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The Wendy's Company

WEN Consumer Cyclical Restaurants

The Wendy's Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.2 billion, down 3.10% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 1.72%, EPS fell 41.4%, free cash flow grew 152.3% and total debt rose 2.22%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Insiders bought in the last twelve months.

6.23 0.01 +0.16%
Market cap
$1.2B
P/E
9.4×
Fwd P/E
11.6×
Dividend yield
7.88%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
1.06
Beneish M
−2.46
Dividend safety
30/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.02
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy 2 — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 9.05%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 1,190.00
Revenue 2,203.70
Net Income 126.06
Free Cash Flow 231.29
Net Debt 3,016.63
Current Ratio 1.90 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 28.20 (above 2: weak)
P/E ratio 9.42
Fwd P/E 11.60
P/S ratio 0.54
P/B ratio 9.83 (above 6: high)
Past 5Y EPS Growth 10.33%
This Y EPS Growth (43.57%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 3.47%
Next Y revenue growth 0.83%
Next 5Y EPS Growth (13.04%) (below 0%: weak)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 11.78%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 0.26%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 52.84%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 0.22%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 0.22%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.74
Annual Dividend Rate 0.49
Annual Dividend Yield 7.88%
total individual payouts
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2027 Powerpack
2026 0.42
0.14
0.14
0.07
2025 0.67
0.25
0.14
0.14
0.14
2024 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2023 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2022 0.50
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
2021 0.43
0.09
0.10
0.12
0.12
2020 0.29
0.12
0.05
0.05
0.07
2019 0.42
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.12
2018 0.34
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
2017 0.28
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.07
2016 0.25
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.07
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 552 485 340 380
Receivables 122 100 117 109
Inventory 7 7 7 7
Other 118 99 98 103
838 736 618 678
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 27 28 30 21
ST’ Debt 29 78 30 30
Other 121 100 96 102
382 398 351 357

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 1.53% 4.66% 1.28%
Cash Flow 2.31% 3.91% 9.85%
Earnings 0.24% 6.98% (2.37%)
Book Value (16.96%) (26.56%) (36.83%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 541 571 — — —
’25 523 561 550 543 2,177
’24 535 571 567 574 2,246
’23 529 562 551 541 2,182
’22 489 538 533 537 2,096
’21 460 493 470 473 1,897
’20 405 402 452 474 1,734
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 59 101 — — —
’25 85 61 129 69 345
’24 100 45 141 69 355
’23 53 89 128 76 345
’22 21 77 84 77 260
’21 86 73 118 69 346
’20 (19) 50 175 79 284
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 46 72 — — —
’25 62 28 99 15 204
’24 78 22 116 3 220
’23 41 70 101 40 252
’22 8 59 67 37 171
’21 75 59 151 (18) 268
’20 (32) 33 163 51 215
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.12 0.17 — — —
’25 0.19 0.29 0.23 0.14 0.85
’24 0.20 0.27 0.25 0.23 0.95
’23 0.19 0.28 0.28 0.23 0.97
’22 0.17 0.22 0.24 0.19 0.82
’21 0.18 0.29 0.18 0.24 0.89
’20 0.06 0.11 0.17 0.17 0.52
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 8.89 13.03 14.80 15.33 6.82 18.86 15.77 18.19 15.62 7.83

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

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High 14.07 16.98 18.68 22.84 24.91 29.46 24.48 23.90 20.65 16.48
People
People Employees 12,100 12,100 12,500 13,300 14,000 14,500 14,500 15,300 14,500 14,900
Revenue/emp, $m 0.12 0.10 0.13 0.13 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.15
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,435 1,223 1,590 1,709 1,734 1,897 2,096 2,182 2,246 2,177
Gross margin, % 47.13 56.33 63.91 62.48 63.01 65.49 60.87 60.96 62.12 59.91
EBT 202 101 575 171 153 241 244 279 272 227
EBT margin, % 14.05 8.26 36.16 10.03 8.81 12.68 11.62 12.81 12.13 10.44
Net income 130 194 460 137 118 200 177 204 194 165
Depreciation 124 126 129 132 133 126 136 149 158 171
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 5.47 5.01 6.69 7.43 7.75 8.57 9.80 10.41 10.99 11.26
Earnings 0.49 0.79 1.93 0.60 0.53 0.91 0.83 0.98 0.95 0.85
Cash flow 0.74 0.98 0.94 1.26 1.27 1.56 1.22 1.65 1.74 1.78
Capex (0.57) (0.33) (0.28) (0.31) (0.31) (0.35) (0.42) (0.44) (0.66) (0.73)
Free cash flow 0.17 0.64 0.66 0.95 0.96 1.21 0.80 1.21 1.08 1.06
Book value 2.01 2.35 2.73 2.25 2.46 1.97 2.18 1.48 1.27 0.61
Shares, m 262 244 238 230 224 221 214 209 204 193
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 27.39 20.34 8.05 37.02 42.15 25.92 26.51 19.74 17.16 9.69
P/S 2.45 3.26 2.33 2.99 2.83 2.78 2.24 1.86 1.48 0.74
P/B 6.67 6.95 5.72 9.89 8.92 12.10 10.10 13.09 12.84 13.72
EV/Sales 4.02 5.34 3.79 4.41 4.22 4.19 3.51 3.13 2.74 2.15
EV/FCF 131.85 41.60 38.24 34.57 33.96 29.66 43.02 27.07 28.05 22.91
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 194 239 224 289 284 346 260 345 355 345
Capex (150) (82) (67) (71) (69) (78) (89) (93) (136) (140)
Free cash flow 44 157 158 218 215 268 171 252 220 204
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 222 177 382 204 274 166 670 456 339 267
Total debt 2,512 2,754 2,776 2,761 2,753 2,940 3,423 3,331 3,316 3,407
Net debt 2,256 2,550 2,315 2,426 2,412 2,663 2,642 2,779 2,831 3,067
Shareholders’ equity 528 573 648 516 550 436 466 310 259 117
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 3.22 4.83 10.97 2.95 2.35 3.95 3.35 3.83 3.80 3.30
ROIC 7.07 4.30 5.27 5.58 5.68 7.40 7.11 7.73 7.51 6.74
ROE 20.24 35.25 75.33 23.51 22.11 40.65 39.32 52.72 68.30 87.63
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

The Wendy's Company vs peers in Restaurants (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
ARCO Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. $1.7B 6.4× 10.7× +14.30% (above 0%: growing) +100.00% (above 0%: growing) +254.29% (above 0%: growing) 11.81% 5.56% Compare
CHA Chagee Holdings Limited - Sponsored ADR $1.4B 11.1× 8.9× +8.20% (above 0%: growing) +620.00% (above 0%: growing) +49.31% (above 0%: growing) 53.99% 15.37% Compare
BJRI BJ's Restaurants, Inc. $1.3B 30.9× 20.0× +6.37% (above 0%: growing) −11.00% (below 0%: shrinking) −84.81% (below 0%: shrinking) 74.52% 4.74% Compare
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. $1.2B 40.2× 84.6× −2.15% (below 0%: shrinking) +83.33% (above 0%: growing) +191.55% (above 0%: growing) 71.25% 1.55% Compare
WEN The Wendy's Company $1.2B 9.4× 11.6× +1.72% (above 0%: growing) −41.38% (below 0%: shrinking) +152.25% (above 0%: growing) 59.72% 13.90%
BH Biglari Holdings Inc. $1.2B — (loss-making) 24.0× +7.86% (above 0%: growing) −18.71% (below 0%: shrinking) −66.30% (below 0%: shrinking) 41.26% 12.17% Compare
SG Sweetgreen, Inc. $1.1B 87.5× — (loss-making) +3.81% (above 0%: growing) n/m +19.78% (above 0%: growing) 13.07% (14.23%) Compare
BLMN Bloomin' Brands, Inc. $726.1M 26.9× 8.6× +1.34% (above 0%: growing) +23.33% (above 0%: growing) +321.24% (above 0%: growing) 39.06% 3.77% Compare
CNNE Cannae Holdings, Inc. $689.7M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −7.26% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +64.83% (above 0%: growing) 16.54% (55.58%) Compare
Median of peers $1.2B 28.9× 15.4× +5.09% +53.33% +57.07% 40.16% 4.26%

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The Wendy's Company (WEN) key facts

  • Concern: The Wendy's Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.2 billion, down 3.10% from fiscal 2024.
  • The Wendy's Company (WEN) is a Restaurants company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 9, 2026, WEN traded at $6.23, a market capitalization of $1.2 billion.
  • The Wendy's Company pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share, a yield of 7.88%, with a payout ratio of 74.2%.
  • Return on equity was 87.6% and debt-to-equity 28.20.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.06 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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