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WEN

Wendy's Co

8.63

Aug 17 • 7:03 AM ET -0.01 (-0.16%)

Consumer Cyclical Restaurants USA Small NASD

Peers: JACK MCD DPZ SHAK YUM BROS CMG CAKE EAT TXRH

| Held by: IJR VTI SCHD IWM VB VBR VXF FNDA SPSM JSMD

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Index	RUT
Market Cap	1.64B
Enterprise Value	5.23B
Income	126.06M
Sales	2.20B
Book/sh	0.63
Cash/sh	2.53
Dividend Est.	0.43 (5.04%)
Dividend TTM	0.56 (6.49%)
Dividend Ex-Date	Sep 01, 2026
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	10.25% 18.23%
Payout	78.75%
Employees	14900
IPO	Jun 18, 1976

P/E	13.07
Forward P/E	15.69
PEG	-
P/S	0.75
P/B	13.65
P/C	3.41
P/FCF	6.23
EV/EBITDA	11.24
EV/Sales	2.38
Quick Ratio	1.88
Current Ratio	1.90
Debt/Eq	33.81
LT Debt/Eq	32.90
Option/Short	Yes / Yes

EPS (ttm)	0.66
EPS next Y	0.55
EPS next Q	0.11
EPS this Y	-40.60%
EPS next Y	5.19%
EPS next 5Y	-11.34%
EPS past 3/5Y	- -0.96%
Sales past 3/5Y	1.28% 2.79%
EPS Y/Y TTM	-31.26%
Sales Y/Y TTM	-0.98%
EPS Q/Q	-40.35%
Sales Q/Q	1.72%
Earnings	Aug 07 BMO
EPS/Sales Surpr.	10.50% 2.41%

Insider Own	9.08%
Insider Trans	0.00%
Inst Own	94.31%
Inst Trans	5.20%
ROA	2.58%
ROE	108.04%
ROIC	3.09%
Gross Margin	25.08%
Oper. Margin	13.10%
Profit Margin	5.72%
SMA20	11.84%
SMA50	14.82%
SMA200	12.03%
Trades

Shs Outstand	190.64M
Shs Float	173.36M
Short Float	33.93%
Short Ratio	3.45
Short Interest	58.82M
52W High	10.84 -20.39%
52W Low	6.07 42.11%
Volatility	6.71% 5.22%
ATR (14)	0.44
RSI (14)	62.16
Beta	0.42
Rel Volume	0.04
Avg Volume	17.04M
Volume	29,891

Perf Week	18.16%
Perf Month	11.16%
Perf Quarter	7.56%
Perf Half Y	15.32%
Perf YTD	3.55%
Perf Year	-18.39%
Perf 3Y	-58.49%
Perf 5Y	-63.53%
Perf 10Y	-14.85%
Recom	2.89
Target Price	7.79
Prev Close	8.64
Price	8.63
Change %	-0.16%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
May-13-26	Upgrade	Argus	Hold → Buy	$12
May-11-26	Downgrade	JP Morgan	Neutral → Underweight	$6
Dec-03-25	Downgrade	JP Morgan	Overweight → Neutral	$9
Oct-28-25	Initiated	Mizuho	Underperform	$8
Sep-25-25	Downgrade	Northcoast	Neutral → Sell	$7
Sep-23-25	Downgrade	Argus	Buy → Hold
May-14-25	Downgrade	Guggenheim	Buy → Neutral
May-05-25	Upgrade	JP Morgan	Neutral → Overweight	$15
Feb-26-25	Resumed	JP Morgan	Neutral	$20 → $17
Jan-21-25	Downgrade	Morgan Stanley	Equal-Weight → Underweight	$22 → $14
Jun-13-24	Initiated	Goldman	Sell	$16
Apr-12-24	Resumed	Stephens	Equal-Weight	$20
Feb-22-24	Downgrade	Bernstein	Outperform → Mkt Perform	$24 → $20
Feb-21-24	Downgrade	JP Morgan	Overweight → Neutral	$22 → $19
Jan-16-24	Downgrade	Gordon Haskett	Buy → Hold	$21
Jan-03-24	Downgrade	Barclays	Overweight → Equal Weight	$23 → $21
Dec-21-23	Downgrade	Wedbush	Outperform → Neutral	$21
Oct-19-23	Initiated	Deutsche Bank	Hold	$20
Jun-14-23	Resumed	Piper Sandler	Overweight	$25
May-19-23	Upgrade	Argus	Hold → Buy	$29

Show Previous Ratings

Aug-16-26 08:00PM	How Burger King Revamped Its Whopper and Overtook Wendy's (The Wall Street Journal)
08:30AM	20 reasons why Wendy's may be doomed (Yahoo Finance)
Aug-14-26 03:15PM	A Wendys worker couldnt afford college so his bosses made one simple investment that landed him at Yale (Moneywise)
Aug-13-26 12:59PM	Trian Eyes Wendys Take-Private as Net Lease Investors Watch (CRE Daily)
09:30AM	This top fast food burger chains ranking just slipped. The CEO is blaming quality degradation (FastCompany)
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02:03AM	WEN Stock On Track For Best Week Since June: Wendys Peltz's Take-Private Buzz Has Retail Eyeing Buyout Premium (Stocktwits)
Aug-12-26 03:39PM	Wendy's stock surges on potential takeover bid: AlphaSpace breakdown (Yahoo Finance Video) +14.70%
03:30PM	These Are the Stocks Wall Street Is Betting Against the Most (GuruFocus.com)
02:32PM	Nelson Peltz Reportedly Preparing Bid to Buy Wendys (QSR)
01:24PM	Nelson Peltz's Trian preparing take-private bid for Wendy's (Quartz)
12:27PM	Wendy's Soars on Possible Peltz Play (The Wall Street Journal)
11:57AM	WEN Stock Soars After Nelson Peltz Reportedly Prepares Take-Private Bid For The Burger Chain (Stocktwits)
11:38AM	Nelson Peltzs Trian prepares take-private offer for Wendys; WEN stock surges 12% (Investing.com)
11:07AM	Wendy's Stock Soars on Report Trian Partners Prepares Bid to Take Company Private (Barrons.com)
10:49AM	Investor Nelson Peltz prepares bid for US burger chain Wendys (Financial Times)
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02:23AM	Burger King Surpasses Wendys, Shaking Up Net Lease Outlook (CRE Daily)
Aug-11-26 09:18AM	Wendys Fell to No. 3 in Burger Chains. Its New CEO Blames Quality Degradation. (Entrepreneur)
Aug-10-26 04:04PM	Wendys Q2 same-store sales fall short as traffic remains under pressure (Proactive) -5.07%
01:11PM	Wendy's has a massive problem: It's closing restaurants left and right (Yahoo Finance)
07:47AM	New Wendys CEO Vows to Restore Quality and Revive Customer Traffic (QSR)
07:30AM	WPPs streamlined strategy secures new business as revenue declines narrow (Marketing Dive)
04:21AM	Some Wendys franchisees cut breakfast, and its hurting traffic (Restaurant Dive)
12:58AM	Wendy's CEO Bluntly Admits 'We Have Not Consistently Delivered' As Burger King Overtakes It: Retail Says Bullish (Stocktwits)
Aug-09-26 02:27PM	Wendy's loses status as second-largest burger chain after 6-year run (Fox Business)
Aug-08-26 07:30AM	Here's why Wendy's is losing the burger wars (MarketWatch)
Aug-07-26 05:03PM	The Wendy's Co (WEN) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: New CEO Unveils Turnaround Strategy ... (GuruFocus.com) -5.07%
04:25PM	Wendy's Makes Unexpected Move Amid Turnaround (GuruFocus.com)
03:25PM	5 things wrong with Wendys right now, including 1 big one thats threatening its entire turnaround effort (FastCompany)
12:36PM	Wendy's Stock Rises Despite Dividend Cut and Outlook Withdrawal (GuruFocus.com)
10:14AM	Wendy's Tops Second-Quarter Expectations but Cuts Dividend and Suspends 2026 Guidance (InvestorsHub)
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10:06AM	Wendys Withdraws 2026 Guidance, Slashes Dividend CEO Bob Wright Says Clearly Not Performing At Our Potential (Stocktwits)
08:16AM	Wendy's Q2 2026 earnings: dividend cut, outlook withdrawn (Quartz)
07:50AM	July jobs report, Earnings from Take-Two, Under Armour, & Wendy's: What to watch on Friday (Yahoo Finance Video)
07:49AM	Wendy's Cuts Dividend and Pulls Guidance as CEO Says 'Not Performing at Our Potential' (Barrons.com)
07:36AM	Wendy's Withdraws Outlook, Cuts Dividend as Turnaround Continues (The Wall Street Journal)
07:07AM	Wendy's: Q2 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press)
07:00AM	THE WENDY'S COMPANY REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2026 RESULTS (PR Newswire)
Aug-06-26 11:59PM	WEN Stock Rises Overnight Ahead Of Q2 Results: Retail Bulls Eagerly Hope For 'Short Squeeze' (Stocktwits) -7.51%
Aug-03-26 09:00AM	Crisp Days Meet Cozy Bites: Wendy's Brings Pub-Worthy Fall Flavor with New and Returning Seasonal Favorites (PR Newswire)
Jul-30-26 03:01AM	Fast-food execs keep pushing for more AI systems, but fail to see the big picture: Customers still want humans (Fortune)
Jul-29-26 05:42PM	Kohls Corp. Installs a New Chairman (WWD)
Jul-25-26 11:59PM	Wendys in Monroe closes amid struggling U.S. sales (Journal-News, Hamilton, Ohio)
Jul-24-26 11:59PM	Local Wendy's location closes as company struggles across U.S. (Dayton Daily News, Ohio)
12:22PM	Minnie Birds First Multi-Unit Deal Is With a Large Subway Franchisee (Franchise Times)
Jul-22-26 06:41AM	Gas price moderation wont end restaurant consumer woes (Restaurant Dive)
Jul-20-26 09:00AM	Gotta Go Fast! Wendy's Brings Sonic the Hedgehog Kids' Meal to the U.S. this Summer (PR Newswire)
Jul-16-26 08:01AM	$1 Frosty: Where Wendy's Value Meets Everyone's Favorite Summer Treat (PR Newswire) +5.10%
Jul-09-26 04:30PM	The Wendy's Company to Report Second Quarter 2026 Results on August 7 (PR Newswire)
Jul-02-26 04:46AM	Jollibees new chicken nuggets could juice sales (Restaurant Dive)
Jun-29-26 03:02AM	WEN Stock Gains Overnight: Retail Mood Peaks Amid 'Wendependence Day' Buzz (Stocktwits) +5.83%
Jun-26-26 01:00PM	Tech Volatility Leads Stocks to Mixed Weekly Performance (Schaeffer's Research) +6.41%
09:46AM	Stocks to Watch: ON Semiconductor, Apple, Zalando (The Wall Street Journal)
06:10AM	CFOs On the Move: Week ending June 26 (CFO.com)
04:32AM	Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Futures Fall (The Wall Street Journal)
02:22AM	WEN Stock Heads For Third Weekly Gain: How It Went From A 12-Year Low To WallStreetBets' Favorite In Four Days (Stocktwits)
Jun-25-26 11:31PM	A Tale Of Two Wendys: Beneath The Wild Meme-Stock Surge (Trefis) -6.74%
04:58PM	Meme-Stock Traders Rally Around Wendy's (The Wall Street Journal)
10:42AM	Micron Sparks Fresh AI Stock Rally (GuruFocus.com)
10:32AM	Reddit Decided to Save Wendys and Its Stock Jumped 42% in Abnormal Retail Buying (Entrepreneur)
10:17AM	Retail Traders Serve Up Another Wendy's Stock Rally (Schaeffer's Research)
10:08AM	Stocks to Watch: Micron, Apple, Wendy's (The Wall Street Journal)
10:06AM	Wendy's Stock Is Changing Hands More Than Micron. The Nasdaq Halts Trading. (Barrons.com)
10:03AM	Spencer Jakab Meme Stocks Are Best Sold (The Wall Street Journal)
09:07AM	Hershey taps PepsiCo executive for US president role (Just Food)
09:06AM	Wendy's Stock Rally Puts Wall Street on Short-Squeeze Watch (The Wall Street Journal)
08:16AM	Micron Is the New Nvidia, It Just Changed the AI Game (Barrons.com)
07:13AM	Wendy's Stock Is Changing Hands More Than Micron Today (Barrons.com)
06:23AM	Micron Is the New Nvidia (Barrons.com)
05:57AM	Qualcomm stock surges on Meta deal, and other early market movers (MarketWatch)
05:54AM	Micron, Qualcomm surge premarket; Hertz slips (Investing.com)
Jun-24-26 06:22PM	Wendys Stock Climbs 30% as WallStreetBets Targets a GameStop Repeat (BeInCrypto) +25.66%
05:02PM	The Next GameStop? Meme Stock Traders Make Biggie-Size Bet on Wendy's (decrypt)
03:47PM	Trending: OpenAI, Broadcom target Nvidia's AI chip dominance; Wendy's sees meme stock boost (Yahoo Finance Video)
02:13PM	Wendys Was a Turnaround Play. Now Its a Meme Stock (Investopedia)
01:42PM	Wendy's shares hit over seven-month high in meme-like rally (Reuters Videos)
01:17PM	Wendy's stock swept up in meme-like rally after viral Reddit post, leadership hire (Yahoo Finance)
12:10PM	Meme stocks are back on the table, with shares of Wendy's rallying 25% (MarketWatch)
11:29AM	Wendys is Officially a Meme Stock Again (Moby)
11:29AM	WEN Stock On Track For Best Single-Day Gains In Over 6 Years Retail Says 'Ape In' After Reddit Goes Into 'Save Wendy's' Mode (Stocktwits)
11:00AM	Wendys picks Steve Cirulis as finance and strategy chief (Verdict Food Service)
10:54AM	Wendy's gets the meme stock treatment after Reddit's WallStreetBets calls for a rescue (Proactive)
10:47AM	Is Wendy's the next meme stock? Everyday traders are trying to 'save' the fast-food chain. (MarketWatch)
10:23AM	Wendy's Stock Gets Boost From Retail Traders (The Wall Street Journal)
09:09AM	Wendy's Surges 37% Following Viral Reddit Post (Bloomberg)
08:47AM	Wendy's stock surges on CFO hire, meme trader activity (Quartz)
07:09AM	Wendy's Pops 22%. It Could Be the Next Meme Stock. (Barrons.com)
06:58AM	Wendys Shares Jump on CFO Appointment and Turnaround Optimism (WEN) (InvestorsHub)
05:49AM	Cerebras slides after maiden earnings, and other early market movers (MarketWatch)
03:19AM	Wendys Stock Is Soaring 20% Overnight Retail Traders Are Begging for A Short Squeeze (Stocktwits)
Jun-23-26 12:06PM	Wendys Ropes In New CFO From Potbelly After Recently Poaching Their CEO Retail Cheers Duos Reunion After Their Successful Stints (Stocktwits)
12:00PM	The Worlds Largest Franchisee Just Revealed His Playbook for Scaling. These Are His Rules. (Entrepreneur)
11:39AM	Wendy's names Steve Cirulis CFO and Chief Strategy Officer (Quartz)
10:48AM	Wendys names Potbelly alum to dual CFO, chief strategy role (CFO Dive)
08:30AM	THE WENDY'S COMPANY NAMES STEVE CIRULIS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER (PR Newswire)
06:52AM	Wendys hires former Potbelly exec as CFO (Restaurant Dive)
02:30AM	WEN Stock At Near 20-Year Low Retail Wants To 'Buy A Ton Of Shares' (Stocktwits)
Jun-08-26 08:00AM	Say 'Bello!' to the Minions & Monsters Meal, Only at Wendy's (PR Newswire)
May-22-26 05:03AM	WEN Stock Emerges As Battleground Trade Amid Takeover Buzz, Rising Shorts (Stocktwits)
May-21-26 12:00PM	The CEO Who Rescued Potbelly Is Now Taking Over Wendys Heres What to Expect (Entrepreneur)
04:52AM	Wendys appoints Bob Wright as new president and CEO (Verdict Food Service)

The Wendy's Co. engages in operating, developing, and franchising a system of quick-service restaurants. It operates through the following segments: Wendy's U.S., Wendy's International, and Global Real Estate and Development. The Wendy's U.S. segment includes the operation and franchising of Wendy's restaurants in the U.S. The Wendy's International segment is involved in the operation and franchising of Wendy's restaurants in countries and territories other than the U.S. The Global Real Estate and Development segment focuses on real estate activity for owned sites and sites leased from third parties. The company was founded by R. David Thomas on November 15, 1969 and is headquartered in Dublin, OH.

Chief Legal Officer & SecretaryMr. John K. Min

President of InternationalMr. Eric J. Wunsch Esq.

President of U.S.Mr. Pete Suerken

PresidentMr. Robert D. Wright

Chief Financial Officer & Chief Strategy OfficerMr. Steven W. Cirulis

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Esposito Liliana	Chf Corp Affrs & Sustnblty Ofc	Aug 12 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	36,104	0	127,796	Aug 14 04:58 PM
Kale Aaron M.	Chief Accounting Officer	Aug 12 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	2,209	0	15,037	Aug 14 04:57 PM
Radkoski Lindsay J.	CMO, U.S.	Aug 12 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	31,591	0	66,056	Aug 14 04:56 PM
Spessard Matthew P	Chief Information Officer	Aug 12 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	25,947	0	35,941	Aug 14 04:55 PM
Wunsch E.J.	President, International	Aug 12 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	68,603	0	142,520	Aug 14 04:54 PM
Min John	Chief Legal Ofcr & Secretary	Aug 12 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	50,322	0	47,409	Aug 14 04:53 PM
Suerken Peter J. JR	President, U.S.	Aug 12 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	7,963	0	9,187	Aug 14 04:51 PM
Wunsch E.J.	President, International	Aug 11 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	3,070	0	82,858	Aug 13 04:56 PM
Radkoski Lindsay J.	CMO, U.S.	Aug 11 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	633	0	38,363	Aug 13 04:54 PM
Esposito Liliana	Chf Corp Affrs & Sustnblty Ofc	Aug 11 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	1,748	0	96,437	Aug 13 04:52 PM
Spessard Matthew P	Chief Information Officer	Aug 11 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	633	0	13,228	Aug 13 04:51 PM
Kale Aaron M.	Chief Accounting Officer	Aug 11 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	1,748	0	13,327	Aug 13 04:49 PM
Esposito Liliana	Chf Corp Affrs & Sustnblty Ofc	Aug 05 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	2,294	0	95,343	Aug 07 05:06 PM
Kale Aaron M.	Chief Accounting Officer	Aug 05 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	1,415	0	11,983	Aug 07 05:05 PM
Radkoski Lindsay J.	CMO, U.S.	Aug 05 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	1,104	0	38,052	Aug 07 05:00 PM
Spessard Matthew P	Chief Information Officer	Aug 05 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	1,191	0	12,939	Aug 07 04:58 PM
Wunsch E.J.	President, International	Aug 05 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	5,529	0	81,356	Aug 07 04:57 PM
O'Brien Matthew Coley	Chief People Officer	Mar 01 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	18,598	0	112,277	Mar 03 05:15 PM
Spessard Matthew P	Chief Information Officer	Feb 20 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	3,481	0	11,284	Feb 24 05:04 PM
Suerken Peter J. JR	President, U.S.	Nov 20 '25	Buy	7.88	500	3,940	1,204	Nov 21 05:05 PM
Min John	Chief Legal Ofcr & Secretary	Nov 19 '25	Buy	8.18	1,700	13,906	3,005	Nov 21 05:01 PM

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