The Wendy's Company (WEN)
NASDAQ: WEN · Real-Time Price · USD
8.44
-0.10 (-1.17%)
At close: Dec 5, 2025, 4:00 PM EST
8.48
+0.04 (0.48%)
After-hours: Dec 5, 2025, 7:50 PM EST

The Wendy's Company Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 19 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for The Wendy's Company stock have an average target of 10.47, with a low estimate of 7.00 and a high estimate of 16. The average target predicts an increase of 24.05% from the current stock price of 8.44.

Analyst Consensus: Hold
Target Low Average Median High
Price $7.00 $10.47 $11 $16
Change -17.06% +24.05% +30.33% +89.57%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for The Wendy's Company stock from 21 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25
Strong Buy 443333
Buy 211110
Hold 101012121314
Sell 111222
Strong Sell 112222
Total 181719202121

Latest Forecasts

Analyst Firm Rating Rating Action Price Target Upside Date
JP Morgan
JP Morgan
Hold
Downgrades
$12$9
Hold Downgrades $12$9 +6.64% Dec 3, 2025
UBS
UBS
Hold
Maintains
$11$9.5
Hold Maintains $11$9.5 +12.56% Nov 10, 2025
RBC Capital
RBC Capital
Hold
Maintains
$10$9
Hold Maintains $10$9 +6.64% Nov 10, 2025
Evercore ISI Group
Evercore ISI Group
Hold
Maintains
$12$11
Hold Maintains $12$11 +30.33% Nov 10, 2025
TD Cowen
TD Cowen
Hold
Maintains
$11$9
Hold Maintains $11$9 +6.64% Nov 10, 2025
More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
2.19B
from 2.25B
Decreased by -2.47%
Revenue Next Year
2.26B
from 2.19B
Increased by 3.06%
EPS This Year
0.88
from 0.95
Decreased by -7.17%
EPS Next Year
0.90
from 0.88
Increased by 1.54%
Fiscal Year FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026
Period Ending Jan 3, 2021 Jan 2, 2022 Jan 1, 2023 Dec 31, 2023 Dec 29, 2024 Dec 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2026
Revenue
1.73B1.90B2.10B2.18B2.25B2.19B2.26B
Revenue Growth
1.45%9.41%10.46%4.11%2.98%-2.47%3.06%
EPS
0.520.890.820.970.950.880.90
EPS Growth
-10.35%71.15%-7.87%18.29%-2.06%-7.17%1.54%
Forward PE
-----9.579.43
No. Analysts -----3030
Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue 202520262027202820292030
High 2.3B 2.4B
Avg 2.2B 2.3B
Low 2.1B 2.1B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth 202520262027202820292030
High
2.6%
11.5%
Avg
-2.5%
3.1%
Low
-6.3%
-6.3%

EPS Forecast

EPS 202520262027202820292030
High 0.95 1.02
Avg 0.88 0.90
Low 0.81 0.74

EPS Growth

EPS Growth 202520262027202820292030
High
-0.5%
15.5%
Avg
-7.2%
1.5%
Low
-14.4%
-16.7%
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.