Wendy's (WEN) Stock Forecast & Price Target

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Wendy's - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Reduce

Based on 24 Analyst Ratings

Sell
5

Hold
15

Buy
4

Based on 24 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Wendy's in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Reduce." Out of the 24 analysts, 5 have given a sell rating, 15 have given a hold rating, and 4 have given a buy rating for WEN.

Consensus Price Target

$8.46
28.05% Upside

According to the 24 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Wendy's, the average price target is $8.46. The highest price target for WEN is $16.00, while the lowest price target for WEN is $6.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 28.05% from the current price of $6.61.

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

Type	Current Forecast 5/5/25 to 5/5/26	1 Month Ago 4/5/25 to 4/5/26	3 Months Ago 2/4/25 to 2/4/26	1 Year Ago 5/5/24 to 5/5/25
Strong Buy	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	4 Buy rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)
Hold	15 Hold rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	16 Hold rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)
Sell	5 Sell rating(s)	5 Sell rating(s)	5 Sell rating(s)	2 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$8.46	$9.00	$10.30	$16.81
Forecasted Upside	28.05% Upside	30.81% Upside	27.74% Upside	34.23% Upside
Consensus Rating	Reduce	Hold	Hold	Hold

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.

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.

Wendy's Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Wendy's	Retail/Wholesale Companies	S&P 500
Consensus Rating Score	1.96	2.15	2.52
Consensus Rating	Reduce	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	28.34% Upside	86.21% Upside	14.60% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Neutral News See Recent WEN News	Positive News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
5/1/2026	Mizuho 4 of 5 stars		Set Target		$6.00	-12.75%
4/30/2026	Stifel Nicolaus 4 of 5 stars	Chris O'Cull 2 of 5 stars	Set Target		$6.00	-12.98%
4/24/2026	Citigroup 4 of 5 stars	Jon Tower 2 of 5 stars	Lower Target	Neutral	$8.00 ➝ $7.25	+2.62%
4/20/2026	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Sell (D+)
2/23/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Rahul Krotthapalli Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Neutral	$9.00 ➝ $7.00	-10.01%
2/17/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Christine Cho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Sell	$8.00 ➝ $7.00	+3.17%
2/17/2026	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$8.00	+17.91%
2/17/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Dennis Geiger Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Neutral	$8.50 ➝ $7.50	+7.07%
2/17/2026	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	David Palmer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$8.00	+14.20%
2/17/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jeffrey Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$9.00 ➝ $8.00	+6.95%
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2/17/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Logan Reich Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Sector Perform	$8.50 ➝ $8.00	+17.89%
2/17/2026	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jake Bartlett Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$11.00 ➝ $10.00	+47.64%
2/17/2026	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Andrew Strelzik Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Market Perform	$11.00 ➝ $9.00	+20.32%
2/16/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	John Glass Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Underweight	$7.00	-6.42%
2/13/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Andrew M. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Hold	$9.00 ➝ $6.00	-19.79%
2/13/2026	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jim Salera Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$9.00 ➝ $8.00	+6.95%
1/21/2026	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	John Staszak Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
11/11/2025	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold
10/22/2025	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jeffrey Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$9.00	-1.06%
10/13/2025	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Alexander Slagle Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Hold	$10.00 ➝ $9.00	+3.03%
9/25/2025	Northcoast Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jim Sanderson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Sell	$7.00	-24.65%
9/15/2025	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Peter Saleh Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral
8/8/2025	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Brian Mullan Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$13.00	+28.78%
7/18/2025	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Gregory Francfort Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$13.00 ➝ $11.00	+3.82%
7/16/2025	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Alton Stump Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$21.00 ➝ $16.00	+51.16%
5/14/2025	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Gregory Francfort Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral
5/2/2025	TD Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Andrew Charles Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Hold	$14.00 ➝ $13.00	+3.32%
3/7/2025	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Nick Setyan Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$16.00 ➝ $16.00	+5.54%
9/13/2024	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Greg Badishkanian Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
9/4/2024	Tigress Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ivan Feinseth Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$29.00 ➝ $29.00	+73.03%

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WEN Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

: According to the research reports of 24 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Wendy's is $8.46, with a high forecast of $16.00 and a low forecast of $6.00.
: 24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wendy's in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 15 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "reduce" WEN shares.
: According to analysts, Wendy's's stock has a predicted upside of 28.05% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.
: Wendy's has been rated by research analysts at Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Evercore, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank Of Canada, Stephens, Stifel Nicolaus, TD Cowen, The Goldman Sachs Group, Truist Financial, UBS Group, and Weiss Ratings in the past 90 days.
: Analysts like Wendy's less than other "retail/wholesale" companies. The consensus rating for Wendy's is Reduce while the average consensus rating for "retail/wholesale" companies is Hold. Learn more on how WEN compares to other companies.

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Wendy's (WEN) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Wendy's - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

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WEN Price Targets by Month

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Wendy's (WEN) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Wendy's - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Consensus Price Target

WEN Analyst Ratings Over Time

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WEN Price Targets by Month

Wendy's Stock vs. The Competition

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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