Short interest in The Wendy's Co (NASDAQ:WEN) increased during the last reporting period, rising from 48.73M to 52.25M. This put 38.46% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 5.25M shares traded per day, it would take 9.95 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.