Wendy's (WEN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wendy's in the last year. There are currently 12 hold ratings and 3 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.
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15 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Wendy's' stock. Their WEN share price targets range from $19.00 to $31.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $22.47 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.7% from the stock's current price.
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Wendy's' stock was trading at $19.48 at the start of the year. Since then, WEN stock has decreased by 1.1% and is now trading at $19.26.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2024.
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Wendy's will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 2nd at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

The Wendy's Company (NASDAQ:WEN) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 15th. The restaurant operator reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.02. The restaurant operator earned $540.65 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $546.47 million. Wendy's had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 56.24% and a net margin of 9.37%. The company's quarterly revenue was up .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.22 EPS.

Wendy's declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 1st will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, March 15th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.19%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 29th.
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Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.26%. WEN has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 102.04%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, WEN will have a dividend payout ratio of 90.91% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Wendy's updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 16th. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.980-1.020 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.110. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

827 employees have rated Wendy's Chief Executive Officer Todd Penegor on Glassdoor.com. Todd Penegor has an approval rating of 71% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Wendy's investors own include Wolverine World Wide (WWW), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Xerox (XRX), General Electric (GE), Frontier Communications (FTR), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Bank of America (BAC) and

Wendy's' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.60%), Fort Pitt Capital Group LLC (0.10%), IMC Chicago LLC (0.00%), Mcdonald Partners LLC (0.02%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.02%) and Park Avenue Securities LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Edward P Garden, Gunther Plosch, Joseph A Levato, Kenneth W Gilbert, Kurt A Kane, Liliana Esposito, Matthew H Peltz, Nelson Peltz, Todd Allan Penegor and Trian Fund Management, LP.
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Shares of WEN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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