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Wendy's WEN EBITDA margin

EBITDA margin at other companies

McDonald's logo
McDonald'sMCD
47.9%+1.0pp
Yum! Brands logo
Yum! BrandsYUM
34.1%+0.3pp
Restaurant Brands International logo
Restaurant Brands InternationalQSR
27.9%-1.6pp
BH
Biglari Holdings Inc.BH
7.2%+4.6pp
Wingstop logo
WingstopWING
30.6%+2.4pp
Papa John's International logo
Papa John's InternationalPZZA
8.8%-1.7pp

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.

ebitda/total revenue=21.9%

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 EBITDA margin?
Wendy's (WEN) reported EBITDA margin of 21.9% in Q1 2026.
How has Wendy's's EBITDA margin changed year-over-year?
Wendy's's EBITDA margin decreased by 5.2% year-over-year, from 23.2% to 21.9%.
What is the long-term trend for Wendy's's EBITDA margin?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Wendy's's EBITDA margin has grown at a -0.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 23.2% to 22.8%.
What does EBITDA margin mean?
EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) as a percentage of revenue, trailing twelve months. A proxy for cash operating profitability that strips out capital-structure and non-cash charges.