Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ:WEN) has a beta value of 0.80 and has seen 8.56 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $3.94B, closed the last trade at $19.40 per share which meant it gained $0.78 on the day or 4.19% during that session. The WEN stock price is -6.44% off its 52-week high price of $20.65 and 19.54% above the 52-week low of $15.61. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 3.72 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 3.36 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Wendy’s Co (WEN) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.66. 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 7 out of 23 have rated it as a Hold, with 15 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.26.
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Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ:WEN) trade information
Sporting 4.19% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the WEN stock price touched $19.40 or saw a rise of 0.67%. Year-to-date, Wendy’s Co shares have moved -0.41%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 9.23%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ:WEN) have changed 10.42%. Short interest in the company has seen 13.41 million shares shorted with days to cover at 4.6.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $22.5, which means that the shares’ value could jump 13.78% from current levels. The projected low price target is $16.0 while the price target rests at a high of $30.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -54.64% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 17.53% from current levels.
Wendy’s Co (WEN) estimates and forecasts
Figures show that Wendy’s Co shares have underperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 3.41% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 1.03%, compared to 1.50% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 1.70%.
19 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 562.51M for the current quarter. 19 have an estimated revenue figure of 554.12M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 550.55M and 540.65M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 2.20% for the current quarter and 1.70% for the next.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 10.66% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest 1.83% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 7.93%.
WEN Dividends
Wendy’s Co is expected to release its next earnings report on 2024-Oct-31 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 1.00 at a share yield of 5.15%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 2.82%.
Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ:WEN)’s Major holders
Insiders own 8.98% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 79.53% with a share float percentage of 87.39%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Wendy’s Co having a total of 511.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT, L.P. with over 31.51 million shares worth more than $534.37 million. As of 2024-06-30, TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT, L.P. held 15.3419% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 21.73 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $368.6 million and represent 10.5824% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Oakmark Equity and Income Fund and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . As of Jun 30, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 2.93% shares in the company for having 5.95 shares of worth $115.39 million while later fund manager owns 5.61 shares of worth $108.76 million as of Jun 30, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 2.76% of company’s outstanding stock.
