NASDAQ:WEN - Wendys Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Wendys announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, March 16th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. View Wendys' Dividend History.

Wendys Co (NASDAQ:WEN) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 26th. The restaurant operator reported $0.08 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.09 by $0.01. The restaurant operator had revenue of $427.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $423.70 million. Wendys had a net margin of 7.69% and a return on equity of 24.72%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.16 earnings per share. View Wendys' Earnings History.

Wendys is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Wendys.

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

26 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Wendys' stock. Their forecasts range from $17.50 to $29.00. On average, they expect Wendys' stock price to reach $22.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Wendys.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wendys in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 14 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Wendys.

News headlines about WEN stock have been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Wendys earned a news sentiment score of -4.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news 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 near future. View News Stories for Wendys.

Wendys saw a decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 10,090,000 shares, a decrease of 18.0% from the January 30th total of 12,300,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,430,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.2 days. Currently, 4.7% of the company's shares are short sold. View Wendys' Current Options Chain.

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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 a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.30%), State Street Corp (2.03%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.43%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.18%), FMR LLC (1.08%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.92%). 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 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 Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Prudential Financial Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, FMR LLC, Assetmark Inc., Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Franklin Street Capital Partners LLC, BTG Pactual Global Asset Management Ltd, Ibex Wealth Advisors, AQR Capital Management LLC, Braun Stacey Associates Inc. and WBI Investments Inc.. 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 $20.08.

Wendys has a market capitalization of $4.62 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]