Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ: WEN) is -22.76% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $12.05 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 $12.80 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.21%.
Currently trading at $12.59, the stock is -3.76% and -12.42% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.83 million and changing -1.64% at the moment leaves the stock -23.51% off its SMA200. WEN registered -36.48% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -35.34%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $14.3762 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $16.46015.
The stock witnessed a -13.94% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -13.83%, and is 0.16% up 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 1.96% over the week and 3.93% over the month.
Wendy’s Co (WEN) has around 14500 employees, a market worth around $2.47B and $2.25B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 13.32 and Fwd P/E is 11.29. Profit margin for the company is 8.65%. Distance from 52-week low is 4.48% and -39.03% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.63%).
with sales reaching $526.63M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -0.20% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -0.07% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -1.52% in year-over-year returns.
Wendy’s Co (WEN) Top Institutional Holders
552.0 institutions hold shares in Wendy’s Co (WEN), with institutional investors hold 106.35% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 203.83M, and float is at 178.59M with Short Float at 9.41%. Institutions hold 96.58% 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 10.6058 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 19.61 million shares representing 9.5673% 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).
