A new trading day began on Monday, with Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ: WEN) stock price up 3.34% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $17.98. WEN’s price has ranged from $15.61 to $20.65 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Cyclical Sector giant was 6.58%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 2.89%. With a float of $185.62 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $205.40 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 15300 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 27.84%, operating margin of 16.18%, and the pretax margin is 12.17%.
Wendy’s Co (WEN) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Restaurants Industry. The insider ownership of Wendy’s Co is 8.94%, while institutional ownership is 80.46%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 07 ’24, was worth 496,089. In this transaction Director of this company sold 24,462 shares at a rate of $20.28, taking the stock ownership to the 63,789 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 05 ’24, when Company’s Chf Corp Affrs & Sustnblty Ofc sold 52,009 for $19.63, making the entire transaction worth $1,020,937. This insider now owns 83,492 shares in total.
Wendy’s Co (WEN) Recent Fiscal highlights
In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 0.21 per share, which was $0.1 lower than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.23 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 2.89% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 6.84% during the next five years compared to 10.66% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ: WEN) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Wendy’s Co’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 2.08. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.70. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 13.39.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.94, a number that is poised to hit 0.24 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.05 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Wendy’s Co (WEN)
Looking closely at Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ: WEN), its last 5-days average volume was 3.78 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 3.53 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 50.10%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.54.
During the past 100 days, Wendy’s Co’s (WEN) raw stochastic average was set at 59.48%, which indicates a significant increase from 33.88% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 30.82% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 30.81% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $18.61, while its 200-day Moving Average is $17.99. However, in the short run, Wendy’s Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $18.74. Second resistance stands at $18.91. The third major resistance level sits at $19.21. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $18.27, it is likely to go to the next support level at $17.97. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $17.80.
Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ: WEN) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 3.76 billion, the company has a total of 203,845K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 2,182 M while annual income is 204,440 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 566,740 K while its latest quarter income was 50,220 K.
