The Wendy's Company
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ US95058W1009

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of Peltz Matthew H.. Insiders are officers, directors, or significant investors in a company. It is illegal for insiders to make trades in their companies based on specific, non-public information. This does not mean it is illegal for them to make any trades in their own companies. However, they must report all trades to the SEC via a Form 4. Despite these restrictions, academic research suggests that insiders - in general - tend to outperform the market in their own companies.

Average Trade Profitability

The average trade profitability is the average return of all the open market purchases made by the insider in the last three years. To calculate this, we examine every open-market, unplanned purchase made by the insider, excluding all trades that were marked as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. We then calculate the average performance of those trades over 3, 6, and 12 months, averaging each of those durations to generate a final performance metric for each trade. Finally, we average all of the performance metrics to calculate a performance metric for the insider. This list only includes insiders that have made at least three trades in the last two years.

If this insiders trade profitability is "N/A", then the insider either has not made any open-market purchases in the last three years, or the trades they’ve made are too recent to calculate a reliable performance metric.

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Companies with Reported Insider Positions

The SEC filings indicate Peltz Matthew H. has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:WEN / The Wendy's Company Director, 10% Owner 132,132
US:PNR / Pentair plc Director 12,036,582
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Peltz Matthew H.. Non-planned trade are trades that were not made as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. The stock performance is charted as cumulative percent change in share price. For example, if an insider trade was made on January 1, 2019, the chart will show the daily percent change of the security to the present day. If the share price were to go from $10 to $15 during this time, the cumulative percent change in share price would be 50%. A change in price from $10 to $20 would be 100%, and a change in price of $10 to $5 would be -50%.

Ultimately, we are trying to determine how closely the insider’s trades correlate to excess returns (positive or negative) in the share price in order to see if the insider is timing their trades to profit from insider information. Consider the situation where an insider was doing this. In this situation, we would expect either (a) positive returns after purchases, or (b) negative returns after sales. In the case of (a), the PURCHASE chart would show a series of upwardly sloping curves, indicating positive returns after each purchase transaction. In the case of (b), the SALE chart would show a series of downward sloping curves, indicating negative returns after each sale transaction.

However, this alone is not enough to draw conclusions. If, for example, the share price of the company was in a non-cyclical climb over many years, then we would expect all the post-purchase plots to be upwardly sloping. Likewise, non-cyclical declines over many years would result in downward sloping post-trade plots. Neither of these charts would suggest insider trading activity.

The strongest indicator would be a situation where the share price was extremely cyclical, and there were both positive signals in the PURCHASE chart and negative plots on the SALE chart. This situation would be highly suggestive of an insider that was timing trades to their financial advantage.

Insider Purchases WEN / The Wendy's Company - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in WEN / The Wendy's Company. This analysis helps to understand if the insider consistently generates abnormal returns, and is worth following. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market purchases that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date Ticker Insider Reported
Shares
Reported
Price
Adjusted
Shares
Adjusted
Price
Cost Basis Days to
Max
Price at
Max
Max
Profit ($)
Max Return (%)
There are no known unplanned open-market trades for this insider and security combination

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

WEN / The Wendy's Company Insider Trades
Insider Sales WEN / The Wendy's Company - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in WEN / The Wendy's Company. A consistent pattern of loss avoidance may suggest that future sale transactions may predict declines in price. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market sales that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date Ticker Insider Reported
Shares
Reported
Price
Adjusted
Shares
Adjusted
Price
Cost Basis Days to
Min
Price at
Min
Max Loss
Avoided ($)
Max Loss
Avoided (%)
There are no known unplanned open-market trades for this insider and security combination

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

WEN / The Wendy's Company Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Peltz Matthew H. as disclosed to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).

File Date Tran Date Form Ticker Security Code 10b5-1 Shares Remaining Shares Percent
Change
Share
Price
Tran
Value
Remaining
Value
2025-07-02 2025-07-01 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 2,334 132,132 1.80 11.62 27,121 1,535,374
2025-05-22 2025-05-21 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 13,984 129,798 12.07
2025-04-04 2025-04-02 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,789 115,814 1.57 15.16 27,121 1,755,740
2025-01-07 2025-01-03 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,691 114,025 1.51 17.22 29,119 1,963,510
2024-10-07 2024-10-03 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,569 112,334 1.42 17.28 27,112 1,941,132
2024-08-09 2024-08-08 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,000,000 14,943,466 -6.27 17.18 -17,180,000 256,728,746
2024-07-08 2024-07-03 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,613 110,765 1.48 16.81 27,115 1,861,960
2024-05-23 2024-05-21 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 9,108 109,152 9.10
2024-04-05 2024-04-03 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,469 100,044 1.49 18.46 27,118 1,846,812
2024-01-08 2024-01-04 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,379 98,575 1.42 19.67 27,125 1,938,970
2023-11-14 2023-11-14 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,883,593 15,943,466 -10.57 18.76 -35,336,205 299,099,422
2023-10-10 2023-10-06 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,340 97,196 1.40 20.23 27,108 1,966,275
2023-08-23 2023-08-22 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,905,569 17,827,059 -14.01 20.30 -58,983,051 361,889,298
2023-07-10 2023-07-06 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,275 95,856 1.35 22.04 28,101 2,112,666
2023-06-02 2023-06-02 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -443,725 20,732,628 -2.10 22.76 -10,099,447 471,887,053
2023-05-24 2023-05-22 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -529,417 21,176,353 -2.44 22.73 -12,035,501 481,412,621
2023-05-18 2023-05-16 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 6,601 94,581 7.50
2023-04-06 2023-04-04 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,198 87,980 1.38 21.07 25,242 1,853,739
2023-03-03 2023-03-03 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -3,627,569 21,705,770 -14.32 22.05 -79,987,896 478,612,228
2023-01-10 2023-01-06 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,119 86,782 1.31 23.04 25,782 1,999,457
2022-10-06 2022-10-04 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,164 85,663 1.38 19.53 22,733 1,672,998
2022-07-14 2022-07-12 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,233 84,499 1.48 18.44 22,737 1,558,162
2022-05-20 2022-05-18 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 8,641 83,266 11.58
2022-04-06 2022-04-05 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,140 74,625 1.55 21.70 24,738 1,619,362
2022-03-28 2022-03-28 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 91 73,485 0.12 21.87 1,990 1,607,117
2022-03-28 2022-03-28 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 91 73,394 0.12 21.93 1,996 1,609,530
2022-03-28 2022-03-28 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 90 73,303 0.12 22.22 2,000 1,628,793
2022-01-07 2022-01-06 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,002 73,213 1.39 22.69 22,735 1,661,203
2021-10-07 2021-10-05 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,017 72,211 1.43 22.36 22,740 1,614,638
2021-09-09 2021-09-08 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -144,038 25,333,339 -0.57 22.92 -3,300,890 580,559,063
2021-09-09 2021-09-07 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -134,237 25,477,377 -0.52 22.86 -3,068,550 582,392,456
2021-08-27 2021-08-27 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -382,403 25,611,614 -1.47 23.38 -8,941,768 598,878,931
2021-08-27 2021-08-26 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -50,000 25,994,017 -0.19 23.33 -1,166,455 606,417,022
2021-08-27 2021-08-25 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -161,922 26,044,017 -0.62 23.49 -3,803,855 611,823,443
2021-08-23 2021-08-23 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -36,200 26,205,939 -0.14 23.82 -862,367 624,285,741
2021-08-23 2021-08-20 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -81,133 26,242,139 -0.31 23.80 -1,931,290 624,667,877
2021-08-23 2021-08-19 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -307,357 26,323,272 -1.15 23.96 -7,364,704 630,742,450
2021-07-09 2021-07-08 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,027 71,194 1.46 23.82 24,463 1,695,841
2021-06-15 2021-06-15 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 84 70,167 0.12 23.76 1,996 1,667,168
2021-05-20 2021-05-18 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 5,341 70,083 8.25
2021-04-08 2021-04-07 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 947 64,742 1.48 20.58 19,489 1,332,390
2021-03-01 2021-02-26 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 96 63,795 0.15 20.80 1,997 1,326,936
2021-01-06 2021-01-06 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 872 63,699 1.39 22.34 19,480 1,423,036
2020-11-05 2020-11-03 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 84 62,827 0.13 23.69 1,990 1,488,372
2020-11-05 2020-11-03 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 90 62,743 0.14 22.14 1,993 1,389,130
2020-10-02 2020-09-30 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 908 62,653 1.47 21.46 19,486 1,344,533
2020-07-01 2020-06-30 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 889 61,745 1.46 21.92 19,487 1,353,450
2020-05-28 2020-05-27 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 5,280 60,856 9.50
2020-04-01 2020-03-31 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,274 55,576 2.35 15.30 19,492 850,313
2020-01-02 2020-01-02 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 893 54,302 1.67 21.83 19,494 1,185,413
2019-12-10 2019-12-09 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 95 53,409 0.18 21.02 1,997 1,122,657
2019-10-01 2019-10-01 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 942 53,314 1.80 20.68 19,481 1,102,534
2019-08-16 2019-08-16 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,525,000 26,630,629 -5.42 19.99 -30,481,700 532,293,012
2019-08-16 2019-08-15 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -475,000 28,155,629 -1.66 19.90 -9,453,260 560,342,066
2019-07-02 2019-07-01 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,003 52,372 1.95 19.43 19,488 1,017,588
2019-06-20 2019-06-19 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 105 51,369 0.20 18.88 1,982 969,847
2019-06-06 2019-06-04 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 6,052 51,264 13.39
2019-04-02 2019-04-01 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,155 45,212 2.62 16.87 19,485 762,726
2019-03-07 2019-03-06 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -3,000,000 28,630,629 -9.48 17.11 -51,330,000 489,870,062
2019-01-03 2019-01-02 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,169 44,057 2.73 16.67 19,487 734,430
2018-11-05 2018-11-02 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 116 42,888 0.27 17.11 1,985 733,814
2018-10-01 2018-10-01 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,111 42,772 2.67 17.54 19,487 750,221
2018-08-15 2018-08-13 4 PNR PENTAIR plc
Common (Ordinary) Shares
S - Sale -1,700,000 12,036,582 -12.38 42.15 -71,655,000 507,341,931
2018-07-03 2018-07-02 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,161 41,661 2.87 17.46 20,271 727,401
2018-06-07 2018-06-07 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 121 40,500 0.30 16.49 1,995 667,845
2018-06-07 2018-06-05 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 6,980 40,379 20.90
2018-06-01 2018-05-30 4 PNR PENTAIR plc
Common (Ordinary) Shares
S - Sale -1,675,000 13,736,582 -10.87 44.14 -73,926,125 606,264,047
2018-05-21 2018-05-18 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 118 33,399 0.35 16.83 1,986 562,105
2018-05-16 2018-05-16 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -916,292 31,630,629 -2.82 16.36 -14,989,987 517,458,112
2018-05-16 2018-05-15 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -764,000 32,546,921 -2.29 16.53 -12,630,142 538,052,679
2018-05-16 2018-05-14 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -725,000 33,310,921 -2.13 16.41 -11,898,482 546,688,842
2018-05-04 2018-05-02 4 PNR PENTAIR plc
Common (Ordinary) Shares - Restricted Stock Units
A - Award 2,862 2,862
2018-05-03 3 PNR PENTAIR plc
Common (Ordinary) Shares
30,823,164
2018-05-03 3 PNR PENTAIR plc
Common (Ordinary) Shares
30,823,164
2018-05-03 3 PNR PENTAIR plc
Common (Ordinary) Shares
30,823,164
2018-05-03 3 PNR PENTAIR plc
Common (Ordinary) Shares
30,823,164
2018-04-25 2018-04-24 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 116 33,281 0.35 17.21 1,996 572,766
2018-04-25 2018-04-24 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 116 33,165 0.35 17.14 1,988 568,448
2018-04-25 2018-04-24 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 125 33,049 0.38 16.78 2,098 554,562
2018-04-03 2018-04-02 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 990 32,924 3.10 17.03 16,860 560,696
2018-03-05 2018-03-02 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 119 31,934 0.37 16.78 1,997 535,853
2018-02-27 2018-02-26 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -5,000,000 34,035,921 -12.81 16.50 -82,500,000 561,592,696
2018-01-03 2018-01-02 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,070 31,815 3.48 15.77 16,874 501,723
2017-12-11 2017-12-07 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 138 30,745 0.45 14.47 1,997 444,880
2017-11-06 2017-11-02 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 130 30,607 0.43 15.35 1,996 469,817
2017-10-03 2017-10-02 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,117 30,477 3.80 15.10 16,867 460,203
2017-07-06 2017-07-03 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,090 29,360 3.86 15.48 16,873 454,493
2017-06-07 2017-06-05 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
S - Sale -5,500,000 39,035,921 -12.35 15.97 -87,835,000 623,403,658
2017-05-25 2017-05-23 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 6,510 28,270 29.92
2017-04-04 2017-04-03 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,259 21,760 6.14 13.40 16,871 291,584
2017-01-05 2017-01-03 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,238 20,501 6.43 13.63 16,874 279,429
2016-12-06 2016-12-06 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
P - Purchase 1,303,300 44,535,921 3.01 12.96 16,891,029 577,194,443
2016-12-06 2016-12-05 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
P - Purchase 900,000 43,232,621 2.13 12.85 11,561,220 555,357,603
2016-12-06 2016-12-02 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
P - Purchase 1,540,084 42,332,621 3.78 12.62 19,442,482 534,419,707
2016-10-04 2016-10-03 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,594 19,263 9.02 10.58 16,868 203,841
2016-09-07 2016-09-06 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 205 17,669 1.17 9.73 1,995 171,919
2016-07-06 2016-07-05 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,711 17,464 10.86 9.86 16,865 172,143
2016-05-31 2016-05-26 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 8,177 15,753 107.93
2016-04-06 2016-04-04 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,655 7,576 27.95 10.19 16,865 77,203
2016-01-05 2016-01-04 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 1,577 5,921 36.30 10.70 16,868 63,331
2015-12-22 2015-12-22 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 349 4,344 8.74 10.36 3,616 45,004
2015-12-15 2015-12-14 4 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
A - Award 3,995 3,995
2015-12-15 3 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
523,257
2015-12-15 3 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
460,224
2015-12-15 3 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
523,257
2015-12-15 3 WEN Wendy's Co
Common Stock
460,224
P
Open market or private purchase of non-derivative or derivative security
S
Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security
A
Grant, award, or other acquisition of securities from the company (such as an option)
C
Conversion of derivative
D
Sale or transfer of securities back to the company
F
Payment of exercise price or tax liability using portion of securities received from the company
G
Gift of securities by or to the insider
K
Equity swaps and similar hedging transactions
M
Exercise or conversion of derivative security received from the company (such as an option)
V
A transaction voluntarily reported on Form 4
J
Other (accompanied by a footnote describing the transaction)