Wendy’s Co [NASDAQ: WEN] traded at a low on Wednesday, posting a 0.00 loss after which it closed the day’ session at $14.17.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 5211510 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Wendy’s Co stands at 2.72% while the volatility over the past one month is 2.34%.
The market cap for WEN stock reached $2.89 billion, with 203.09 million shares outstanding and 185.91 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 3.86M shares, WEN reached a trading volume of 5211510 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Wendy’s Co [WEN]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for WEN shares is $19.02 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on WEN stock is a recommendation set at 2.73. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Morgan Stanley have made an estimate for Wendy’s Co shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Underweight, with their previous recommendation back on January 21, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Goldman raised their target price to Sell. The new note on the price target was released on June 13, 2024, representing the official price target for Wendy’s Co stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $20, while Stephens analysts kept a Equal-Weight rating on WEN stock. On February 22, 2024, analysts decreased their price target for WEN shares from 24 to 20.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Wendy’s Co is set at 0.39, with the Price to Sales ratio for WEN stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.31. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 11.07, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 3.10. Price to Free Cash Flow for WEN in the course of the last twelve months was 10.28 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 2.08.
How has WEN stock performed recently?
Wendy’s Co [WEN] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -6.35. With this latest performance, WEN shares dropped by -15.05% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -17.71% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -26.16% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for WEN stock in for the last two-week period is set at 16.01, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 11.35, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 21.52 for Wendy’s Co [WEN]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 17.01, while it was recorded at 14.58 for the last single week of trading, and 17.63 for the last 200 days.
Wendy’s Co [WEN]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Wendy’s Co’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 2.08 and a Current Ratio set at 2.10.
Earnings analysis for Wendy’s Co [WEN]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for WEN. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Wendy’s Co go to 6.84%.
Insider trade positions for Wendy’s Co [WEN]
There are presently around $89.48%, or 98.28%% of WEN stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of WEN stocks are: TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT, L.P. with ownership of 31.51 million shares, which is approximately 15.3419%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 21.73 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$368.6 million in WEN stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$332.5 million in WEN stock with ownership which is approximately 9.5462%.
