The Wendy's Company Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

According to 24 analysts polled by S&P Global, The Wendy's Company stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $7.79. The average 1-year stock price forecast is 13.54% lower than the current stock price, while the lowest is $5.00 (-44.51%) and the highest is $13 (+44.28%).

Price Target: $7.79 (-13.54%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Price Target

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Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$5.00	$7.79	$8.00	$13
Change	-44.51%	-13.54%	-11.21%	+44.28%

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

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Rating	Mar '26	Apr '26	May '26	Jun '26	Jul '26	Aug '26
Strong Buy	2	2	3	3	3	3
Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hold	20	19	16	16	15	15
Sell	1	1	2	2	2	2
Strong Sell	4	4	3	3	3	3
Total	28	27	25	25	24	24

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Rahul Krotthapalli J.P. Morgan	J.P. Morgan	Sell Maintains $7	Sell	Maintains	$7	-22.31%	Aug 13, 2026
Christopher Carril KeyBanc	KeyBanc	Hold Maintains n/a	Hold	Maintains	n/a	n/a	Aug 11, 2026
David Palmer Evercore ISI	Evercore ISI	Hold Maintains $8	Hold	Maintains	$8	-11.21%	Aug 10, 2026
Brian Harbour Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Sell Reiterates $7 → $5.5	Sell	Reiterates	$7 → $5.5	-38.96%	Aug 10, 2026
Andrew Strelzik BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Hold Reiterates $8	Hold	Reiterates	$8	-11.21%	Aug 10, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.20B

from 2.18B

1.15%

from 2.18B

Revenue Next Year

2.19B

from 2.20B

-0.42%

from 2.20B

EPS This Year

0.52

from 0.88

-41.01%

from 0.88

EPS Next Year

0.55

from 0.52

5.16%

from 0.52

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Jan 2, 2022	Jan 1, 2023	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 29, 2024	Dec 28, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	1.90B	2.10B	2.18B	2.25B	2.18B	2.20B
Revenue Growth	9.41%	10.46%	4.11%	2.98%	-3.10%	1.15%
Operating Income	333.01M	335.63M	380.89M	376.77M	339.18M	269.33M
Net Income	200.39M	177.37M	204.44M	194.36M	165.08M	95.60M
EPS	-	-	-	-	0.88	0.52
EPS Growth	-	-	-	-	-12.00%	-41.01%
Forward PE	28.92	24.39	18.10	15.93	10.05	17.36
Dividend / Share	0.43	0.50	1.00	1.00	0.67	0.42
Dividend Growth	48.28%	16.28%	100.00%	-	-33.00%	-37.15%
Free Cash Flow	246.15M	178.61M	216.57M	232.99M	171.18M	155.20M
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	20

EPS and Forward PE are based on non-GAAP adjusted numbers.

Revenue Forecast

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Revenue	2026	2027	2028
High	2.3B
Avg	2.2B
Low	2.1B

Revenue Growth

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Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	3.5%
Avg	1.1%
Low	-2.3%

EPS Forecast

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EPS	2026	2027	2028
High	0.57
Avg	0.52
Low	0.42

EPS Growth

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EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	-35.0%
Avg	-41.0%
Low	-52.3%