Currently, Wendy’s Co [WEN] is trading at $15.03, up 1.35%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The WEN shares have gain 3.44% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -7.79%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Wendy’s Co [NASDAQ: WEN] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 21, 2025, when Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Underweight and also revised its price target to $14 from $22. Previously, Goldman started tracking the stock with Sell rating on June 13, 2024, and set its price target to $16. Bernstein downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform and decreased its price target to $20 on February 22, 2024. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to a Neutral and reduced its price target to $19 on February 21, 2024. Gordon Haskett downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on January 16, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $21. In a note dated January 03, 2024, Barclays downgraded an Equal Weight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $23 to $21.
This stock has fluctuated between a low of $13.98 and a high of $20.65 over the last 52 weeks. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $18.58 within the next 12 months. Wendy’s Co [NASDAQ: WEN] shares were valued at $15.03 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 23.62% based on the average WEN price forecast.
Analyzing the WEN fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Wendy’s Co [NASDAQ:WEN] were 2.21B which represents 2.94% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.28% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.16%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.12%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.09%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.68 and Total Capital is 0.08. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of15.77.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 14.65 points at the first support level, and at 14.26 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 15.30, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 15.56.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Wendy’s Co [NASDAQ:WEN] is 2.10. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 2.08, while the Cash Ratio is 1.29. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.38, the price to book ratio is 11.75 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 15.99.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Mathews-Spradlin Mich J, Director, that happened on Nov 07 ’24 when 24462.0 shares were sold. Chf Corp Affrs & Sustnblty Ofc, Esposito Liliana completed a deal on Nov 05 ’24 to sell 52009.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Michelle Mathews-Spradlin bought 24462.0 shares on Nov 07 ’24.
