profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
The Wendy's
$8.28+1.22% today
-4.9% in 1 year
1-year low $6.101-year high $9.12
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $9.59 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What The Wendy's sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.10 billion in 2022 to $2.18 billion in 2025, with $165 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
The Wendy's handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $201M$130M
Free cash flow 2025$243M
Bought back its own shares$201M
Paid as dividends$130M
Cash vs. debt$301M vs. $4.1B
The Wendy's vs. similar companies
The Wendy's grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wendy's | 9.6× · Cheap | ||
 McDonald's | 22.4× · Fair price | ||
 Starbucks | 48.0× · Expensive | ||
 Compass Group | 30.7× · Expensive | ||
 Chipotle Mexican Grill | 29.1× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads The Wendy's's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,096 | 2,182 | 2,246 | 2,177 | |
| 721 | 623 | 629 | 589 | |
| 354 | 392 | 388 | 354 | |
| 502 | 552 | 554 | 525 | |
| 177 | 204 | 194 | 165 | |
| 0.82 | 0.97 | 0.95 | 0.85 | |
| 34.4% | 28.6% | 28.0% | 27.0% | |
| 16.9% | 18.0% | 17.3% | 16.3% | |
| 8.5% | 9.4% | 8.7% | 7.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 5,499 | 5,183 | 5,035 | 4,957 |
| Cash | 746 | 516 | 451 | 301 |
| Total debt | 4,282 | 4,140 | 4,093 | 4,145 |
| Total liabilities | 5,034 | 4,873 | 4,775 | 4,839 |
| 466 | 310 | 259 | 117 | |
| 216 | 212 | 206 | 194 | |
| 6.1% | 7.2% | 7.2% | 6.6% | |
| 38.1% | 66.0% | 74.9% | 140.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 260 | 345 | 355 | 345 | |
| 86 | 85 | 94 | 102 | |
| 174 | 260 | 261 | 243 | |
| Dividends paid | 107 | 209 | 204 | 130 |
| 52 | 190 | 77 | 201 | |
| 25 | 24 | 23 | 15 |
Valuation
- 9.6×
- 14.4×
- 7.96
- 12.1×
- 0.7×
- 6.5×
- 10.3×
- 15.3%
- 10.4%
- 7.7%
Profitability
- 27.0%
- 16.3%
- 7.6%
- 23.3%
- 4.5%
- 4.3%
- 150.7%
- 3.5%
- 5.5%
- –
Growth
- +1.3%
- +1.2%
- −7.0%
- +18.2%
- −3.2%
Financial health
- 8.7×
- 35.63
- 83.6%
- 4.1×
- 1.83
- 1.81
- 0.38
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 25%of 982
Top 20%of 996
Top 17%of 860
Bottom 22%of 996
Top 12%of 982
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $7.73
- Range
- $6.00 – $10.00
- 12 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | 0.12 | 0.10 | +20.0% |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 0.16 | 0.14 | +14.3% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | 0.24 | 0.20 | +20.0% |
| Aug 8, 2025 | 0.29 | 0.25 | +16.0% |
| May 2, 2025 | 0.20 | 0.20 | +0.0% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | 0.25 | 0.24 | +4.2% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 0.25 | 0.25 | +0.0% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 0.27 | 0.28 | −3.6% |
7.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$77a year at today's yield, before tax
+18.2%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.23 in 2015 → $0.67 in 2025
How safe it looks
78.5% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 53.4%
News
1 Reason to Still Avoid Wendy's Stock, Even Though It's 10% Below Its 52-Week HighYahoo Finance · Nov 13, 2026JELD-WEN (JELD): Buy, Sell, or Hold Post Q2 Earnings?Yahoo Finance · Oct 21, 2026JELD-WEN CFO steps down, appoints interim chiefSeeking Alpha · Oct 19, 2026Wendy's Costs Less Than $7 a Share. Here's Why That Doesn't Make It Cheap.Yahoo Finance · Oct 13, 2026Why brands like E.l.f., Wendy's and Gap are branching out into original musicCNBC · Oct 4, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
52No pass
Benjamin Graham
51No pass
Philip Fisher
42No pass
Peter Lynch
7No pass
Joel Greenblatt
37No pass
Charlie Munger
44No pass
Terry Smith
44No pass
Questions about The Wendy's
Is The Wendy's a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the The Wendy's AI analysis
What does The Wendy's do?
The Wendy's Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a quick-service restaurant company. It operates through three segments: Wendy's U.S., Wendy's International, and Global Real Estate & Development. It is in Restaurants.
Does The Wendy's pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 7.7% a year, about 79% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $130 million in dividends.
Is The Wendy's stock halal?
No. The Wendy's does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 262% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has The Wendy's stock done over the past year?
Down 4.9% over the past twelve months, to $8.28. It traded between $6.10 and $9.12 and is 9.2% below its high.
Who are The Wendy's's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are McDonald's, Starbucks, Compass Group and Chipotle Mexican Grill. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with The Wendy's's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.