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

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

Wendys announced 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.35%. 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 announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, February 21st 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $175,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 4.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Wendys Co (NASDAQ:WEN) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The restaurant operator reported $0.19 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.04. The restaurant operator earned $437.88 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $434.45 million. Wendys had a net margin of 7.69% and a return on equity of 24.72%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm 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 issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.58-0.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.58.

23 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Wendys' stock. Their forecasts range from $17.50 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Wendys' stock price to reach $21.69 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% 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.

Media coverage about WEN stock has trended somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Wendys earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Wendys.

Wendys saw a increase in short interest in 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 volume of 3,600,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.9 days. Approximately 6.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 shareholders 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, Leigh A Burnside, 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, Leigh A Burnside, Matthew H Peltz, Robert D Wright and Trian Fund Management, LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Wendys.

WEN stock was bought 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 $20.46.

Wendys has a market capitalization of $4.71 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]