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 (WHO). Since then, WEN shares have decreased by 27.5% and is now trading at $13.06. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

27 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 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Wendys.

Wendys is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 13th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Wendys.

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 consensus estimate of $0.09 by $0.01. The restaurant operator earned $427.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $423.70 million. Wendys had a return on equity of 22.61% and a net margin of 8.01%. The firm's revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.16 EPS. View Wendys' earnings history.

Wendys announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, March 16th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.68%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. View Wendys' dividend history.

Wendys issued an update on 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 EPS estimate of $0.64.

27 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Wendys' shares. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate Wendys' stock price to reach $21.46 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 64.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Wendys.

Media coverage about WEN stock has been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Wendys earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutWendys.

Wendys saw a decrease in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 5,937,700 shares, a decrease of 27.4% from the February 27th total of 8,180,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,519,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days. Approximately 2.9% of the company's shares are short sold. View Wendys' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Wendys include Mcdonald's (MCD), Starbucks (SBUX), Yum! Brands (YUM), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Dunkin Brands Group (DNKN), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), Jack in the Box (JACK), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Brinker International (EAT) and Denny's (DENN).

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

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One share of WEN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.06.

Wendys has a market capitalization of $2.91 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. 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]