NASDAQ:WENWendys Stock Price, Forecast & News

Wendys' stock was trading at $18.02 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WEN stock has increased by 24.3% and is now trading at $22.39.
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27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wendys in the last year. There are currently 12 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Wendys Co (NASDAQ:WEN) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 5th. The restaurant operator reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.11 by $0.01. The restaurant operator had revenue of $402.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $411.29 million. Wendys had a net margin of 7.01% and a return on equity of 22.37%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.18 EPS.
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Wendys declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Shareholders 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 yield of 0.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 29th.
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27 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Wendys' shares. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $29.00. On average, they expect Wendys' share price to reach $22.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.9% from the stock's current price.
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Media stories about WEN stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Wendys earned a news sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave 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 immediate future.
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Wendys saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 7,400,000 shares, an increase of 5.4% from the July 15th total of 7,020,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,400,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 3.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Wendys include Mcdonald's (MCD), Starbucks (SBUX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Yum! Brands (YUM), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Dunkin Brands Group (DNKN), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Jack in the Box (JACK), Brinker International (EAT), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) and Dine Brands Global (DIN).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Wendys investors own include Wolverine World Wide (WWW), Carnival (CCL), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Xerox (XRX), General Electric (GE), Frontier Communications (FTR), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Conduent (CNDT) and Bank of America (BAC).

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

Wendys' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.29%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.25%), Swiss National Bank (0.19%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.10%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.10%) and Creative Planning (0.08%). 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.
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WEN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Americas Securities LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, UBS Group AG, Strs Ohio, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, 6 Meridian, and Creative Planning. Company insiders that have sold Wendys company stock in the last year include Abigail E Pringle, EJ Wunsch, Gunther Plosch, Leigh A Burnside, Matthew H Peltz, Todd Allan Penegor, and Trian Fund Management, LP.
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WEN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Swiss National Bank, WINTON GROUP Ltd, Vident Investment Advisory LLC, Vident Investment Advisory LLC, First Quadrant L P CA, Calamos Advisors LLC, and AE Wealth Management LLC.
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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 $22.39.

Wendys has a market capitalization of $4.99 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]