What is Wendy's's dividend yield?

Wendy's (WEN) reported dividend yield of 8.1% in Q1 2026.

How has Wendy's's dividend yield changed year-over-year?

Wendy's's dividend yield increased by 0.2% year-over-year, from 8% to 8.1%.

What is the long-term trend for Wendy's's dividend yield?

Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Wendy's's dividend yield has grown at a 43.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1.4% to 8.7%.

What does dividend yield mean?

Trailing-twelve-month common dividends paid divided by market capitalization at the quarter end. The cash income return shareholders receive relative to the market price.

Wendy's WEN Dividend yield

Dividend yield at other companies

McDonald'sMCD

2.3%+0.1pp

Yum! BrandsYUM

1.9%+0.1pp

Restaurant Brands InternationalQSR

4.4%-0.4pp

WingstopWING

0.8%+0.3pp

Papa John's InternationalPZZA

5.7%+1.2pp

Domino's PizzaDPZ

2.1%+0.8pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$540.6M+3.3%

Gross profit$339.6M+1.3%

Operating income$64.9M-21.9%

Net income$22.7M-42.1%

EPS (diluted)$0.12-36.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$362.0M-6.9%

Total debt$4.1B+1.0%

Total equity$115.6M-11.3%

Total assets$4.9B+0.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$59.4M-30.5%

CapEx$11.9M-32.8%

Free cash flow$47.5M-29.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$1.5B-35.1%

Enterprise value$5.25B-12.4%

P/E10.1×-2.0×

P/S0.7×-0.3×

Profitability

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Gross margin63.3%-1.8pp

Operating margin14.8%-1.9pp

Net margin6.8%-1.8pp

FCF margin10.1%-0.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity120.9%+30.5pp

Debt / equity35.6×+4.3×

Current ratio1.8×+0.3×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Wendy's’s reported figures.

dividends paid/market cap=8.1%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Wendy's’s 10-Q, filed May 8, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Wendy's's dividend yield?: Wendy's (WEN) reported dividend yield of 8.1% in Q1 2026.
How has Wendy's's dividend yield changed year-over-year?: Wendy's's dividend yield increased by 0.2% year-over-year, from 8% to 8.1%.
What is the long-term trend for Wendy's's dividend yield?: Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Wendy's's dividend yield has grown at a 43.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1.4% to 8.7%.
What does dividend yield mean?: Trailing-twelve-month common dividends paid divided by market capitalization at the quarter end. The cash income return shareholders receive relative to the market price.