Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for WEN in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Wendy's (WEN) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$6.31+0.08 (+1.3%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeWendy's shares remain under pressure amid a continuing legal dispute with one of its largest franchisees, which is undergoing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring. Additional store closures were planned for the weekend of 12 October, following a prior round of permanent shutdowns, and the stock touched a new 52-week low of $5.95 on 5 October trading. The company also confirmed it will report third quarter 2026 results on 5 November.
WEN closed at $6.31, up 1.3%, though it sits below both its 50-day average of $7.50 and 200-day average of $7.49, reflecting a mixed trend. The GekkoIndex reads 65.7, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, down 4.4 points over five days. The current price stands 40.1% below the Gekko Fair Value of $10.53.
Over the next 20 trading days, the 5 November earnings date falls within the typical holding window, following a Q2 report that showed global systemwide sales down 6.5% and U.S. same-restaurant sales down 7%, with a -1.2% reaction at the time. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the recent windows. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged +5.3% over five years, rising in 4 of them. Consensus among 12 analysts includes 9 hold and 3 sell ratings, with a consensus target of $7.57.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Wendy's price vs fair value
Close $6.31200-day averageGekko Fair Value $10.53
Wendy's quick facts
- Market cap
- $1.20B
- P/E ratio
- 9.4
- Forward P/E
- 12.4
- EPS, TTM
- $0.66
- Revenue, TTM
- $2.20B
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Dividend yield
- 9.17%
- Beta
- 0.41
- Volume
- 4.61M avg 5.84M
- 1-year return
- −28.5%
- Typical daily move
- ±3.5%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.7%
- 50-day average
- $7.50
- 200-day average
- $7.49
- Next earnings
- Nov 5
- Shares outstanding
- 190.7M
Wendy's swing-trade checklist
Wendy's scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $6.31 sits between the 50-day ($7.50) and 200-day ($7.49) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
65.7, Accumulation
Reading 65.7 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
40.1% below
Price is 40.1% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 24 days
Reports on Nov 5, 2026, 24 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+5.3% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +5.3% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonality
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Wendy's stock chart and price history
Wendy's closed at $6.31 on Oct 12, 2026, −28.5% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $5.94 to $10.12.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −17.3%
- 3 months
- −15.0%
- 6 months
- −5.8%
- 1 year
- −28.5%
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Wendy's GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Wendy's’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 65.7, in the Accumulation zone, down 4.4 points over five sessions.
65.7Accumulation
Down 4.4 points over five sessions, from the Buying zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 53 | +1.0% | −0.7% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 343 | −0.6% | −2.2% | ||
| Neutral | 272 | −1.0% | −3.6% | ||
| Distribution | 10 | −3.7% | −10.4% | ||
| Selling | 4 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average WEN share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Wendy's stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Wendy's trades 40.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $10.53, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Wendy's shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$10.53
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
40.1% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 6.0% above the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Wendy's insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Wendy's, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in WEN were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Wendy's has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 28, 2026
- $1.92M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.16%
- Trailing four quarters
- $16.61M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
1of the funds Gekko tracks holds WEN.
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Wendy's earnings: next date and track record
Wendy's reports on Nov 5, 2026 (24 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 5, 2026
24 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.10
- Revenue estimate
- $533.2M
6 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±2.3%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Aug 7, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Wendy's Q2 fiscal 2026 results were weak: global systemwide sales fell 6.5%, U.S. same-restaurant sales declined 7%, and international same-restaurant sales dropped 2.3%, pressuring adjusted EBITDA and EPS. New CEO Bob Wright acknowledged eroded quality differentiation, weakened value proposition, and franchisee economic pressure. Bright spots included improved U.S. customer satisfaction scores, company-operated restaurants outperforming system by 280bps, and 48 combined new restaurant openings globally.
- Guidance
- No formal forward-looking guidance was provided in this excerpt. Management signaled a turnaround focus on traffic-driven sales growth, margin expansion, and franchisee economics improvement, but specific targets were not yet disclosed.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | $0.18 est $0.16 | $570.6M est $557.1M | −1.2% |
| May 8, 2026 | $0.12 est $0.10 | $540.6M est $518.0M | −2.7% |
| Feb 13, 2026 | $0.16 est $0.14 | $543.0M est $537.2M | −3.7% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $0.24 est $0.20 | $549.5M est $534.7M | −3.3% |
| Aug 8, 2025 | $0.29 est $0.25 | $560.9M est $558.0M | +3.4% |
| May 2, 2025 | $0.20 est $0.20 | $523.5M est $525.4M | +0.2% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $0.25 est $0.24 | $574.3M est $562.6M | +0.6% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $0.25 est $0.25 | $566.7M est $564.0M | −3.2% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Wendy's stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Wendy's is $7.57, +20.0% from the last close, from 12 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$7.57consensus 12-month target, +20.0% from the last close
Now $6.31Avg $7.57
Low $5.50High $9
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 12 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 | J.P. Morgan | $7 | +10.9% |
| Sep 15 | Guggenheim | — | — |
| Sep 15 | Seaport Global | — | — |
| Sep 1 | Citi | $8.25 | +30.7% |
| Aug 26 | Morgan Stanley | $5.50 | −12.8% |
−2.2%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+5.3%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.5%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Wendy's seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Wendy's averaged +5.3% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +3.3% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +3.3% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +4.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +5.3% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +0.8% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, WEN’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.7%.
Wendy's market cap and key statistics
Wendy's’s market cap is $1.20B, with a P/E ratio of 9.4 and revenue of $2.20B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $1.20B
- P/E ratio
- 9.4
- Forward P/E
- 12.4
- EPS, TTM
- $0.66
- Gekko Fair Value
- $10.53
Trading
- Volume
- 4.61M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 5.84M
- 52-week high
- $10.12
- 52-week low
- $5.94
- Shares outstanding
- 190.7M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $2.20B
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Return on equity
- 108%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −40.8%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.41
- Typical daily move
- ±3.5%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.7%
- Dividend yield
- 9.17%
Wendy's stock news this week
4 headlines about Wendy's from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
- 10 more Wendy's stores could close this weekend, even though the fast food chain tried to save them. See the listFast Company, Oct 12
- The Wendy's Company to Report Third Quarter 2026 Results on November 5PRNewsWire, Oct 8
- Wendy's is facing more store closures: See an updated list of shuttered locations from franchise bankruptcyFast Company, Oct 5
- Wendy’s (NASDAQ:WEN) Sets New 12-Month Low – Time to Sell?Defense World, Oct 5
Wendy's peers
Wendy's’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| MCDMcDonald's | Accumulation | 11.4% below |
| SBUXStarbucks | Accumulation | 10.2% above |
| YUMYum! Brands | Neutral | 19.8% below |
| CMGChipotle Mexican Grill | Accumulation | 10.0% below |
| QSRRestaurant Brands International | Accumulation | 37.4% below |
| DRIDarden Restaurants | Accumulation | 14.9% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Wendy's stock FAQ
What is Wendy's’s market cap?
Wendy's’s market cap is $1.20B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $6.31, with 190.7M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 9.4.
What is the Wendy's stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Wendy's is $7.57, +20.0% from the last close. Of the 12 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 0 rate it a buy, 9 a hold and 3 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Wendy's stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Wendy's is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $6.31 is 40.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $10.53. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Wendy's report earnings next?
Wendy's is expected to report on Nov 5, 2026 (24 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.10 per share on revenue of $533.2M. Wendy's beat the earnings estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports, moving 2.3% on average across the report.
What is Wendy's’s 52-week high and low?
Wendy's’s 52-week high is $10.12 and its 52-week low is $5.94; it closed at $6.31 on Oct 12, 2026, −28.5% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $24.48 on Jan 7, 2022.
Is Wendy's stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
How this page works
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