Wendy’s Co (WEN) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $14.65, with 4.69 million shares of worth about $68.7 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -16.38% during that period and on April 03, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -0.48%. 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 -0.61% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -1.81%. Year-to-date (YTD), WEN shares are showing a performance of -10.12% which decreased to -21.19% 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 5.28 million. The stock is currently trading -3.09% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -2.24% for SMA50 and it goes to -12.71% lower than SMA200.
Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ: WEN) currently have 203.83M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 85.71% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $2.94B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.38. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 15.50, while it has posted earnings per share of $0.95 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.00 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 2.29% while standing at 2.66% 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.
