NASDAQ:WEN - Wendys Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Wendys announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 11th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. This is a positive change from Wendys's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. View Wendys' Dividend History.

Wendys announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, February 21st 2018, which permits the company to buyback $175,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 4.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Wendys Co (NASDAQ:WEN) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The restaurant operator reported $0.19 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.04. The restaurant operator had revenue of $437.88 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $434.45 million. Wendys had a net margin of 7.69% and a return on equity of 24.72%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.17 earnings per share. View Wendys' Earnings History.

Wendys is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Wendys.

Wendys will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 26th 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 updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.58-0.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.58.

24 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Wendys' shares. Their forecasts range from $17.50 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Wendys' stock price to reach $22.07 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Wendys.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wendys in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 13 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Wendys.

Media stories about WEN stock have been trending positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Wendys.

Wendys saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 13,990,000 shares, an increase of 11.3% from the December 31st total of 12,570,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,740,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.1 days. Approximately 6.6% of the company's stock are sold short. 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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Braun Stacey Associates Inc. (0.24%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.22%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%), Ibex Wealth Advisors (0.07%) and Arizona State Retirement System (0.05%). 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, Trian Fund Management, LP 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 Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, CenturyLink Investment Management Co, Arizona State Retirement System, Dupont Capital Management Corp, Huntington National Bank, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Boenning & Scattergood Inc.. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ibex Wealth Advisors, Braun Stacey Associates Inc., Rothschild Investment Corp IL, AdvisorShares Investments LLC, Beacon Financial Advisory LLC, Leisure Capital Management, California Public Employees Retirement System and Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.. 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 $21.91.

Wendys has a market capitalization of $5.04 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]