Ticker brief
WEN WENDY'S CO/THE
Consumer, Cyclical · Retail
last close
$6.22
1 day
-5.3%
14 days
-0.2%
mkt cap
$1.6B
signals 14d
9
authors 14d
9
crowd 14d
-0.6σ
Options inteloptions-surface reads · latest available day per source
| metric | reading | context |
|---|---|---|
| IV — ATM 30d | 57% rich · 81 pctile own 1y | IV/HV 1.53× (as of 2026-10-21) |
| Skew — 25Δ RR 30d | +0.037 62 pctile own 1y | balanced vs own range |
| Net dealer OI (NDOI) | +3.82 elevated | 5-session Δ -2.44 (as of 2026-07-06) |
| OI alarm | quiet | last alarm 2026-07-14 (z=5.9) |
Sentiment — last 14 days
daily mean sentiment, 2026-10-02 → 2026-10-15 · now -0.70 (−1 bearish … +1 bullish)
Who spoke9
| author | grade | trader score | signals | mean sent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| @Analyst_G | B | +2.26 | 1 | -0.50 |
| @MikeJTrades | C | · | 1 | -0.80 |
| @newsinvesting | C | · | 1 | -0.50 |
| @jom2jp | C | -1.28 | 1 | -0.30 |
| @K_U_F_S | C | -1.12 | 1 | +0.65 |
| @RiskHToIshqH | C | +1.57 | 1 | +0.60 |
| @YahooFinance | C | -1.28 | 1 | -0.75 |
| @ConsensusGurus | B | -0.54 | 1 | +0.45 |
| @ColtStock | C | +0.53 | 1 | -0.70 |
Recent signals9of 9 in 14d — receipts included
| date (PT) | author | sent | what they said | since then | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | @ColtStock | -0.70 | Discloses exiting WEN as dead money and opening a 300-share ASTS position at $42.75. | -7.2% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-14 | @ConsensusGurus | +0.45 | Suggests Berkshire could acquire and improve Wendy's. | -3.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-14 | @YahooFinance | -0.75 | Details operational and brand problems after six quarters of declining same-store sales. | -3.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-07 | @RiskHToIshqH | +0.60 | Sees short-squeeze potential in WEN if takeover rumors emerge. | +1.8% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | @K_U_F_S | +0.65 | Recaps a June WEN call thesis after the stock reached $6 at the open. | +2.0% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | @jom2jp | -0.30 | Lists five named stocks making new 52-week lows on October 5. | +2.0% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | @newsinvesting | -0.50 | Reports Wendy's hitting a 52-week low at $6.06 amid traffic and margin pressure. | +2.0% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-03 | @MikeJTrades | -0.80 | Recaps a 36-day-old sell signal after WEN fell 21.69%. | +1.6% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-02 | @Analyst_G | -0.50 | Uses a broken multi-decade DIS trend and WEN comparison to forecast severe long-run downside. | +1.6% | tweet ↗ |
“Since then” = price move from the close on the signal's date (PT) to the latest close — what happened after they said it, not a backtest. A — means no trading session has closed since the signal yet. Sentiment is our extracted per-tweet score, −1…+1.