WEN
Wendy's Co Consumer Discretionary Retail-Eating & Drinking Places Russell 3000
$7.21Close
$1.4BMarket cap
$6.10 – $9.0452-week range
Nov 5, 2026Next report · before the open
Highlights
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 2 of 8 trend conditions
- Lagging the market RS 39 · weaker than 61% of stocks over 12 months
- Earnings shrinking EPS −40% year on year
- Results soon Nov 5, 2026, in 4 days
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
20%
1wk
up 15.9%
price change
1mo
up 13.0%
price change
12-month return
down 10%
market up 11% ·
its own down 22%
F-score
4 / 9
Weak
Altman Z″
1.13
Moderate risk
P/E
8.3×
price / earnings
PEG
—
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
11.7×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 9.0%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
66%
of the market · cheap
Revenue growth
down 3%
year on year
EPS growth
down 40%
latest quarter · -1 pts
Sales growth
up 2%
latest quarter · -2 pts
ROE
up 88%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 11%
$242.6M FCF
D/E
23.26
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
4.9×
Interest cover
—EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- profitability slipped from last year
- took on more long-term debt
- short-term liquidity weakened
- gross margin narrowed
- assets working less efficiently
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profits backed by cash
- no new shares issued
Trade setup
ATR%
4.4%
$0.32 a day · 2×ATR $6.58
RS
39 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
2 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
1.2×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
0.82
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no option chain · report Nov 5, 2026
Trend template · 2 of 8
- Price above the 50-day average: passes
- Within 25% of the 52-week high: passes
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- Heavily indebted Net debt is 4.9 times EBITDA — roughly 5 years of earnings before interest, tax and depreciation to repay borrowings in full.
- Gross margin narrowing Gross margin fell from 65.1% to 63.6%. The company is keeping less of each dollar of sales than it did a year ago.
- Revenue shrinking Revenue fell 3.1% over the year, from $2.2B to $2.2B.
Last reported
Aug 7, 2026
Results reaction
Aug 7, 2026-2% vs market2 sessions after results
Financials
- Gross 64%
- Net 8%
- Free cash 11%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Jan 3, 2021 | FY2021Jan 2, 2022 | FY2022Jan 1, 2023 | FY2023Dec 31, 2023 | FY2024Dec 29, 2024 | FY2025Dec 28, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.7B | $1.9B | $2.1B | $2.2B | $2.2B | $2.2B |
| Gross margin | 65% | 68% | 63% | 64% | 65% | 64% |
| Operating income | $269.3M | $367.0M | $353.3M | $382.0M | $371.4M | $343.5M |
| Net income | $117.8M | $200.4M | $177.4M | $204.4M | $194.4M | $165.1M |
| Net margin | 7% | 11% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 8% |
| Earnings per share | $0.52 | $0.89 | $0.82 | $0.97 | $0.95 | $0.85 |
| Free cash flow | $215.4M | $267.8M | $174.4M | $260.4M | $260.9M | $242.6M |
| Free cash margin | 12% | 14% | 8% | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| Cash | $307.0M | $249.4M | $745.9M | $516.0M | $450.5M | $300.8M |
| Long-term debt | $2.2B | $2.4B | $2.8B | $2.7B | $2.7B | $2.7B |
| Shareholders' equity | $549.6M | $436.4M | $465.7M | $309.8M | $259.4M | $117.4M |
| Shares outstanding | 224.27m | 215.85m | 213.10m | 205.40m | 203.83m | 190.32m |
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 28, 2026 | 40d |
| May 8, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 29, 2026 | 40d |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Dec 28, 2025 | 57d |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 28, 2025 | 40d |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 29, 2025 | 40d |
| May 2, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 30, 2025 | 33d |
| Feb 21, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Dec 29, 2024 | 54d |
| Oct 31, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 29, 2024 | 32d |
| Aug 1, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2024 | 32d |
| May 2, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2024 | 32d |
| Feb 26, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2023 | 57d |
| Nov 2, 2023 | Quarterly ↗ | Oct 1, 2023 | 32d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| May 22, 2026 | Director or officer change · Shareholder vote ↗ |
| May 20, 2026 | Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗ |
| May 8, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Regulation FD ↗ |
| Feb 13, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Regulation FD ↗ |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Material agreement · New obligation ↗ |