NASDAQ:WEN - Wendys Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Wendys announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 8th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.085 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $0.34 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 31st. View Wendys' Dividend History.

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

Wendys Co (NASDAQ:WEN) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 21st. The restaurant operator reported $0.11 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.12 by $0.01. The restaurant operator earned $309.25 million during the quarter. Wendys had a return on equity of 23.01% and a net margin of 14.55%. The business's quarterly revenue was down .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.08 earnings per share. View Wendys' Earnings History.

Wendys is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 8th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Wendys.

Wendys issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.55-0.57 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.55.

19 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Wendys' shares. Their predictions range from $14.50 to $22.00. On average, they anticipate Wendys' stock price to reach $17.6965 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Wendys.

Wendys saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 23,707,255 shares, an increase of 11.3% from the May 15th total of 21,309,507 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,751,760 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.6 days. Approximately 10.7% of the company's shares are sold short.

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Media headlines about WEN stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Wendys earned a media sentiment score of 0.05 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the restaurant operator an impact score of 47.46 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Wendys' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT, L.P. (19.82%), Trian Fund Management L.P. (14.23%), BlackRock Inc. (6.23%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (3.65%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.71%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.68%). Company insiders that own Wendys stock include Edward P Garden, EJ Wunsch, Emil J Brolick, Gunther Plosch, Matthew H Peltz, Nelson Peltz, Scott A Weisberg 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 Trian Fund Management L.P., Point72 Asset Management L.P., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Maplelane Capital LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Allianz Asset Management GmbH and Hsbc Holdings PLC. Company insiders that have sold Wendys company stock in the last year include Edward P Garden, EJ Wunsch, Emil J Brolick, Matthew H Peltz, Nelson Peltz and Trian Partners Parallel Fund I. View Insider Buying and Selling for Wendys.

WEN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including OppenheimerFunds Inc., Landscape Capital Management L.L.C., RWC Asset Management LLP, Seven Eight Capital LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Impax Asset Management LLC, Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC and BlackRock Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Wendys stock in the last two years include Edward P Garden, Gunther Plosch and Scott A Weisberg. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WEN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.71.

Wendys has a market capitalization of $4.27 billion and generates $1.22 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $194.02 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.43 on an earnings per share basis. Wendys employs 12,100 workers across the globe.

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]