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. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, March 16th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. View Wendys' Dividend History.

Wendys Co (NASDAQ:WEN) released its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 26th. The restaurant operator reported $0.08 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.09 by $0.01. The restaurant operator earned $427.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $423.70 million. Wendys had a net margin of 8.01% and a return on equity of 21.47%. The company's revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.16 EPS. View Wendys' Earnings History.

Wendys is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Wendys.

Wendys issued an update on 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.

26 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Wendys' stock. Their forecasts range from $17.50 to $29.00. On average, they expect Wendys' stock price to reach $22.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Wendys.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wendys in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 14 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Wendys.

News stories about WEN stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing 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 coverage optimism score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave 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 stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Wendys.

Wendys saw a drop in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 10,090,000 shares, a drop of 18.0% from the January 30th total of 12,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,430,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.2 days. Approximately 4.7% of the shares of the company 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), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Darden Restaurants (DRI), 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 number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 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 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 bought 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, Macquarie Group Ltd. and Braun Stacey Associates 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 $18.88.

Wendys has a market capitalization of $4.34 billion and generates $1.71 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]