The Wendy's Company

NasdaqGS:WEN Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.1b

Wendy's Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NasdaqGS:WEN Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
04 Mar 25SellUS$52,991Kenneth GilbertIndividual3,500US$15.14
07 Nov 24SellUS$496,089Michelle Mathews-SpradlinIndividual24,462US$20.28
08 Aug 24SellUS$17,180,000Trian Fund Management, L.P.Company1,000,000US$17.18
03 Jun 24SellUS$365,182Kristin DolanIndividual21,000US$17.39

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: WEN insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of WEN?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies132,3970.0644%
State or Government153,6550.0748%
Individual Insiders17,802,3628.66%
Hedge Funds40,883,67219.9%
Institutions146,529,85371.3%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 81.65% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
15.2%
Trian Fund Management, L.P.
30,525,029US$467.3m0.04%8.51%
10.5%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
21,098,155US$323.0m-4.22%no data
9.88%
BlackRock, Inc.
19,804,753US$303.2m0.39%no data
5.17%
AQR Capital Management, LLC
10,358,643US$158.6m-6.85%0.21%
5%
Nelson Peltz
10,022,828US$153.4m0%no data
4.61%
Harris Associates L.P.
9,249,305US$141.6m1.77%0.18%
3.14%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
6,303,279US$96.5m7.84%0.02%
2.75%
Peter May
5,510,666US$84.4m0.03%no data
2.72%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
5,458,671US$83.6m5.23%no data
2.48%
Squarepoint OPS LLC
4,976,780US$76.2m50.3%0.21%
2.29%
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.
4,592,205US$70.3m-29.8%0.16%
2.13%
JP Morgan Asset Management
4,274,699US$65.4m-2.9%0.01%
2.01%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
4,033,560US$61.8m1.1%0.01%
1.73%
1832 Asset Management L.P.
3,464,600US$53.0m0%0.07%
1.56%
Janus Henderson Group plc
3,133,832US$48.0m2.97%0.02%
1.55%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
3,105,186US$47.5m0.24%no data
1.22%
UBS Asset Management AG
2,452,223US$37.5m173%no data
1.21%
BNY Asset Management
2,421,564US$37.1m-4.57%0.01%
1.17%
City National Rochdale, LLC
2,341,596US$35.8m-6.71%0.11%
1.03%
Millennium Management LLC
2,066,563US$31.6m-24.7%0.03%
0.95%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd
1,911,324US$29.3m597%0.05%
0.86%
Eaton Vance Management
1,726,585US$26.4m2.65%0.01%
0.85%
Invesco Capital Management LLC
1,706,382US$26.1m461%0.01%
0.79%
Victory Capital Management Inc.
1,591,281US$24.4m93%0.02%
0.79%
Northern Trust Global Investments
1,575,420US$24.1m24.3%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/03/18 22:18
End of Day Share Price 2025/03/18 00:00
Earnings2024/12/29
Annual Earnings2024/12/29

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

The Wendy's Company is covered by 49 analysts. 23 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John StaszakArgus Research Company
Jeffrey BernsteinBarclays
Jeffrey BernsteinBarclays