The Wendy's Company
WEN
NASDAQ·Consumer Cyclical·Restaurants·Mkt cap $1.5B
$8.03
▲ +1.90%
P/E
19.59
Mkt Cap
$1.5B
52-Wk Range
$6.07–$10.31
52-Week Range
$6.07 - $10.31
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Price action
Price chart
Down 20.3% over the trailing year
Total returns
Price performance
Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.
Why we rate it this way
The thesis at a glance
Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.
Bull Case
No bull reasons captured for this rating yet.
Bear Case
1 risk
- Low volatility (beta 0.4).
Growth
Strong growth ahead
Value
Fairly valued vs sector peers
Momentum
Strong
+19.1% over 3m
Quality
Stable
Mixed fundamentals
Dividend
High yield
6.10% yield
Smart-money signal
Who's buying WEN right now
Insider Form 4s, 13F institutional filings, and Congressional disclosures - at a glance.
Earnings track record
Latest print - beat on both lines
AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.
Next: Nov 6, 2026
AUG 7, 2026
Reported EPS of $0.18 vs $0.16 consensus (+10.5% surprise). Revenue of $570.6M vs $557.1M expected (+2.4%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.
EPS surprise · last 4Q
1 of 1 beats
Estimate
Actual
Q3 26
+10.5%
Revenue trend · last 2Q
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-57%
Q1 26
Q2 26
$540.6M
$240.0M
Margins · last 2Q
Gross
13.6%
Operating
-2.4%
Profit
13.6%
Wall Street consensus
7 analysts · 14% Buy
Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.
Buy
14%
Hold
71%
Sell
14%
Median Price Target
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Latest: Citi · Sep 1, 2026
vs Industry
How WEN stacks vs Restaurants
Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.
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