The Wendy's Company (WEN)

NASDAQ: WEN · USD

$7.07

+0.93 (+15.2%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	1.3B
Revenue (ttm)	2.2B
Net income (ttm)	126.1M
EPS (ttm)	$0.66
Shares out	190.7M
P/E (trailing)	10.7x
P/E (forward)	15.5x
Dividend	$0.28 (3.95%)
Volume	33,200,199
Beta	0.41

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Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 2.2B
Net income (ttm): 126.1M
EPS (ttm): $0.66
P/E (trailing): 10.7x
P/E (forward): 15.5x
Market cap: 1.3B

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Forward P/E15.5

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Trailing P/E10.7

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ROE108

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ROIC5.4

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000030697
Company name	The Wendy's Company
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	95058W100
Earnings date	2026-11-05
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	14,900
Employees change	400
Employees growth	2.76%
Enterprise value	$5.1B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-28
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1969
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Restaurants
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US95058W1009
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-23
Last earnings date	2026-08-07
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2003-09-05
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$1.3B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-05
Options	Yes
Price	$7.07
Price currency	USD
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
SIC code	5810
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	WEN
U.S. state	Ohio
Website	https://www.wendys.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	10.1x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	23.1x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	14.96x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	18.86x
Earnings yield	9.31%
EV/Earnings	40.3x
EV/EBIT	17.01x
EV/EBITDA	11.14x
EV/FCF	19.23x
EV/Sales	2.31x
FCF / EV yield	5.2%
FCF yield	19.58%
Forward EV/Sales	2.34x
Forward P/E	15.47x
Forward P/S	0.62x
Graham number	3.05904
Graham upside	-56.76%
Industry forward P/E	22.18x
Industry P/E	26.11x
Lynch fair value	$3.29
Lynch upside	-53.49%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	5.35x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	3.89x
P/B ratio	9.72x
P/E ratio	10.74x
P/FCF ratio	5.11x
P/OCF ratio	3.76x
P/S ratio	0.61x
Price/EBITDA ratio	2.96x
Sector forward P/E	24.26x
Sector P/E	30.31x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	13.55%
EBITDA margin	20.69%
Effective tax rate	29.64%
FCF margin	11.99%
Gross margin	33.11%
Operating margin	13.55%
Pretax margin	8.13%
Profit margin	5.72%
Profit per employee	$8,460
Profitable quarters	36
Profitable years	15
Revenue per employee	$147,899
ROA	3.82%
ROA (5Y)	4.27%
ROCE	6.6%
ROE	108.04%
ROE (5Y)	57.73%
ROIC	5.4%
ROIC (5Y)	6.64%
SBC / revenue	0.55%
Tax / revenue	2.41%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-31.45%
EPS growth (Q)	-40.79%
EPS growth (QoQ)	42.44%
EPS growth 10Y	2.4%
EPS growth 3Y	-9.57%
EPS growth 5Y	-4.28%
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	2.84%
FCF growth (Q)	106.54%
FCF growth (QoQ)	70.52%
FCF growth 3Y	6.54%
FCF growth 5Y	-5.41%
Gross profit growth	-7.6%
Gross profit growth (Q)	-9.11%
Gross profit growth 3Y	-1.33%
Gross profit growth 5Y	0.91%
Net income growth	-34.37%
Net income growth (Q)	-40.82%
Net income growth (QoQ)	43.61%
Net income growth 3Y	-12.97%
Net income growth 5Y	-7.44%
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	0.74%
OCF growth (Q)	65.97%
OCF growth (QoQ)	69.34%
OCF growth 10Y	3.06%
OCF growth 3Y	5.74%
OCF growth 5Y	-2.77%
Operating income growth	-20.21%
Operating income growth (Q)	-22.87%
Operating income growth 3Y	-6.98%
Operating income growth 5Y	-3.21%
Revenue growth	-0.98%
Revenue growth (Q)	1.72%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	5.54%
Revenue growth 10Y	2.69%
Revenue growth 3Y	0.68%
Revenue growth 5Y	3.23%
Revenue growth quarters	2
Revenue growth years	0

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-94.3M
Depreciation and amortization	$157.3M
EBIT	$298.6M
EBITDA	$455.9M
EPS	$0.66
FCF per share	$1.39
Financing cash flow	$-154M
Free cash flow	$264.2M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$252.1M
Gross profit	$729.7M
Income taxes	$53.1M
Investing cash flow	$-136.3M
Net borrowing	$-19.7M
Net cash flow	$64.7M
Net income	$126.1M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$346.4M
Operating income	$298.6M
Revenue	$2.2B
Stock-based compensation	$12.1M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	1.06
Book value per share	$0.63
Debt / EBITDA	8.93
Debt / equity	33.81
Debt / FCF	15.42
Goodwill	$773.1M
Interest coverage	1.88
Long-term assets	$4.2B
Long-term liabilities	$4.4B
Net cash (debt)	$-3.7B
Net cash / market cap	-276.6%
Net debt / EBITDA	8.18
Net debt / equity	30.97
Net debt / FCF	14.12
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$1.8B
Shareholders' equity	$120.5M
Tangible book value	$-1.8B
Tangible book value per share	$-9.44
Total assets	$4.9B
Total cash	$341.2M
Total debt	$4.1B
Total liabilities	$4.8B
WACC	3.69%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.45
Current assets	$678.1M
Current liabilities	$357.5M
Current ratio	1.9
Inventory turnover	220.83
Net working capital	$88.7M
Quick ratio	1.49
Working capital	$320.6M
Working capital turnover	8.71

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	4.94%
Dividend growth	-37.18%
Dividend growth (10Y)	7.4%
Dividend growth (3Y)	-17.57%
Dividend growth (5Y)	5.22%
Dividend growth years	0
Dividend payment date	2026-09-15
Dividend payment years	24
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$0.28
Dividend yield	3.95%
Ex-dividend date	2026-09-01
FCF payout ratio	35.37%
Last dividend	$0.07
Payout ratio	74.45%
Shareholder yield	8.9%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	-34.38%
10Y return CAGR	-0.89%
10Y total return	-8.52%
150-day SMA	$7.28
15Y price change	35.81%
15Y return CAGR	5.15%
15Y total return	112.36%
1D price change	15.15%
1M price change	7.41%
1M total return	7.41%
1W price change	7.9%
1W total return	7.9%
1Y price change	-21.22%
1Y return CAGR	-16.19%
1Y total return	-16.18%
20-day SMA	$6.37
200-day SMA	$7.38
20Y price change	-61.09%
20Y return CAGR	-1.8%
20Y total return	-30.42%
3M price change	-3.76%
3M total return	-2.94%
3Y price change	-63.03%
3Y return CAGR	-23.94%
3Y total return	-56.01%
50-day SMA	$7.13
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$10.12
52-week high date	2025-11-07
52-week low	$5.94
52-week low date	2026-10-05
5Y price change	-68.04%
5Y return CAGR	-16.5%
5Y total return	-59.41%
6M price change	1.96%
6M total return	4.73%
All-time high	$29.46
All-time high date	2021-06-08
All-time low	$0.13
All-time low date	1974-12-30
Average true range (ATR)	$0.33
Average volume	6.5M
Beta (1Y)	0.73
Beta (2Y)	0.59
Beta (5Y)	0.41
Change from 52-week high	-30.14%
Change from 52-week low	19.02%
Change from all-time high	-76.12%
Change from all-time low	5,426.32%
Change from open	0.57%
Day's gap	14.5%
Dollar volume	$234.7M
High price	$7.19
Low price	$6.98
Monthly RSI	33.27
Open price	$7.03
Position in 52-week range	42.86%
Premarket change	14.66%
Premarket close	$6.14
Premarket price	$7.04
Premarket volume	8.7M
Previous close	$6.14
Price vs 150-day SMA	-3.33%
Price vs 20-day SMA	10.51%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-4.61%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-1.35%
Relative volume	5.11
RSI	58.78
Sharpe ratio	-0.05
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	-0.52
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.42
Sortino ratio	0.03
Sortino ratio (3Y)	-0.67
Sortino ratio (5Y)	-0.48
Volume	33.2M
Weekly RSI	47.53
YTD price change	-15.55%
YTD total return	-11.64%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	157.1M
Float percentage	82.4%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.16%
Shares change (YoY)	-4.94%
Shares held by insiders	9.61%
Shares held by institutions	78.38%
Shares outstanding	190.7M
Short % of float	31.01%
Short % of shares	25.55%
Short ratio	8.2 days

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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The Wendy's Company (WEN)

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