NASDAQ:WEN - Wendy's Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Wendy's announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 8th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.085 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $0.34 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.09%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 31st. View Wendy's' Dividend History.

Wendy's declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, February 21st 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $175,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 4.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

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

Wendy's is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 8th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Wendy's.

Wendy's 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 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Wendy's' stock. Their predictions range from $14.50 to $22.00. On average, they anticipate Wendy's' stock price to reach $17.6965 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Wendy's.

Wendy's saw a decline in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 21,967,329 shares, a decline of 6.3% from the April 13th total of 23,439,446 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,187,318 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.9 days. Currently, 9.9% of the company's stock are sold short.

Some companies that are related to Wendy's include Dunkin' Brands (DNKN), Greene King (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 trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, Accern reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Wendy's earned a media sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the restaurant operator an impact score of 46.62 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Wendy's' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT, L.P. (20.57%), TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT, L.P. (20.57%), TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT, L.P. (19.82%), Trian Fund Management L.P. (14.23%), BlackRock Inc. (6.23%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (3.65%). Company insiders that own Wendy's 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 Wendy's.

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, Hsbc Holdings PLC and Millennium Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Wendy's 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 Wendy's.

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 Wendy's stock in the last two years include Edward P Garden, Gunther Plosch and Scott A Weisberg. View Insider Buying and Selling for Wendy's.

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 $16.23.

Wendy's has a market capitalization of $3.91 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. Wendy's employs 12,100 workers across the globe.

Wendy's' 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]