NASDAQ:WENWendys Stock Price, Forecast & News

Wendys' stock was trading at $18.02 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WEN shares have increased by 14.9% and is now trading at $20.70. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wendys in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Wendys.

Wendys is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Wendys.

Wendys Co (NASDAQ:WEN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The restaurant operator reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.01. The restaurant operator earned $404.96 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $413.02 million. Wendys had a net margin of 7.01% and a return on equity of 22.37%. Wendys's revenue was down .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.14 earnings per share. View Wendys' earnings history.

Wendys declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Monday, June 15th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 29th. View Wendys' dividend history.

Wendys updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.60 to $0.62 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.64.

28 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Wendys' shares. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate Wendys' stock price to reach $21.48 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Wendys.

Media coverage about WEN stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Wendys earned a news impact score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutWendys.

Wendys saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 8,280,000 shares, an increase of 26.6% from the April 15th total of 6,540,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,123,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days. Approximately 4.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View Wendys' Current Options Chain.

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

Wendys' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.29%), Invesco Ltd. (3.01%), Melvin Capital Management LP (2.47%), State Street Corp (2.09%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.87%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.65%). Company insiders that own Wendys stock include Abigail E Pringle, EJ Wunsch, Gunther Plosch, Leigh A Burnside, Matthew H Peltz, Robert D Wright, Todd Allan Penegor and Trian Fund Management, LP. View institutional ownership trends for Wendys.

WEN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Two Sigma Investments LP, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Invesco Ltd., BlackRock Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, and Wellington Management Group LLP. Company insiders that have sold Wendys company stock in the last year include EJ Wunsch, Gunther Plosch, Leigh A Burnside, Matthew H Peltz, Todd Allan Penegor, and Trian Fund Management, LP. View insider buying and selling activity for Wendys.

WEN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Melvin Capital Management LP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Maverick Capital Ltd., MIK Capital LP, Clearfield Capital Management LP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, and KBC Group NV. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $20.70.

Wendys has a market capitalization of $4.61 billion and generates $1.71 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $136.94 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.59 on an earnings per share basis. Wendys employs 13,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for Wendys is 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]