NASDAQ: WEN · Restaurants
Over the past week, Wendy`s (WEN) racked up about 568 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Sell. The crowd averages 31% bullish but is far apart: X runs 52% bullish while Polymarket sits at just 0%. Wall Street is more cautious, with 4 of 24 analysts rating WEN a buy.
There is steady buzz around WEN this week and little agreement on direction, which is why it reads as a Sell.
Wall Street’s 17% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from Polymarket at 0% to X at 52%. 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 $7.79.
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 cooling and the 4 sources disagree sharply, so the read is a Sell.
The crowd runs 14 points hotter than the 17% analyst buy share, retail is ahead of the Street here. The split is inside the crowd: X reads 52% bullish while Polymarket sits at 0%, 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 moderate around 46.9 while the price drifted up 11.3% 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 9.9M shares. Updated Aug 15, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, WEN gained 16.9%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 54.8 and was variable, swinging between 46.9 and 69.6. Recent volume is running above the 30-day average, suggesting heightened trading interest. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 19 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.
This page shows the current week. This write-up walks through a specific WEN move day by day, using the same Adanos data.
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| Adanos signal | Sell |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Hold (4 / 15 / 5) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 31% |
| Avg price target | $7.79 |
| Most bullish source | X, 52% |
| Most bearish source | Polymarket, 0% |
| Sentiment spread | 52 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 568 |
| Market cap | $1.65B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | 13.1 · 12.6 |
| EPS · Beta | $0.66 · 0.4 |
| Revenue (TTM) | $2.2B · 6% margin |
| Industry | Restaurants |
Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X, News and Polymarket sources, Wendy`s (WEN) currently carries an Adanos sell signal with 93/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 31% bullish across 4 active sources. Those sources contribute 568 tracked mentions over the last 7 days. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
Reddit discussion around Wendy`s (WEN) is moderately active with 136 mentions over the last 7 days; the 30-day context spans 19 tracked subreddits. The 7-day tone is 33% bullish; 3-day activity momentum is falling, suggesting cooling attention.
The crowd reads bearish on Wendy`s (WEN), averaging 31% bullish across 4 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are X at 52% bullish and Polymarket at 0%, 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 $7.79. The crowd is the more bullish of the two, averaging 31%.
Wendy`s (WEN)'s cross-source average is bearish at 31% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish and 3 sources lean bearish. Reddit reads 33% bullish, X reads 52% bullish, News reads 39% bullish and polymarket 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 31% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish and 3 sources lean bearish. The most bearish reading is polymarket at 0% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is falling on Reddit and X, while news activity is rising. The sell signal carries 93/100 conviction.
X is the dominant discussion channel with 399 mentions (70% of total volume). Reddit contributes 136 mentions and News contributes 33 mentions. The cross-source average is bearish at 31% bullish, while news is the only source with rising 3-day activity. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish and 3 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 31% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish and 3 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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