FTR), General Electric (GE), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Conduent (CNDT) and Andersons (ANDE).

Wendys' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.26%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.25%), Columbus Circle Investors (0.24%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.23%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.22%) and Rhumbline Advisers (0.22%). Company insiders that own Wendys stock include Abigail E Pringle, Edward P Garden, EJ Wunsch, Emil J Brolick, Gunther Plosch, Matthew H Peltz, Nelson Peltz, Robert D Wright, Trian Fund Management, LP and Trian Partners Parallel Fund I. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Wendys.

WEN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Managed Asset Portfolios LLC, Chicago Equity Partners LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Shufro Rose & Co. LLC, Columbus Circle Investors, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and SG Americas Securities LLC. Company insiders that have sold Wendys company stock in the last year include Abigail E Pringle, EJ Wunsch, Matthew H Peltz, Robert D Wright and Trian Fund Management, LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Wendys.

WEN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Retirement Systems of Alabama, First Trust Advisors LP, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, California Public Employees Retirement System, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL and Creative Planning. View Insider Buying and Selling for Wendys.

Shares of WEN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WEN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.59.

Wendys has a market capitalization of $4.74 billion and generates $1.59 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $460.11 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.59 on an earnings per share basis. Wendys employs 12,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Wendys.

The official website for Wendys is http://www.wendys.com/.

Wendys' mailing address is ONE DAVE THOMAS BLVD, DUBLIN OH, 43017. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at 614-764-3100 or via email at [email protected]