NASDAQ:WENWendys Stock Price, Forecast & News

Wendys' stock was trading at $18.02 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WEN shares have increased by 18.9% and is now trading at $21.43. 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, 12 hold ratings and 15 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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, August 5th 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 Co (NASDAQ:WEN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The restaurant operator reported $0.09 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.01. The restaurant operator had revenue of $404.96 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $413.02 million. Wendys had a return on equity of 22.37% and a net margin of 7.01%. The company's quarterly revenue was down .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.14 earnings per share. View Wendys' earnings history.

Wendys announced 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 29th. View Wendys' dividend history.

28 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Wendys' stock. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $29.00. On average, they expect Wendys' stock price to reach $22.21 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Wendys.

News stories about WEN stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media 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 positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Wendys earned a media sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Wendys.

Wendys saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 7,700,000 shares, a decline of 6.4% from the June 15th total of 8,230,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,720,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days. Currently, 3.8% 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include KG&L Capital Management LLC (0.08%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.01%), 6 Meridian (0.00%) and Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC (0.00%). 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 6 Meridian, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and KG&L Capital Management LLC. 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. View insider buying and selling activity for Wendys.

WEN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC. 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 $21.43.

Wendys has a market capitalization of $4.77 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]