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The Wendy's Co has a consensus price target of $20.47 based on the ratings of 26 analysts. The high is $29 issued by Tigress Financial on September 4, 2024. The low is $14 issued by Morgan Stanley on January 21, 2025. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Morgan Stanley, Stifel, and UBS on January 21, 2025, January 10, 2025, and January 7, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $16 between Morgan Stanley, Stifel, and UBS, there's an implied 12.60% upside for The Wendy's Co from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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The latest price target for Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) was reported by Morgan Stanley on January 21, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $14.00 expecting WEN to fall to within 12 months (a possible -1.48% downside). 58 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) was provided by Morgan Stanley, and Wendy's downgraded their underweight rating.
The last upgrade for The Wendy's Co happened on May 19, 2023 when Argus Research raised their price target to $26. Argus Research previously had a hold for The Wendy's Co.
The last downgrade for The Wendy's Co happened on January 21, 2025 when Morgan Stanley changed their price target from $22 to $14 for The Wendy's Co.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Wendy's, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Wendy's was filed on January 21, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around January 21, 2026.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Wendy's (WEN) rating was a downgraded with a price target of $22.00 to $14.00. The current price Wendy's (WEN) is trading at is $14.21, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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