NASDAQ:WENWendys Stock Price, Forecast & News

Wendys' stock was trading at $18.02 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WEN shares have decreased by 5.8% and is now trading at $16.97. View which stocks have been most 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 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Wendys.

Wendys will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 6th 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 Co (NASDAQ:WEN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 26th. The restaurant operator reported $0.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates 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 company's revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.16 earnings per share. View Wendys' earnings history.

Wendys declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.83%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. View Wendys' dividend history.

Wendys updated 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 12 month target prices for Wendys' shares. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate Wendys' share price to reach $21.18 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Wendys.

News headlines about WEN stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Wendys earned a news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutWendys.

Wendys saw a decrease in short interest during the month of 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 trading volume of 4,519,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 2.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Jack in the Box (JACK), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Dine Brands Global (DIN) and Brinker International (EAT).

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."

Wendys' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include KG&L Capital Management LLC (0.08%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%). Company insiders that own Wendys stock include Abigail E Pringle, Edward P Garden, EJ Wunsch, Leigh A Burnside, Matthew H Peltz, Nelson Peltz, Robert D Wright, Todd Allan Penegor and Trian Fund Management, LP. View institutional ownership trends for Wendys.

WEN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including KG&L Capital Management LLC, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $16.97.

Wendys has a market capitalization of $3.78 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]