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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 31st. View Wendys' Dividend History.

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

Wendys Co (NASDAQ:WEN) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 21st. The restaurant operator reported $0.11 EPS 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 company's revenue was down .2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.08 earnings per share. View Wendys' Earnings History.

Wendys is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 8th 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 earnings per share estimate of $0.55.

19 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Wendys' shares. Their forecasts range from $14.50 to $22.00. On average, they anticipate Wendys' share price to reach $17.6965 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Wendys.

Wendys saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 23,707,255 shares, an increase of 11.3% from the May 15th total of 21,309,507 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,751,760 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.6 days. Approximately 10.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

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

Media headlines about WEN stock have trended positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Wendys earned a news sentiment score of 0.34 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the restaurant operator an impact score of 43.35 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Wendys' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT, L.P. (19.82%), Trian Fund Management L.P. (14.23%), BlackRock Inc. (6.23%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (3.65%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.71%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.68%). 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 Trian Fund Management L.P., Point72 Asset Management L.P., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Maplelane Capital LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Allianz Asset Management GmbH and Hsbc Holdings PLC. 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 OppenheimerFunds Inc., Landscape Capital Management L.L.C., RWC Asset Management LLP, Seven Eight Capital LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Impax Asset Management LLC, Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC and BlackRock Inc.. 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 $17.70.

Wendys has a market capitalization of $4.27 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]