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. Shareholders 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 1.94%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 31st. View Wendys' Dividend History.

Wendys announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan 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 purchase up to 4.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Wendys Co (NASDAQ:WEN) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 21st. The restaurant operator reported $0.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.12 by $0.01. The restaurant operator had revenue of $309.25 million for the quarter. Wendys had a return on equity of 23.01% and a net margin of 14.55%. The business's quarterly revenue was down .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last 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 issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.55-0.57 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.55.

19 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Wendys' stock. Their predictions range from $14.50 to $22.00. On average, they expect Wendys' stock price to reach $17.8141 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.4% 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 decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 22,111,340 shares, a decline 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 days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.5 days. Currently, 10.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Wendys' Current Options Chain.

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News headlines about WEN stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. Accern scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Wendys earned a media sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the restaurant operator an impact score of 45.51 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Wendys' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT, L.P. (19.82%), 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 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 $17.56.

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]