Wendy’s (NASDAQ:WEN) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Wendy’s (NASDAQ:WEN) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.980-1.020 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.040. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

WEN has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. BMO Capital Markets raised their price objective on Wendy’s from $19.00 to $20.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. UBS Group dropped their price target on shares of Wendy’s from $20.00 to $17.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of Wendy’s from $18.00 to $17.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 10th. Stephens reiterated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $15.00 target price on shares of Wendy’s in a report on Thursday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price target on Wendy’s from $17.00 to $15.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have issued a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $19.43.

Wendy’s Stock Performance

Shares of WEN opened at $14.76 on Friday. Wendy’s has a 1 year low of $13.72 and a 1 year high of $20.65. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.01 billion, a PE ratio of 15.54, a PEG ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.64, a quick ratio of 2.08 and a current ratio of 2.10. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $15.61 and a 200-day simple moving average of $17.13.

Wendy’s (NASDAQ:WEN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The restaurant operator reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.24 by $0.01. Wendy’s had a net margin of 8.76% and a return on equity of 70.02%. On average, analysts predict that Wendy’s will post 0.99 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wendy’s Company Profile

The Wendy’s Co engages in operating, developing, and franchising a system of quick-service restaurants. It offers hamburgers and related products, such as chicken breast sandwiches, nuggets, chili, and baked potatoes, French fries, freshly prepared salads, soft drinks, milk, coffee, frosty deserts, and kid’s meals.