Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) Issues Earnings Results

Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN - Get Free Report) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The restaurant operator reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.24 by $0.01, Zacks reports. The business had revenue of $574.27 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $564.17 million. Wendy's had a net margin of 8.76% and a return on equity of 70.02%. Wendy's updated its FY 2025 guidance to 0.980-1.020 EPS.

Wendy's Stock Performance

NASDAQ WEN traded down $0.46 on Monday, reaching $14.30. 8,626,784 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,064,512. The company has a current ratio of 2.10, a quick ratio of 2.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.64. Wendy's has a one year low of $13.72 and a one year high of $20.65. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.92 billion, a PE ratio of 15.05, a PEG ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 0.77. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $15.55 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $17.11.

Wendy's Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Investors of record on Monday, March 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 3rd. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.99%. Wendy's's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 105.26%.

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Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

WEN has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. UBS Group decreased their target price on Wendy's from $20.00 to $17.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Truist Financial decreased their price objective on shares of Wendy's from $22.00 to $19.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Friday. BMO Capital Markets raised their target price on shares of Wendy's from $19.00 to $20.00 and gave the stock a "market perform" rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Stephens reiterated an "equal weight" rating and set a $15.00 target price on shares of Wendy's in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on Wendy's from $18.00 to $17.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Wendy's has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $18.93.

About Wendy's

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.