Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ: WEN) is -5.83% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $13.72 and a high of $20.65 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The WEN stock was last observed hovering at around $15.25 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.1%.
Currently trading at $15.35, the stock is 0.30% and 1.88% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.21 million and changing 0.66% at the moment leaves the stock -9.23% off its SMA200. WEN registered -16.53% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -8.79%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $15.0664 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $16.9111.
The stock witnessed a 7.95% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -12.19%, and is -1.16% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.08% over the week and 3.53% over the month.
Wendy’s Co (WEN) has around 14500 employees, a market worth around $3.08B and $2.25B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 16.24 and Fwd P/E is 13.61. Profit margin for the company is 8.65%. Distance from 52-week low is 11.88% and -25.67% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.63%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 1.11% this year.
Wendy’s Co (WEN) Top Institutional Holders
554.0 institutions hold shares in Wendy’s Co (WEN), with institutional investors hold 103.94% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 203.83M, and float is at 182.47M with Short Float at 9.26%. Institutions hold 94.44% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT, L.P. with over 31.51 million shares valued at $534.37 million. The investor’s holdings represent 15.3758% of the WEN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 21.73 million shares valued at $368.6 million to account for 10.5824 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 19.61 million shares representing 9.5462% and valued at over $332.5 million, while HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P holds 4.632 of the shares totaling 9.49 million with a market value of $160.98 million.
Wendy’s Co (WEN) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by GILBERT KENNETH W, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that GILBERT KENNETH W sold 3,500 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 04 ’25 at a price of $15.14 per share for a total of $52991.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 27804.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 07 ’24, Mathews-Spradlin Mich J (Director) disposed off 24,462 shares at an average price of $20.28 for $0.5 million. The insider now directly holds 63,789 shares of Wendy’s Co (WEN).
