Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ:WEN) currently has a daily average trading volume of 5.56M but it saw 3521293 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 2.30B USD, the company’s current market price of $11.96 came rising about 0.67 while comparing to the previous closing price of $11.88. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $20.60 and as low as $11.70.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Wendy’s Co (WEN) gives us an average price of $12.37, while its current price level is -41.94% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 2.22% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $13.61 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $16.15. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.44% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.98%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 36.90 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
JP Morgan upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Overweight” from “Neutral” on May 05, 2025 while assigning a price target of $15. JP Morgan issued its recommendations for the stock as it resumed the price target for the stock in the range of between $20 and $17.
Over the week, WEN’s stock price is moving -1.32% down while it is -9.19% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -26.63% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -34.86%.
Currently, Wendy’s Co’s total number of outstanding shares is 195.85M with 9.39% of that held by the insiders while 98.24% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 4.73% and return on equity (ROE) at 90.40%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 12.76 while having a 11.33 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.36. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 17.98 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.03. Its return on asset (ROA) is 3.79% on average.
