Analyst ratings
Across 25 analysts the consensus is a Hold: 4 buy calls against 5 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $7.78.
NASDAQ: WEN · Restaurants
Over the past week, Wendy`s (WEN) racked up about 147 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Hold. The crowd averages 44% bullish but is far apart: News runs 67% bullish while Reddit sits at just 17%. Wall Street is more cautious, with 4 of 25 analysts rating WEN a buy.
“WEN is trending because of a major increase in covered trading interest, with optimism around repeat trades offset by concern about affordability.”Adanos /explain
Wall Street’s 16% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from Reddit at 17% to News at 67%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
Across 25 analysts the consensus is a Hold: 4 buy calls against 5 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $7.78.
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 improving and the 3 sources disagree sharply, so the read is Hold rather than a clear buy or sell.
The crowd runs 28 points hotter than the 16% analyst buy share, retail is ahead of the Street here. The split is inside the crowd: News reads 67% bullish while Reddit sits at 17%, a 50-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Over the 30-day window, Wendy`s (WEN) buzz held subdued around 37.0 while the price drifted down 15.3% 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 14.3M shares. Updated Jul 27, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, WEN lost 10.7%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 51.6 and was variable, swinging between 37.0 and 65.5. Recent volume is running below the 30-day average, pointing to quieter participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 18 of the 19 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Buzz, bullish share, the loudest item and the positive / neutral / negative split for every tracked source over the last 7 days.
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Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X and News sources, Wendy`s (WEN) currently carries an Adanos hold signal with 59/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 44% bullish across 3 active sources. Those sources contribute 147 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 71 mentions across 20 tracked subreddits. The tone is 17% bullish with rising 3-day activity momentum, suggesting building attention.
The crowd reads bearish on Wendy`s (WEN), averaging 44% bullish across 3 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are News at 67% bullish and Reddit at 17%, a 50-point spread. On the professional side, 4 of 25 analysts rate WEN a buy.
Of the 25 analysts covering Wendy`s (WEN), 4 rate it a buy, 16 a hold and 5 a sell, for a hold consensus. The average price target is $7.78. The crowd is the more bullish of the two, averaging 44%.
Wendy`s (WEN) sentiment is bearish across all 3 tracked sources. X reads 47% bullish, News reads 67% bullish and reddit coverage is the most negative at 17% bullish. The combined signal points to broad mixed pressure with 59/100 conviction.
Social sentiment data shows consistently bearish discussion around Wendy`s (WEN). All 3 tracked sources lean negative, with reddit being the most bearish at 17% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is rising across Reddit and X. The hold signal carries 59/100 conviction.
Reddit is the dominant discussion channel with 71 mentions (48% of total volume). X contributes 64 mentions and News contributes 12 mentions. Sentiment is bearish across all sources, while reddit and x show rising 3-day activity.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. WEN's hold signal at 59/100 conviction reflects consistently bearish sentiment across 3 tracked sources. 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.
These stocks share a comparable sentiment profile to Wendy`s with similar bullish ratios, signal direction and discussion volume. All 6 peers carry hold signals, pointing to broad mixed pressure rather than an WEN-specific issue.
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