NASDAQ:WEN - Wendys Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Wendys announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 8th. Investors of record on Friday, June 1st will be given a dividend of $0.085 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $0.34 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.95%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 31st. View Wendys' Dividend History.

Wendys announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, February 21st 2018, which permits the company to buyback $175,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 4.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Wendys Co (NASDAQ:WEN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 21st. The restaurant operator reported $0.11 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.01. The restaurant operator earned $309.25 million during the quarter. Wendys had a net margin of 14.55% and a return on equity of 23.01%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.08 earnings per share. View Wendys' Earnings History.

Wendys is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Wendys.

Wendys updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 8th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.55-0.57 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.55.

19 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Wendys' shares. Their forecasts range from $14.50 to $22.00. On average, they anticipate Wendys' share price to reach $17.8141 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Wendys.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wendys in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Wendys saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 22,111,340 shares, a drop of 6.7% from the May 31st total of 23,707,255 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,988,925 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.5 days. Approximately 10.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Wendys' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Wendys include Dunkin Brands Group (DNKN), GREENE KING PLC/S (GKNGY), Shake Shack (SHAK), Cannae (CNNE), Empire Resorts (NYNY), Jamba (JMBA), iPic Entertainment (IPIC) and Giggles N Hugs (GIGL).

Media stories about WEN stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Wendys earned a daily sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the restaurant operator an impact score of 45.62 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Wendys' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT, L.P. (19.82%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.06%), Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.01%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%) and First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Wendys stock include Edward P Garden, EJ Wunsch, Emil J Brolick, Gunther Plosch, Matthew H Peltz, Nelson Peltz, Scott A Weisberg 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 First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.. Company insiders that have sold Wendys company stock in the last year include Edward P Garden, EJ Wunsch, Emil J Brolick, Matthew H Peltz, Nelson Peltz and Trian Partners Parallel Fund I. View Insider Buying and Selling for Wendys.

WEN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Wendys stock in the last two years include Edward P Garden, Gunther Plosch and Scott A Weisberg. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WEN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.44.

Wendys has a market capitalization of $4.20 billion and generates $1.22 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $194.02 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.43 on an earnings per share basis. Wendys employs 12,100 workers across the globe.

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]