During the last session, Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ:WEN)’s traded shares were 4.88 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 0.34. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $11.18, reflecting an intraday loss of -0.27% or -$0.03. The 52-week high for the WEN share is $20.60, that puts it down -84.26 from that peak though still a striking 0.18% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $11.16. The company’s market capitalization is $2.15B, and the average trade volume was 5.15 million shares over the past three months.
Wendy’s Co (WEN) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 2.63. WEN has a Sell rating from 1 analyst(s) out of 23 analysts who have looked at this stock. 7 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 15 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be 0.26.
Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ:WEN) trade information
Wendy’s Co (WEN) registered a -0.27% downside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -0.27% in intraday trading to $11.18, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -8.73%, and it has moved by -12.66% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is -37.12%.
The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $14.5, which implies an increase of 22.9% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $13 and $17 respectively. As a result, WEN is trading at a discount of -52.06% off the target high and -16.28% off the low.
Wendy’s Co (WEN) estimates and forecasts
In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will decrease -2.00% compared to the previous financial year.
As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 559.53M as predicted by 19 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 19 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 557.95M by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 570.73M and 566.74M respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to shrink by -1.96% and then drop by -1.55% in the coming quarter.
An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 12.83%. While earnings are projected to return -4.75% in 2025, the next five years will return 5.02% per annum.
WEN Dividends
Wendy’s Co is due to release its next quarterly earnings in June. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Wendy’s Co is 1.00, with the dividend yield indicating at 8.94 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years.
Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ:WEN)’s Major holders
The next largest institutional holding, with 21.73 million shares, is of VANGUARD GROUP INC’s that is approximately 10.6058% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $368.6 million.
Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Wendy’s Co (WEN) shares are HARRIS ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT TRUST-Oakmark Equity and Income Fund and iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF. Data provided on Dec 31, 2024 indicates that HARRIS ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT TRUST-Oakmark Equity and Income Fund owns about 5.56 shares. This amounts to just over 2.89 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $62.14 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 5.55, or about 2.89% of the stock, which is worth about $62.08 million.
