NASDAQ:WEN - Wendys Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Wendys declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, March 16th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. View Wendys' Dividend History.

Wendys announced that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, February 21st 2018, which permits the company to buyback $175,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 4.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Wendys Co (NASDAQ:WEN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The restaurant operator reported $0.19 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' 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 company's revenue for the quarter was up 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.17 earnings per share. View Wendys' Earnings History.

Wendys is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Wendys.

Wendys will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 26th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

24 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Wendys' stock. Their forecasts range from $17.50 to $26.00. On average, they expect Wendys' stock price to reach $22.07 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Wendys.

24 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 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Wendys.

News headlines about WEN stock have trended negative on Friday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Wendys earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Wendys.

Wendys saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 12,300,000 shares, a decrease of 12.1% from the January 15th total of 13,990,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,526,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.9 days. Approximately 5.8% of the company's stock 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), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), Jack in the Box (JACK), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Dine Brands Global (DIN) and Brinker International (EAT).

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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.30%), State Street Corp (2.03%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.43%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.18%), FMR LLC (1.08%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.92%). 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, Todd Allan Penegor, 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 Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Prudential Financial Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, FMR LLC, Assetmark Inc., Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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, Todd Allan Penegor and Trian Fund Management, LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Wendys.

WEN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Franklin Street Capital Partners LLC, BTG Pactual Global Asset Management Ltd, Ibex Wealth Advisors, AQR Capital Management LLC, Braun Stacey Associates Inc. and WBI Investments Inc.. 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 $23.71.

Wendys has a market capitalization of $5.45 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]