Wendy's - WEN Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wendy's in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" WEN shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in WEN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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17 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Wendy's' stock. Their WEN share price forecasts range from $20.00 to $29.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $24.53 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.4% from the stock's current price.
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Wendy's' stock was trading at $22.63 at the beginning of the year. Since then, WEN shares have decreased by 3.5% and is now trading at $21.83.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 7th 2023.
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Wendy's will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, March 1st at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

The Wendy's Company (NASDAQ:WEN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 9th. The restaurant operator reported $0.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.23 by $0.01. The restaurant operator earned $532.57 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $542.23 million. Wendy's had a net margin of 9.26% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 39.75%.

Wendy's announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 13th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 1st will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, March 15th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 28th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13.
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Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.27%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 57.47%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WEN will have a dividend payout ratio of 51.02% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Wendy's issued an update on its fourth quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Friday, January, 13th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $431.27 million-$431.27 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $518.62 million.

827 employees have rated Wendy's Chief Executive Officer Todd Penegor on Glassdoor.com. Todd Penegor has an approval rating of 71% among the company's employees.

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Wendy's trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WEN."

Wendy's' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.41%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.86%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%), Yousif Capital Management LLC (0.03%), Comerica Bank (0.03%) and K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Abigail E Pringle, Dennis M Kass, Edward P Garden, EJ Wunsch, Gunther Plosch, Kurt A Kane, Leigh A Burnside, Matthew H Peltz, Nelson Peltz, Todd Allan Penegor and Trian Fund Management, LP.
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One share of WEN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.83.

Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) has a market capitalization of $4.65 billion and generates $1.90 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $200.39 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.87 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,500 workers across the globe.

Wendy's' mailing address is ONE DAVE THOMAS BLVD, DUBLIN OH, 43017. The official website for the company is www.wendys.com. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at (614) 764-3100, via email at investorrelations@wendys.com, or via fax at 678-514-5344.