NASDAQ:WEN - Wendys Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Wendys declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 11th. Shareholders 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 yield of 2.17%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 29th. This is an increase from Wendys's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. View Wendys' Dividend History.

Wendys announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, February 21st 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $175,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 4.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Wendys Co (NASDAQ:WEN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The restaurant operator reported $0.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate 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%. Wendys's revenue for the quarter was up 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.17 EPS. 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.

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 estimate of $0.58.

24 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Wendys' shares. Their forecasts range from $17.50 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Wendys' share price to reach $22.07 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.1%. 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 somewhat positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Wendys earned a media sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Wendys.

Wendys saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 13,990,000 shares, an increase of 11.3% from the December 15th total of 12,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,910,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.8 days. Approximately 6.6% of the shares of the 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), 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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Braun Stacey Associates Inc. (0.24%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%), Ibex Wealth Advisors (0.07%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.04%) and Rothschild Investment Corp IL (0.03%). 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 Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, CenturyLink Investment Management Co, Huntington National Bank, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Boenning & Scattergood Inc. and New York State Teachers Retirement System. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ibex Wealth Advisors, Braun Stacey Associates Inc., Rothschild Investment Corp IL, AdvisorShares Investments LLC, Beacon Financial Advisory LLC, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV and 6 Meridian. 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 $22.09.

Wendys has a market capitalization of $5.08 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]