The Wendy's Company
NASDAQWednesday's retail-driven 30% spike in WEN has unwound almost entirely, and the data now tells a quieter but more telling story: short sellers are not retreating. The positioning picture remains as charged as it was before the surge. Short interest hit 28.1% of free float on June 23 — the ORTEX daily estimate puts that at roughly 53.5 million shares — up 3.2% on the week and 10%…
WEN cost to borrow surges to 7.85%, up 121% over the past week, as short sellers face mounting pressure ahead of earnings today.
Snapshot as of 24 Jun 2026
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Read on ORTEX →Sign up for premiumWednesday's retail-driven 30% spike in WEN has unwound almost entirely, and the data now tells a quieter but more telling story: short sellers are not retreating. The positioning picture remains as charged as it was…
WEN fell 8.2% on June 2 to close at $7.21 — a day after going ex-dividend on a $0.14 quarterly payout. That single session took the stock back below the level where it spent most of April, erasing a month-long recovery…
WEN enters the week with short sellers back on the offensive — the May squeeze appears to have been a covering blip rather than a structural retreat. The short position has rebuilt with speed. After the Trian…
WEN has been one of the most shorted names in the restaurant sector all year. This week, that positioning became the story. Reports emerged on May 12 that Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management — already the…
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