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Wendy's (WEN) Stock Forecast & Price Target

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$9.89 +0.06 (+0.61%)
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Wendy's - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2025)

Consensus Rating

Sell
2
Hold
12
Buy
8

Based on 22 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Wendy's in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold." Out of the 22 analysts, 2 have given a sell rating, 12 have given a hold rating, 5 have given a buy rating, and 3 have given a strong buy rating for WEN.

Consensus Price Target

$12.97
31.17% Upside
According to the 22 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Wendy's, the average price target is $12.97. The highest price target for WEN is $17.00, while the lowest price target for WEN is $11.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 31.17% from the current price of $9.89.
MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.
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WEN Analyst Ratings Over Time

TypeCurrent Forecast
9/11/24 to 9/11/25
1 Month Ago
8/12/24 to 8/12/25
3 Months Ago
6/13/24 to 6/13/25
1 Year Ago
9/12/23 to 9/11/24
Strong Buy
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy
5 Buy rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
Hold
12 Hold rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
Sell
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target$12.97$13.87$16.34$20.13
Forecasted Upside31.17% Upside37.18% Upside46.17% Upside19.62% Upside
Consensus RatingHoldHoldHoldHold

WEN Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.
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WEN Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.
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Wendy's Stock vs. The Competition

TypeWendy'sRetail/Wholesale CompaniesS&P 500
Consensus Rating Score
2.41
2.47
2.53
Consensus RatingHoldHoldModerate Buy
Predicted Upside31.17% Upside58.54% Upside9.67% Upside
News Sentiment Rating
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DateBrokerageAnalystActionRatingPrice TargetReport Date
Upside/Downside
Details
8/28/2025JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2 of 5 stars
John Ivankoe
John Ivankoe
Not Rated
Boost TargetOverweight$13.00 ➝ $14.00+33.27%
8/15/2025Stifel Nicolaus
4 of 5 stars
Chris O'Cull
Chris O'Cull
Not Rated
Set Target$12.00+12.94%
8/11/2025Stephens
4 of 5 stars
Jim Salera
Jim Salera
Not Rated
Reiterated RatingEqual Weight
8/11/2025Truist Financial
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Lower TargetBuy$14.00 ➝ $13.00+25.00%
8/8/2025BTIG Research
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 Reiterated RatingNeutral
8/8/2025Piper Sandler
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Reiterated RatingOverweight$13.00+28.78%
8/8/2025Cowen
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 Reiterated RatingHold
8/8/2025Citigroup
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UpgradeHoldStrong-Buy
8/8/2025Morgan Stanley
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Reiterated RatingUnderweight
8/8/2025BMO Capital Markets
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Reiterated RatingMarket Perform$15.00 ➝ $12.00+20.48%
8/8/2025TD Cowen
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Lower TargetHold$13.00 ➝ $11.00+8.53%
7/30/2025UBS Group
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Reiterated RatingNeutral$14.00 ➝ $11.00+8.94%
7/18/2025Bank of America
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Lower TargetBuy$13.00 ➝ $11.00+3.82%
7/16/2025Loop Capital
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Lower TargetBuy$21.00 ➝ $16.00+51.16%
5/14/2025Guggenheim
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DowngradeBuyNeutral
5/5/2025Sanford C. Bernstein
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Set Target$13.00+10.49%
5/5/2025Barclays
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Lower TargetEqual Weight$14.00 ➝ $13.00+2.48%
5/2/2025TD Securities
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Lower TargetHold$14.00 ➝ $13.00+3.32%
3/7/2025Wedbush
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Reiterated RatingNeutral$16.00 ➝ $16.00+5.54%
3/4/2025Royal Bank Of Canada
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Reiterated RatingSector Perform$17.00 ➝ $17.00+12.51%
2/18/2025Argus
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UpgradeStrong-Buy
2/6/2025The Goldman Sachs Group
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Lower TargetSell$17.00 ➝ $15.00-0.43%
9/13/2024Wolfe Research
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UpgradeStrong-Buy
9/4/2024Tigress Financial
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Reiterated RatingBuy$29.00 ➝ $29.00+73.03%
8/2/2024Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
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 Lower TargetHold$20.00 ➝ $18.00+6.70%
1/16/2024Gordon Haskett
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 DowngradeBuyHold$21.00+7.86%

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WEN Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 22 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Wendy's is $12.97, with a high forecast of $17.00 and a low forecast of $11.00.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wendy's in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings, 5 buy ratings and 3 strong buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" WEN shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in WEN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.

According to analysts, Wendy's's stock has a predicted upside of 31.17% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Wendy's's stock had 1 upgrade by analysts.

Analysts like Wendy's less than other "retail/wholesale" companies. The consensus rating score for Wendy's is 2.41 while the average consensus rating score for "retail/wholesale" companies is 2.47. Learn more on how WEN compares to other companies.


This page (NASDAQ:WEN) was last updated on 9/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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