NASDAQ:WENWendys Stock Price, Forecast & News

Wendys' stock was trading at $18.02 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WEN stock has increased by 15.5% and is now trading at $20.82. 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, 11 hold ratings and 16 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 Co (NASDAQ:WEN) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 6th. The restaurant operator reported $0.09 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.01. The restaurant operator had revenue of $404.96 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $413.02 million. Wendys had a return on equity of 22.37% and a net margin of 7.01%. Wendys's revenue was down .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.14 earnings per share. View Wendys' earnings history.

Wendys declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Monday, June 15th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 29th. View Wendys' dividend history.

Wendys updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.60 to $0.62 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.64.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Wendys' stock. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate Wendys' stock price to reach $21.48 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Wendys.

Media headlines about WEN stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news 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 coverage optimism score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutWendys.

Wendys saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 8,280,000 shares, an increase of 26.6% from the April 15th total of 6,540,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,123,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days. Approximately 4.0% of the company's stock are sold short. 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 investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.29%), Invesco Ltd. (3.01%), Melvin Capital Management LP (2.47%), State Street Corp (2.09%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.87%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.65%). 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 Two Sigma Investments LP, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Invesco Ltd., BlackRock Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, and Wellington Management Group LLP. Company insiders that have sold Wendys company stock in the last year include 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Melvin Capital Management LP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Maverick Capital Ltd., MIK Capital LP, Clearfield Capital Management LP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, and KBC Group NV. 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 $20.82.

Wendys has a market capitalization of $4.64 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]