Analyst ratings
Across 24 analysts the consensus is a Hold: 4 buy calls against 5 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $7.80.
NASDAQ: WEN · Restaurants
Over the past week, Wendy`s (WEN) racked up about 124 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Buy. The crowd averages 66% bullish but is far apart: News runs 100% bullish while X sits at just 48%. Wall Street is more cautious, with 4 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 Buy.
Wall Street’s 17% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from X at 48% to News at 100%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
Across 24 analysts the consensus is a Hold: 4 buy calls against 5 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $7.80.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits above the neutral line, momentum is mixed and the 3 sources disagree sharply, so the read is a Buy.
The crowd runs 49 points hotter than the 17% analyst buy share, retail is ahead of the Street here. The split is inside the crowd: News reads 100% bullish while X sits at 48%, a 52-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Weekly price context: this Alpha Vantage chart keeps its own dated range; the sentiment metrics elsewhere on this page may be newer. Over the 30-day window, Wendy`s (WEN) buzz held subdued around 28.7 while the price drifted up 9.6% 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 10.3M shares. Over the last 7 trading days, WEN gained 3.6%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 42.8 and was variable, swinging between 28.7 and 61.0. Recent volume is running below the 30-day average, pointing to quieter participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 19 of the 22 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.
No Polymarket data for this stock this week.
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| Adanos signal | Buy |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Hold (4 / 15 / 5) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 66% |
| Avg price target | $7.80 |
| Most bullish source | News, 100% |
| Most bearish source | X, 48% |
| Sentiment spread | 52 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 124 |
| Market cap | $1.5B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | 12.5 · 15.0 |
| EPS · Beta | $0.63 · 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 buy signal with 93/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 66% bullish across 3 active sources. Those sources contribute 124 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 14 mentions over the last 7 days; the 30-day context spans 17 tracked subreddits. The 7-day tone is 50% bullish; 3-day activity momentum is falling, suggesting cooling attention.
The crowd reads bullish on Wendy`s (WEN), averaging 66% bullish across 3 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are News at 100% bullish and X at 48%, a 52-point spread. On the professional side, 4 of 24 analysts rate WEN a buy.
Of the 24 analysts covering Wendy`s (WEN), 4 rate it a buy, 15 a hold and 5 a sell, for a hold consensus. The average price target is $7.80. The crowd is the more bullish of the two, averaging 66%.
Wendy`s (WEN)'s cross-source average is bullish at 66% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish, 1 source leans bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish. Reddit reads 50% bullish, News reads 100% bullish and x coverage is the most negative at 48% bullish. The combined signal points to broad buy-side pressure with 93/100 conviction.
The cross-source average is bullish for Wendy`s (WEN) at 66% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish, 1 source leans bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish. The most bearish reading is x at 48% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is falling on Reddit, while x activity is rising. The buy signal carries 93/100 conviction.
X is the dominant discussion channel with 108 mentions (87% of total volume). Reddit contributes 14 mentions and News contributes 2 mentions. The cross-source average is bullish at 66% bullish, while x is the only source with rising 3-day activity. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish, 1 source leans bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. WEN's buy signal at 93/100 conviction reflects a bullish cross-source average at 66% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish, 1 source leans bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish. 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 Buy signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.
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