Neuberger Berman Group LLC, an American private investment management firm, has increased its holdings in shares of The Wendy’s Company by 19.6% in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2022-23, as per the disclosure shared with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Currently, the institutional investor holds about 128,229 shares of Wendy’s, after acquiring an additional 20,997 shares during the period. Neuberger Berman Group LLC’s total worth in Wendy’s has been reported to be $2,902,000 at the latest SEC filing.
Several equities research analysts have released their reports regarding Wendy’s stock price. Citigroup reduced Wendy’s target price from $25.00 to $24.00 and issued a “neutral” rating for the company in its research note on March 2nd, 2023. Wedbush reaffirmed their “outperform” rating on Wendy’s shares and set a price objective of $26.50 on March 2nd, 2023. Meanwhile, Truist Financial lifted its price objective range from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave a “buy” rating for Wendy’s stock on April 17th, 2023. Northcoast Research lowered rating for Wendy’s shares from a “buy” to a “neutral” rating with effect from March 6th this year while StockNews.com initiated coverage with a “hold” rating on May 18th.
Twelve analysts have so far rated Wenstock with hold ratings while seven other investment firms gave buy ratings to The Wendy’s Company; according to data available from Bloomberg sources; hence putting WEN shares under an overall consensus rating of Hold accompanied by an average price target amounting to $25.44.
Since yesterday(WEN) stock decreased by around USD0.16 trading at US$22., reaching an exchanged volume scale of 445,387 shares of the company’s stock as compared to the average volume of 2,801,024 shares. Currently, Wendy’s Company has a 12-month low performance figure of $17.03 and a high of $23.90 with current ratios at 2.51; a quick ratio of around 2.50 with a debt-to-equity value standing tall at nearly 7.99 times. The stock has a market capitalization value measuring up to USD4.65 billion, P/E ratio amounting to roughly around26.45; PEG (Price-Earnings-Growth) ratio scaling up to 2.26 with beta at approximately0.92.With moving averages survey indicating that the business has a fifty-day moving average price scale of around US$22.37 while two-hundred day moving average amounts to around US$22.30.
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Wendy’s Sees Strategic Acquisitions and Share Sales by Directors Amid Flurry of Fast-Food Industry Activity
The fast-food industry has seen a flurry of activity in recent months, with institutional investors and directors withdrawing large quantities of shares to sell on the open market. Wendy’s, a leading fast-food chain, witnessed several strategic acquisitions by prominent investors in Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Quantbot Technologies LP, Accurate Wealth Management LLC and CoreCap Advisors LLC, increasing the total institutional investee ownership to 70.59% of the company. It was also reported that Covestor Ltd boosted its stake in Wendy’s shares by 85.1%, bringing its total holdings to over $77,000.
The sale of shares by directors Matthew H. Peltz and Nelson Peltz raised concerns among investors, as it showed that both sought to cash in big profits made on their existing stakes. The transactions combined amounted to approximately $22 million for all parties involved; according to SEC filings each director will now own more than 20 million shares in Wendy’s. However, this led analysts to speculate if they believed this signaled a slowdown in trading activity or merely reflected confidence that Wendy’s would continue performing well going forward.
Research analysts have also issued reports on Wendy’s performance, with twelve rating the stock as a “hold” and seven designating it as a “buy.” Recently released earnings data showcased an EPS (earnings per share) of $0.21 for Q2-2023 which beat consensus estimates by $0.01 per share but missed out on revenue targets slightly at $528 million compared with projections of $525 million. Despite missing out margins anticipated by analysts during Q2-2023 reporting period for fast food players remained strong.
Despite recent share sales from major officials across the board at Wendy’s causing some concern initially among its investors due to dwindling returns faced later last year amidst supply chain constraints due to covid-recovery still weighing heavy within financial markets. However, with renewed investor interest and multiple strategic moves observed directors in the food chain showed confidence that the company will continue to perform well, backed by strong sales margins reported earlier this year. Wendy’s has consistently proved itself as a resilient company within market trends and emerging competition, being amongst the bigger names around town with others including McDonald’s, KFC and long-standing competitor brand Burger King – it remains to be seen how their forays into technology and exploring alternate revenue streams will affect the landscape of the fast-food sector over time.