After Hours
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours.
Stocks Info
This NASDAQ-listed company operates within the Restaurants industry segment, falling under the Consumer Cyclical sector. The current market capitalization of Wendy’s Co is $3.10B. A total of 6.13 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 5.03M shares.
In the most recent transaction, GILBERT KENNETH W sold 3,500 shares of WEN for 15.14 per share on Mar 04 ’25. After the transaction, the Director now owns 27,804 company shares. In a previous transaction on Mar 04 ’25, KENNETH W GILBERT bought 3,500 shares at 15.14 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Mathews-Spradlin Mich J disposed of 24,462 shares on Nov 07 ’24 at a per-share price of $20.28. This resulted in the Director holding 63,789 shares of WEN after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Esposito Liliana sold 52,009 shares at $19.63 per share on Nov 05 ’24. Company shares held by the Chf Corp Affrs & Sustnblty Ofc now total 83,492.
Dividend
The income generated by dividends is an indication that a company is improving its financial position, which is why investors prefer companies paying dividends. Wendy’s Co pays an annual dividend of $1.00, resulting in a dividend yield of 6.46%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.36. WEN’s most recent ex-dividend date was 6.9% when it declared a $0.25 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 3/3/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 12/2/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 4.92%. The WEN stock dividend was $0.25 per share in cash.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, WEN has a high of $20.65 and a low of $13.72.
As of this writing, WEN has an earnings estimate of $0.2 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 26.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.23 per share and a lower estimate of $0.17.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. WEN’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $249.44M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $3.86B in debt and $426.93M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $1.27, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $436.40M.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for WEN is Buy with a score of 3.29.
