The Wendy's Company (WEN)

The Wendy's Company Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 19 analysts that cover The Wendy's Company stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $10.42, which forecasts a 24.34% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $7.00 and the highest is $16.

Price Target: $10.42 (+24.34%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$7.00	$10.42	$11	$16
Change	-16.47%	+24.34%	+31.26%	+90.93%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for The Wendy's Company stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25
Strong Buy	4	4	3	3	3	3
Buy	2	1	1	1	1	0
Hold	10	10	12	12	13	14
Sell	1	1	1	2	2	2
Strong Sell	1	1	2	2	2	2
Total	18	17	19	20	21	21

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Christine Cho Goldman Sachs	Goldman Sachs	Strong Sell Maintains $9 → $8	Strong Sell	Maintains	$9 → $8	-4.53%	Dec 17, 2025
John Ivankoe JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Buy → Hold Downgrades $12 → $9	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$12 → $9	+7.40%	Dec 3, 2025
Dennis Geiger UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $11 → $9.5	Hold	Maintains	$11 → $9.5	+13.37%	Nov 10, 2025
Logan Reich RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Maintains $10 → $9	Hold	Maintains	$10 → $9	+7.40%	Nov 10, 2025
David Palmer Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Hold Maintains $12 → $11	Hold	Maintains	$12 → $11	+31.26%	Nov 10, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.19B

Decreased by -2.47%

from 2.25B

Revenue Next Year

2.26B

Increased by 3.06%

from 2.19B

EPS This Year

0.88

Decreased by -7.17%

from 0.95

EPS Next Year

0.90

Increased by 1.54%

from 0.88

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 2, 2022	Jan 1, 2023	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 29, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	1.73B	1.90B	2.10B	2.18B	2.25B	2.19B	2.26B
Revenue Growth	1.45%	9.41%	10.46%	4.11%	2.98%	-2.47%	3.06%
EPS	0.52	0.89	0.82	0.97	0.95	0.88	0.90
EPS Growth	-10.35%	71.15%	-7.87%	18.29%	-2.06%	-7.17%	1.54%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	9.50	9.36
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	30	30

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	2.3B	2.4B
Avg	2.2B	2.3B
Low	2.1B	2.1B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	2.6%	11.5%
Avg	-2.5%	3.1%
Low	-6.3%	-6.3%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	0.95	1.02
Avg	0.88	0.90
Low	0.81	0.74

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	-0.5%	15.5%
Avg	-7.2%	1.5%
Low	-14.4%	-16.7%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.