Analyst ratings
Across 24 analysts the consensus is a Hold: 3 buy calls against 5 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $7.57.
NASDAQ: WEN · Restaurants
Over the past week, Wendy`s (WEN) racked up about 63 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Sell. The crowd averages 22% bullish but is far apart: Reddit runs 34% bullish while News sits at just 0%. Wall Street is more cautious, with 3 of 24 analysts rating WEN a buy.
There is little buzz around WEN this week and little agreement on direction, which is why it reads as a Sell.
Wall Street’s 13% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from News at 0% to Reddit at 34%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
Across 24 analysts the consensus is a Hold: 3 buy calls against 5 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $7.57.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits just below the neutral line, momentum is mixed and the 3 sources disagree sharply, so the read is a Sell.
The crowd runs 9 points hotter than the 13% analyst buy share, retail is ahead of the Street here. The split is inside the crowd: Reddit reads 34% bullish while News sits at 0%, a 34-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Over the 30-day window, Wendy`s (WEN) buzz held subdued around 19.6 while the price drifted down 18.3% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 5.8M shares. Updated Oct 10, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, WEN held roughly flat. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 32.4 and was variable, swinging between 19.6 and 42.8. Recent volume is in line with the 30-day average, reflecting steady institutional and retail participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 9 of the 21 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.
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| Adanos signal | Sell |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Hold (3 / 16 / 5) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 22% |
| Avg price target | $7.57 |
| Most bullish source | Reddit, 34% |
| Most bearish source | News, 0% |
| Sentiment spread | 34 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 63 |
| Market cap | $1.19B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | 9.4 · 12.4 |
| EPS · Beta | $0.66 · 0.4 |
| Revenue (TTM) | $2.2B · 6% margin |
| Industry | Restaurants |
Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X and News sources, Wendy`s (WEN) currently carries an Adanos sell signal with 93/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 22% bullish across 3 active sources. Those sources contribute 63 tracked mentions over the last 7 days. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
Reddit discussion around Wendy`s (WEN) is fairly quiet with 18 mentions over the last 7 days; the 30-day context spans 9 tracked subreddits. The 7-day tone is 34% bullish; 3-day activity momentum is stable, suggesting steady attention.
The crowd reads bearish on Wendy`s (WEN), averaging 22% bullish across 3 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are Reddit at 34% bullish and News at 0%, a 34-point spread. On the professional side, 3 of 24 analysts rate WEN a buy.
Of the 24 analysts covering Wendy`s (WEN), 3 rate it a buy, 16 a hold and 5 a sell, for a hold consensus. The average price target is $7.57. The crowd is the more bullish of the two, averaging 22%.
Wendy`s (WEN)'s cross-source average is bearish at 22% bullish. All 3 tracked sources lean bearish. Reddit reads 34% bullish, X reads 33% bullish and news coverage is the most negative at 0% bullish. The combined signal points to broad sell-side pressure with 93/100 conviction.
The cross-source average is bearish for Wendy`s (WEN) at 22% bullish. All 3 tracked sources lean bearish. The most bearish reading is news at 0% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is falling on X, while news activity is rising. The sell signal carries 93/100 conviction.
X is the dominant discussion channel with 33 mentions (52% of total volume). Reddit contributes 18 mentions and News contributes 12 mentions. The cross-source average is bearish at 22% bullish, while news is the only source with rising 3-day activity. All 3 tracked sources lean bearish.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. WEN's sell signal at 93/100 conviction reflects a bearish cross-source average at 22% bullish. All 3 tracked sources lean bearish. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.
The WEN sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.
Peers are ranked first by matching the Sell signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.
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