Wedbush 股票分析师下调了温迪公司（纳斯达克股票代码：WEN）的收益预期|纳斯达克_新浪财经

The Wendy's Company (NASDAQ:WEN – Get Rating) – Investment analysts at Wedbush cut their FY2022 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Wendy's in a research note issued on Friday, February 24th. Wedbush analyst N. Setyan now anticipates that the restaurant operator will post earnings of $0.84 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $0.86. Wedbush currently has a "Outperform" rating and a $26.50 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Wendy's' current full-year earnings is $0.85 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Wendy's' Q4 2022 earnings at $0.19 EPS, Q1 2023 earnings at $0.18 EPS, Q3 2023 earnings at $0.26 EPS and FY2023 earnings at $0.97 EPS.

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A number of other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on WEN. StockNews.com cut Wendy's from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 16th. TheStreet upgraded Wendy's from a "c+" rating to a "b-" rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 23rd. Cowen increased their price target on Wendy's from $19.00 to $22.00 and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a research note on Friday, January 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on Wendy's from $22.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 17th. Finally, Guggenheim set a $24.00 price target on Wendy's in a research note on Thursday, November 17th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $24.53.

Wendy's Trading Down 0.4 %

NASDAQ WEN opened at $22.50 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.86, a PEG ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 0.89. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $22.54 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $21.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.76, a quick ratio of 2.60 and a current ratio of 2.62. Wendy's has a 52 week low of $15.77 and a 52 week high of $23.78.

Wendy's Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 1st will be paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 28th. This is a positive change from Wendy's's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.44%. Wendy's's payout ratio is presently 57.47%.

Institutional Trading of Wendy's

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Money Concepts Capital Corp grew its position in Wendy's by 31,560.0% during the fourth quarter. Money Concepts Capital Corp now owns 1,583 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 1,578 shares in the last quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Wendy's during the second quarter worth about $37,000. Wipfli Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Wendy's during the third quarter worth about $38,000. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. purchased a new position in Wendy's during the fourth quarter worth about $41,000. Finally, Quantbot Technologies LP purchased a new position in Wendy's during the second quarter worth about $41,000. 70.59% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Wendy's

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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.