The Wendy's Company
General ticker "WEN" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Restaurants
- Capitalization: $2.5B (TTM average)
The Wendy's Company does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -25.3%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.1%: low 8.29$, high 8.64$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-12-01, amount 0.14$ (Y6.73%)
- Total employees count: 14500 as of 2024
- US accounted for 91.5% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-29
- Top business risk factors: Market competition, Market segment growth and consumer preferences, Reputation and brand risks, Sales growth and market share, Strategic risks and growth management
- Current price 40.1% below estimated low
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are close to our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-29 to 2026-12-29
- 2024-12-29 to 2025-12-29 estimated range: [13.31$, 19.96$]
- 2025-12-29 to 2026-12-29 estimated range: [13.89$, 20.73$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WEN estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 16.7 at the end of fiscal year the price was low
- Positive: 7.54 < Operating profit margin, % of 16.53
- Negative: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 2.02 <= 2.95
- Positive: 1.77 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 3.72
- Negative: Interest expense per share per price, % of 3.64 > 3.31
- Positive: 5.42 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 5.44
- Negative: 0 < Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.21
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -3.80 <= -0.62
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -0.51 <= 0
- Negative: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 5.15 <= 19.35
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $2,095.51MM | $2,181.58MM | $2,246.49MM |
| Operating Expenses | $1,742.19MM | $1,799.59MM | $1,875.13MM |
| Operating Income | $353.31MM | $381.98MM | $371.36MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-109.81MM | $-102.57MM | $-98.95MM |
| Interest Expense | $122.32MM | $124.06MM | $123.88MM |
| Income(Loss) | $243.50MM | $279.42MM | $272.41MM |
| Taxes | $66.14MM | $74.98MM | $78.06MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $177.37MM | $204.44MM | $194.36MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $465.72MM | $309.78MM | $259.35MM |
| Inventory | $7.13MM | $6.69MM | $6.53MM |
| Assets | $5,499.34MM | $5,182.83MM | $5,034.84MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $259.90MM | $345.42MM | $355.31MM |
| Capital expenditure | $85.54MM | $85.02MM | $94.39MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-77.78MM | $-86.55MM | $-129.31MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $288.67MM | $-504.30MM | $-303.10MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.83 | $0.98 | $0.95 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.