Wendy's Ownership | Who Owns Wendy's?

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Wendy's Ownership Summary

Wendy's is owned by 53.15% institutional investors, 6.43% insiders, and 40.42% retail investors. Trian fund management is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 15.86% of WEN shares. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 5.04% of its assets in Wendy's shares.

WEN Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Wendy's	53.15%	6.43%	40.42%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	33.14%	14.17%	52.68%
Industry	Restaurants Stocks	35.64%	11.34%	53.03%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Trian fund management	30.44M	15.86%	$278.80M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	24.91M	12.98%	$207.46M
Blackrock	19.61M	9.55%	$332.50M
Vanguard group	17.13M	8.93%	$142.73M
Harris associates l p	10.60M	5.52%	$97.07M
Aqr capital management	10.42M	5.09%	$169.86M
Charles schwab investment management	7.09M	3.69%	$59.08B
Morgan stanley	6.55M	3.41%	$54.55M
State street	5.34M	2.78%	$48.95M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	4.28M	2.23%	$39.17M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Semanteon capital management, lp	12.11K	13.52%	$100.89K
Trian fund management	30.44M	6.79%	$278.80M
Cannon global investment management	48.50K	1.02%	$404.00K
Quinn opportunity partners	1.22M	0.79%	$11.15M
Sandler capital management	400.00K	0.73%	$6.78M
Sound income strategies	760.07K	0.30%	$6.32M
Ai financial services	66.28K	0.26%	$552.13K
Aqr capital management	10.42M	0.22%	$169.86M
Sheets smith investment management	33.73K	0.20%	$308.92K
Oak thistle	140.06K	0.16%	$1.17M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Marshall wace, llp	4.03M	0.04%	4.03M
Jane street group	3.16M	0.00%	2.22M
Fmr	1.52M	0.00%	1.49M
Wells fargo & company/mn	1.26M	0.00%	1.17M
Quantinno capital management lp	1.27M	0.03%	1.11M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Point72 asset management	2.94M	0.04%	-4.76M
1832 asset management	-	-	-3.46M
Citadel advisors	-	-	-1.50M
Vanguard group	17.13M	0.00%	-1.46M
Kodai capital management lp	-	-	-1.18M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Marshall wace, llp	4.03M	0.04%	4.03M	$36.91M
Squarepoint ops	958.99K	0.01%	958.99K	$8.78M
Public sector pension investment board	616.97K	0.02%	616.97K	$5.65M
Two sigma advisers, lp	412.20K	0.01%	412.20K	$3.78M
Ruffer llp	382.89K	0.15%	382.89K	$3.19M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Newbridge financial services group	-1.00
Activest wealth management	-1.00
Tfo-tdc	-4.00
Tyler-stone wealth management	-4.00
Greenline partners	-5.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	316	-26.51%	102,027,981	-43.89%	53	0.59%	170	-19.05%	87	-32.03%
Sep 30, 2025	408	-4.00%	181,140,604	-8.06%	94	0.90%	195	-14.85%	124	2.48%
Jun 30, 2025	412	-7.42%	196,524,397	5.17%	102	1.22%	224	-10.04%	118	6.31%
Mar 31, 2025	443	-1.12%	186,764,546	0.20%	91	1.11%	246	10.31%	112	-20.00%
Dec 31, 2024	405	-1.22%	178,581,711	0.22%	87	1.15%	197	2.07%	129	6.61%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	9.59M	5.04%	9.59M
Harris Assoc. Oakmark Eq & Inc CIT	6.85M	3.60%	-
Oakmark Equity And Income Investor	6.85M	3.60%	-
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	5.61M	2.76%	4.52K
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF	5.24M	2.75%	-
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™	4.85M	2.55%	10.59K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	4.78M	2.51%	-
Vanguard Equity-Income Inv	4.03M	2.10%	-
iShares Select Dividend ETF	3.69M	1.94%	116.10K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	3.45M	1.81%	6.25K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Nov 20, 2025	Suerken Peter J. JR	President, U.S.	Buy	$3.94K
Nov 19, 2025	Min John	Chief Legal Ofcr & Secretary	Buy	$13.91K
Jun 03, 2025	Radkoski Lindsay J.	CMO, U.S.	Buy	$58.98K
May 23, 2025	Cook Kenneth M.	Chief Financial Officer	Buy	$17.02K
May 21, 2025	O'Brien Matthew Coley	Chief People Officer	Buy	$20.30K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	-
2025 Q4	2	-
2025 Q3	-	-
2025 Q2	4	1
2025 Q1	-	1

WEN Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Wendy's?

Wendy's shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 53.15%, followed by 6.43% insiders and 40.42% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Wendy's's industry, Restaurants Stocks , is 35.64%, which Wendy's exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Wendy's?

Wendy's’s largest shareholders are Trian fund management (30.44M shares, 15.86%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (24.91M shares, 12.98%), and Blackrock (19.61M shares, 9.55%). Together, they hold 38.38% of Wendy's’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Wendy's?

Yes, BlackRock owns 9.55% of Wendy's, totaling 19.61M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.01% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 332.5M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -147K shares, a -0.75% change.

Who is Wendy's’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Semanteon capital management, lp is Wendy's’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 13.52% of its assets in 12.11K Wendy's shares, valued at 100.89K$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Wendy's shares?

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Wendy's shares, with 5.04% of its total shares outstanding invested in 9.59M Wendy's shares.

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