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NYSE · WEN
The Wendy's Company
Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
$6.70
Up+$0.26 (+4.04%)
Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:08 AM
SID Score
4.2/10
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- Market cap
- 1.62B
- P/E ratio
- 9.08
- Dividend yield
- 10.00%
- 52-week range
- $5.94 – $10.12
- Volume
- 6.22M
- Avg. volume
- 7.25M
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WEN price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 15, 2026
WEN closed at $6.70 after 21 trading sessions, down 4.15% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $6.70
- Period change
- -4.15%
- Period low
- $6.10
- Period high
- $6.99
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | $6.60 | $6.815 | $6.532 | $6.70 | 6.22M |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $6.335 | $6.48 | $6.175 | $6.44 | 6.14M |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $6.39 | $6.39 | $6.28 | $6.35 | 3.74M |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $6.22 | $6.325 | $6.12 | $6.31 | 4.61M |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $6.18 | $6.26 | $6.06 | $6.23 | 5.06M |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $6.04 | $6.25 | $6.01 | $6.22 | 5.63M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $6.13 | $6.23 | $6.07 | $6.11 | 4.73M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $6.13 | $6.34 | $6.0889 | $6.16 | 5.22M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $6.12 | $6.135 | $5.94 | $6.10 | 6.06M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $6.33 | $6.38 | $6.11 | $6.12 | 4.57M |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $6.48 | $6.48 | $6.215 | $6.25 | 6.33M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $6.60 | $6.64 | $6.37 | $6.38 | 5.55M |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $6.40 | $6.565 | $6.40 | $6.54 | 5.27M |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $6.51 | $6.54 | $6.34 | $6.39 | 7.82M |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $6.50 | $6.63 | $6.43 | $6.55 | 4.95M |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $6.70 | $6.77 | $6.50 | $6.505 | 4.19M |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $6.86 | $6.8699 | $6.66 | $6.73 | 4.06M |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $6.74 | $6.885 | $6.74 | $6.81 | 4.29M |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $6.74 | $6.85 | $6.66 | $6.70 | 6.57M |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $7.01 | $7.04 | $6.60 | $6.74 | 16.17M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $7.12 | $7.19 | $6.99 | $6.99 | 5.12M |
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The Wendy's Company is the second-largest burger quick-service restaurant, or QSR, chain in the United States by systemwide sales, with $12.6 billion in 2024, narrowly edging Burger King ($11.5 billion) and clocking in well behind wide-moat McDonald's ($51.1 billion). After divestitures of Tim Hortons (2006) and Arby's (2011), the firm manages just the burger banner, generating sales across a footprint that spanned more than 7,200 total stores in 30 countries as of year-end 2024. Wendy's generates revenue from the sale of hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, salads, and fries throughout its company-owned footprint, through franchise royalty and marketing fund payments remitted by its franchisees, which account for roughly 94% of stores, and through franchise flipping and advisory fees.
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- Average target
- $10.13
- Implied upside
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
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| Sep 16, 2026 | Seaport Global | Neutral | — |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Citigroup | Neutral | — |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Citigroup | Neutral | — |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Citigroup | Neutral | — |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | — |
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Yahoo · Oct 13, 2026
Wendy's Costs Less Than $7 a Share. Here's Why That Doesn't Make It Cheap.
A Wendy's share costs less than a Baconator, hold the fries and drink. The new CEO is a turnaround expert, but he has a messy kitchen to clean up.
Yahoo · Oct 12, 2026
A bankrupt Wendy’s franchisee pushes back against the brand
Meritage Hospitality Group is fighting the company’s termination, while the brand seeks more say in which of the operator’s stores are closed.
Yahoo · Oct 9, 2026
10 more Wendy’s stores could close this weekend, even though the fast food chain tried to save them. See the list
A large franchisee is in the process of closing dozens of restaurants as part of a bankruptcy process, but Wendy’s is not happy with the stores it’s picking.
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