AlphaMadera's AlphaVal page classifies The Wendy's Company as a Stable Earnings Power business and values it using P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple, then compares the result to the current market price to flag WEN as undervalued, fairly valued, or overvalued.

What is The Wendy's Company's fair value?

Fair value for WEN comes from a P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple model -- the approach AlphaVal selected for this company's Stable Earnings Power classification. The live AlphaVal page shows bear, base, and bull scenarios alongside the key assumption behind each.

How does AlphaMadera value WEN?

AlphaVal routes each company to one of ten valuation archetypes based on its business model. WEN was classified as Stable Earnings Power and is valued using P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple, built from WEN's most recent reported fundamentals.

WEN - The Wendy's Company

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS | PRICE TARGET: $7.58 DETAILS

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Stable Earnings Power 80% confidence

Primary model: P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple

Valuation Signal Undervalued Strong

Trading 54.7% below fair value

Current Price $8.27

Bear Case $15.30 85.0% upside ($15.30 - $8.27) / $8.27 = 85.0% $0.85 × 18x P/E

Fair Value $18.27 121.0% upside ($18.27 - $8.27) / $8.27 = 121.0% $0.85 × 22x P/E

Bull Case $21.25 157.0% upside ($21.25 - $8.27) / $8.27 = 157.0% $0.85 × 25x P/E

Adjust Assumptions

P/E Multiple

21.5x

Adjusted EPS

0.85$

Key Value Driver

Normalized P/E multiple (22x base case)

Terminal Value % of EV

Implied Market Multiple 9.7x

Market is pricing in (growth)

Plain-Language Summary

Applying a 22x P/E to adjusted EPS of $0.85, the base-case value is $18.27 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.

Average Target (51 analysts) $7.58

Analyst Range $5.50 – $12.00

Divergence from AlphaVal 141%

Warnings

ℹ Wall Street's average price target is $7.58 (from 51 analysts). Our estimate is 141% above the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

Growth DCF inappropriate — terminal value assumptions dominate
EV/EBITDA misleading for regulated businesses where capex is mandated
Regulatory risk is a fat tail not visible in normal multiples