The Wendy's Company (WEN)
NASDAQ: WEN · Real-Time Price · USD
14.63
-0.38 (-2.53%)
At close: Mar 28, 2025, 4:00 PM
14.70
+0.07 (0.47%)
After-hours: Mar 28, 2025, 7:59 PM EDT

The Wendy's Company Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 19 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for The Wendy's Company stock have an average target of 18.5, with a low estimate of 14 and a high estimate of 29. The average target predicts an increase of 26.45% from the current stock price of 14.63.

Analyst Consensus: Hold
Target Low Average Median High
Price $14 $18.5 $17 $29
Change -4.31% +26.45% +16.20% +98.22%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for The Wendy's Company stock from 19 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating Oct '24Nov '24Dec '24Jan '25Feb '25Mar '25
Strong Buy 333333
Buy 333322
Hold 151515131112
Sell 000111
Strong Sell 111111
Total 222222211819

Latest Forecasts

Analyst Firm Rating Rating Action Price Target Upside Date
Citigroup
Citigroup
Hold
Maintains
$16$17
Hold Maintains $16$17 +12.78% Mar 7, 2025
UBS
UBS
Hold
Maintains
$15$16
Hold Maintains $15$16 +9.36% Mar 7, 2025
Barclays
Barclays
Hold
Maintains
$16$17
Hold Maintains $16$17 +16.20% Mar 7, 2025
Wedbush
Wedbush
Hold
Reiterates
$16
Hold Reiterates $16 +9.36% Mar 7, 2025
Stephens & Co.
Stephens & Co.
Hold
Reiterates
$15
Hold Reiterates $15 +2.53% Mar 7, 2025
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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
2.28B
from 2.25B
Increased by 1.63%
Revenue Next Year
2.37B
from 2.28B
Increased by 3.90%
EPS This Year
1.02
from 0.95
Increased by 6.88%
EPS Next Year
1.14
from 1.02
Increased by 12.43%
Fiscal Year FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027
Period Ending Jan 3, 2021 Jan 2, 2022 Jan 1, 2023 Dec 31, 2023 Dec 29, 2024 Dec 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2026 Dec 31, 2027
Revenue
1.73B1.90B2.10B2.18B2.25B2.28B2.37B2.46B
Revenue Growth
1.45%9.41%10.46%4.11%2.98%1.63%3.90%3.58%
EPS
0.520.890.820.970.951.021.141.26
EPS Growth
-10.35%71.15%-7.87%18.29%-2.06%6.88%12.43%10.44%
Forward PE
-----14.4112.8211.60
No. Analysts -----313015
Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue 20252026202720282029
High 2.4B 2.5B 2.6B
Avg 2.3B 2.4B 2.5B
Low 2.2B 2.2B 2.3B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth 20252026202720282029
High
7.2%
11.0%
9.9%
Avg
1.6%
3.9%
3.6%
Low
-2.6%
-1.9%
-3.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS 20252026202720282029
High 1.13 1.32 1.52
Avg 1.02 1.14 1.26
Low 0.92 1.01 1.02

EPS Growth

EPS Growth 20252026202720282029
High
19.4%
30.3%
33.4%
Avg
6.9%
12.4%
10.4%
Low
-3.0%
-0.6%
-10.7%
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.