The Wendy's Company (WEN) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of The Wendy's Company (WEN): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
About The Wendy's Company
The Wendy's Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation, development, and franchising of a system of quick-service restaurants in the United States and internationally. The company operates through the Wendy's U.S., Wendy's International, and Global Real Estate & Development segments. Its restaurants offer a menu that includes hamburger sandwiches and chicken sandwiches; chicken tenders and nuggets, chili, french fries, baked potatoes, salads, soft drinks, Frosty desserts, and kids' meals; breakfast menu, including the Breakfast Baconator sandwich and seasoned products; and a variety of promotional products on a limited time basis. The company also owns and leases real estate properties. As of December 28, 2025, there were 5,969 Wendy's restaurants in operation in the United States and 1,428 Wendy's restaurants in operation in 38 foreign countries and U.S. territories. The company was formerly known as Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc. and changed its name to The Wendy's Company in July 2011. The Wendy's Company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio.
Sector: Consumer Cyclical · Industry: Restaurants · United States · 4,967 employees · wendys.com
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-06
As of 2026-09-06, The Wendy's Company (WEN) had a market capitalization of $1.53B, a trailing P/E of 12.2 (forward 15.2), a dividend yield of 3.49% and a beta of 0.40; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $6.07 – $10.31 (-20.3% over the year).
- Market cap
- $1.53B
- Enterprise value
- $5.26B
- Trailing P/E
- 12.2
- Forward P/E
- 15.2
- PEG ratio
- 1.50
- EPS (trailing)
- $0.66
- EPS (forward)
- $0.53
- Dividend yield
- 3.49%
- Payout ratio
- 84.8%
- Ex-dividend date
- 2026-09-01
- 52-week range
- $6.07 – $10.31
- 52-week change
- -20.3%
- Beta
- 0.40
- Average volume
- 16.3M
- Shares outstanding
- 190.6M
- Short % of float
- 37.54%
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-11
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-11 scan of the US universe, The Wendy's Company (WEN) last closed at $7.44 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 40 (neutral territory), price -11.2% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread +5.4%, MACD histogram -0.16.
Sentiment inputs: 100% of recent Finnhub-scored headlines read bullish; StockTwits 75% bullish; Reddit mentions +14% over 24 hours; analyst consensus score 48/100.
Next scheduled company event: in 4 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
RapidTradeView has recorded no Congress or insider filing for WEN in the last 90 days. Coverage of House, Senate and SEC Form 4 filings began in July 2026, and insider sells are tracked for universe tickers only, so this is our record, not a guarantee that nothing was filed. Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
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What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls The Wendy's Company (WEN) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell WEN.
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