Wendy’s Co (WEN) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $11.62, with 5.44 million shares of worth about $63.2 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -35.87% during that period and on May 21, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -5.14%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 195.85M shares, out of which, 174.78M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -2.19% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -7.56%. Year-to-date (YTD), WEN shares are showing a performance of -28.71% which decreased to -36.81% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $11.70 but also hit the highest price of $20.60 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Wendy’s Co shares is 5.25 million. The stock is currently trading -5.28% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -12.92% for SMA50 and it goes to -27.62% lower than SMA200.
Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ: WEN) currently have 195.85M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 89.81% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $2.23B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.36. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 12.40, while it has posted earnings per share of $0.94 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.47 and has Quick Ratio of 1.47 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 31.30. 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 2.74% while standing at 2.88% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -4.51% while it is estimated to increase by 10.54% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 5.02% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 12.83% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Coverage by JP Morgan stated Wendy’s Co (WEN) stock as an Overweight in their note to investors on May 05, 2025, suggesting a price target of $15 for the stock. On February 26, 2025, JP Morgan Resumed their recommendations, while on January 21, 2025, Morgan Stanley Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $14. Stock get a Sell rating from Goldman on June 13, 2024.
