Wendy’s Co (WEN) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $15.43, with 3.28 million shares of worth about $50.66 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -13.17% during that period and on March 20, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 0.98%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 203.83M shares, out of which, 182.47M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 1.18% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -0.52%. Year-to-date (YTD), WEN shares are showing a performance of -5.34% which decreased to -15.27% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $13.72 but also hit the highest price of $20.65 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Wendy’s Co shares is 5.14 million. The stock is currently trading 0.34% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 2.81% for SMA50 and it goes to -8.56% lower than SMA200.
Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ: WEN) currently have 203.83M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 85.72% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $3.09B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.60. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 16.32, while it has posted earnings per share of $0.95 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.11 and has Quick Ratio of 1.83 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 15.78. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for WEN, volatility over the week remained 2.19% while standing at 2.82% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 1.11% while it is estimated to increase by 11.53% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 7.75% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 12.83% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by JP Morgan on February 26, 2025 offering a Neutral rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $20 and $17 to it. Coverage by Morgan Stanley stated Wendy’s Co (WEN) stock as an Underweight in their note to investors on January 21, 2025, suggesting a price target of $14 for the stock. On June 13, 2024, Goldman Initiated their recommendations, while on April 12, 2024, Stephens Resumed their ratings for the stock with a price target of $20. Stock get a Mkt perform rating from Bernstein on February 22, 2024.
