The Wendy's Company
General ticker "WEN" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
- Capitalization: $2.5B (TTM average)
The Wendy's Company does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -18.0%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.6%: low 8.25$, high 8.69$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-09-02, amount 0.14$ (Y6.56%)
- 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 33.8% 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: [12.91$, 20.19$]
- 2025-12-29 to 2026-12-29 estimated range: [13.05$, 20.40$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WEN estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 16.7 at the end of fiscal year the price was very low
- Positive: 7.86 < Operating profit margin, % of 16.53
- Negative: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 5.15 <= 18.93
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -0.51 <= 0
- Negative: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 5.44 <= 5.52
- Negative: 0 < Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.19
- Negative: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 1.42 <= 2.97
- Positive: -4.48 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -3.80
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $2,181.58MM | $2,246.49MM |
| Operating Expenses | $1,799.59MM | $1,875.13MM |
| Operating Income | $381.98MM | $371.36MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-102.57MM | $-98.95MM |
| Interest Expense | $124.06MM | $123.88MM |
| Income(Loss) | $279.42MM | $272.41MM |
| Taxes | $74.98MM | $78.06MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $204.44MM | $194.36MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $309.78MM | $259.35MM |
| Inventory | $6.69MM | $6.53MM |
| Assets | $5,182.83MM | $5,034.84MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $345.42MM | $355.31MM |
| Capital expenditure | $85.02MM | $94.39MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-86.55MM | $-129.31MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-504.30MM | $-303.10MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.98 | $0.95 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.