In a report released today, Jeremy Scott from Mizuho Securities reiterated a Buy rating on Wendy’s (NASDAQ: WEN), with a price target of $21. The company’s shares opened today at $18.03, close to its 52-week high of $18.59.
According to TipRanks.com, Scott is a 2-star analyst with an average return of 0.9% and a 43.8% success rate. Scott covers the Services sector, focusing on stocks such as Restaurant Brands International, McDonald’s Corp, and Texas Roadhouse.
The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Wendy’s with a $20.33 average price target, representing a 12.8% upside. In a report issued on August 9, Wedbush also maintained a Buy rating on the stock with a $20 price target.
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Wendy’s’ market cap is currently $4.26B and has a P/E ratio of 19.87. The company has a Price to Book ratio of 9.89.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 76 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is positive on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders buying their shares of WEN in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in June 2018, Nelson Peltz, a Director at WEN bought 12,000 shares for a total of $62,720.
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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, baked potatoes, French fries, freshly prepared salads, soft drinks, milk, coffee, frosty deserts and kids meals.
