The Wendy's Company (WEN)
NASDAQ: WEN · Real-Time Price · USD
6.26
+0.08 (1.38%)
At close: Jun 23, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
6.25
0.00 (-0.05%)
After-hours: Jun 23, 2026, 7:57 PM EDT

The Wendy's Company Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

According to 25 analysts polled by S&P Global, The Wendy's Company stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $7.84. The average 1-year stock price forecast is 25.34% higher than the current stock price, while the lowest is $5.00 (-20.06%) and the highest is $13 (+107.83%).

Price Target: $7.84 (+25.34%)
Analyst Consensus: Hold
TargetLowAverageMedianHigh
Price$5.00$7.84$8.00$13
Change-20.06%+25.34%+27.90%+107.83%

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

RatingJan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26
Strong Buy432233
Buy111111
Hold202020191616
Sell111122
Strong Sell444433
Total302928272525

Latest Forecasts

AnalystFirmRatingRatingActionPrice TargetUpsideDate
BMO Capital
BMO Capital
Hold
Maintains
$8
HoldMaintains$8+27.90%Jun 10, 2026
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
Sell
Maintains
$7
SellMaintains$7+11.91%Jun 10, 2026
Bank of America Securities
Bank of America Securities
Sell
Maintains
$7$8
SellMaintains$7$8+27.90%Jun 10, 2026
RBC Capital
RBC Capital
Hold
Maintains
$8
HoldMaintains$8+27.90%Jun 9, 2026
Unknown Analyst
Guggenheim
No rating
Guggenheim
Hold
Reiterates
n/a
HoldReiteratesn/an/aMay 27, 2026
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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
2.22B
from 2.18B
Increased by 2.14%
Revenue Next Year
2.23B
from 2.22B
Increased by 0.34%
EPS This Year
0.57
from 0.88
Decreased by -34.76%
EPS Next Year
0.64
from 0.57
Increased by 11.68%
Fiscal YearFY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026
Period EndingJan 2, 2022Jan 1, 2023Dec 31, 2023Dec 29, 2024Dec 28, 2025Dec 31, 2026
Revenue
1.90B2.10B2.18B2.25B2.18B2.22B
Revenue Growth
9.41%10.46%4.11%2.98%-3.10%2.14%
Gross Profit
698.26M720.76M776.47M790.01M755.87M276.52M
Gross Margin
36.81%34.40%35.59%35.17%34.72%12.44%
Operating Income
333.01M335.63M380.89M376.77M339.18M286.64M
Net Income
200.39M177.37M204.44M194.36M165.08M109.28M
EPS
----0.880.57
EPS Growth
-----12.00%-34.76%
Forward PE
28.9224.3918.1015.9310.0510.90
Dividend / Share
0.430.501.001.000.670.56
Dividend Growth
-16.28%100.00%--33.00%-15.86%
Free Cash Flow
246.15M178.61M216.57M232.99M171.18M199.07M
No. Analysts
-----20
EPS and Forward PE are based on non-GAAP adjusted numbers.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue202620272028
High2.3B
Avg2.2B
Low2.2B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth202620272028
High
3.6%
Avg
2.1%
Low
0.1%

EPS Forecast

EPS202620272028
High0.62
Avg0.57
Low0.52

EPS Growth

EPS Growth202620272028
High
-29.5%
Avg
-34.8%
Low
-40.9%