The Wendy's Company
General ticker "WEN" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Restaurants
- Capitalization: $2.5B (TTM average)
The Wendy's Company does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -34.9%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.7%: low 6.79$, high 7.03$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-05-01 bmo
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-03-02, amount 0.14$ (Y8.06%)
- 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
- Price in estimated range
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-28 to 2027-12-28
- 2025-12-28 to 2026-12-28 estimated range: [6.33$, 10.65$]
- 2026-12-28 to 2027-12-28 estimated range: [6.55$, 10.82$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WEN estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 9.4 at the end of fiscal year the price was low
- Positive: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 21.21 > 12.96
- Positive: 7.68 < Operating profit margin, % of 15.27
- Negative: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 6.73 <= 10.31
- Negative: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 2.37 <= 19.49
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -9.28 <= -4.45
- Positive: 0.25 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 1.57
- Negative: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 3.22 <= 6.12
- Negative: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 3.30 <= 9.67
- Negative: 0 < Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.15
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $2,181.58MM | $2,246.49MM | $2,176.89MM |
| Operating Expenses | $1,799.59MM | $1,875.13MM | $1,844.57MM |
| Operating Income | $381.98MM | $371.36MM | $332.32MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-102.57MM | $-98.95MM | $-105.07MM |
| Interest Expense | $124.06MM | $123.88MM | $126.47MM |
| Income(Loss) | $279.42MM | $272.41MM | $227.25MM |
| Taxes | $74.98MM | $78.06MM | $62.17MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $204.44MM | $194.36MM | $165.07MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $309.78MM | $259.35MM | $117.38MM |
| Inventory | $6.69MM | $6.53MM | $7.39MM |
| Assets | $5,182.83MM | $5,034.84MM | $4,956.56MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $345.42MM | $355.31MM | $344.54MM |
| Capital expenditure | $85.02MM | $94.39MM | $101.93MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-86.55MM | $-129.31MM | $-150.83MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-504.30MM | $-303.10MM | $-343.99MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.98 | $0.95 | $0.85 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.