The Wendy's Company Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 20 analysts that cover The Wendy's Company stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $8.88, which forecasts a 23.85% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $6.00 and the highest is $16.

Price Target: $8.88 (+23.85%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$6.00	$8.88	$8.00	$16
Change	-16.32%	+23.85%	+11.58%	+123.15%

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	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26
Strong Buy	3	3	3	3	3	3
Buy	1	1	0	0	0	0
Hold	12	13	14	14	15	15
Sell	2	2	2	2	2	2
Strong Sell	2	2	2	2	2	2
Total	20	21	21	21	22	22

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Rahul Krotthapalli JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $9 → $7	Hold	Maintains	$9 → $7	-2.37%	Feb 23, 2026
Jim Salera Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Hold Reiterates $8	Hold	Reiterates	$8	+11.58%	Feb 18, 2026
Dennis Geiger UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $8.5 → $7.5	Hold	Maintains	$8.5 → $7.5	+4.60%	Feb 17, 2026
Christine Cho Goldman Sachs	Goldman Sachs	Strong Sell Maintains $8 → $7	Strong Sell	Maintains	$8 → $7	-2.37%	Feb 17, 2026
Logan Reich RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Maintains $8.5 → $8	Hold	Maintains	$8.5 → $8	+11.58%	Feb 17, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.23B

from 2.18B

2.44%

from 2.18B

Revenue Next Year

2.25B

from 2.23B

0.99%

from 2.23B

EPS This Year

0.59

from 0.85

-30.71%

from 0.85

EPS Next Year

0.67

from 0.59

13.70%

from 0.59

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Jan 2, 2022	Jan 1, 2023	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 29, 2024	Dec 28, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	1.90B	2.10B	2.18B	2.25B	2.18B	2.23B	2.25B
Revenue Growth	9.41%	10.46%	4.11%	2.98%	-3.10%	2.44%	0.99%
EPS	0.89	0.82	0.97	0.95	0.85	0.59	0.67
EPS Growth	71.15%	-7.87%	18.29%	-2.06%	-10.53%	-30.71%	13.70%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	12.17	10.71
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	30	27

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	2.4B	2.4B
Avg	2.2B	2.3B
Low	2.0B	2.0B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	9.0%	8.9%
Avg	2.4%	1.0%
Low	-6.9%	-8.1%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	0.63	0.83
Avg	0.59	0.67
Low	0.53	0.54

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	-25.4%	40.8%
Avg	-30.7%	13.7%
Low	-37.7%	-8.5%

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.