Wendy’s (NASDAQ:WEN) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.01 EPS

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

Wendy’s Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ WEN traded down $0.46 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $14.30. The company had a trading volume of 8,626,784 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,064,512. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.64, a quick ratio of 2.08 and a current ratio of 2.10. Wendy’s has a one year low of $13.72 and a one year high of $20.65. The firm has a market cap of $2.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.05, a PEG ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 0.77. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $15.55 and its 200 day simple moving average is $17.11.

Wendy’s Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Investors of record on Monday, March 3rd will be given a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 3rd. Wendy’s’s payout ratio is currently 105.26%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on WEN shares. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on Wendy’s from $18.00 to $17.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 10th. Stephens reissued an “equal weight” rating and issued a $15.00 price objective on shares of Wendy’s in a report on Thursday. Barclays cut their price target on Wendy’s from $17.00 to $16.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Friday. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target on Wendy’s from $17.00 to $15.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 6th. Finally, Wedbush raised their price target on Wendy’s from $15.50 to $16.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have issued a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Wendy’s has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $18.93.

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.