What is Wendy's's net change in cash?

Wendy's (WEN) reported net change in cash of $4.36M in Q1 2026.

How has Wendy's's net change in cash changed year-over-year?

Wendy's's net change in cash increased by 103.8% year-over-year, from -$114.65M to $4.36M.

What is the long-term trend for Wendy's's net change in cash?

Over 2 years (2021 to 2023), Wendy's's net change in cash has grown at a 117.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -$51.28M to -$242.99M.

What does net change in cash mean?

Total increase or decrease in cash during the period — the sum of operating, investing, financing cash flows plus FX effects.

Wendy's WEN Net Change in Cash

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-$34M-36.0%

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-$142M+59.9%

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$2.09M-65.6%

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-39.5%

Enterprise value$5.25B-14.1%

P/E10.1×-2.8×

P/S0.7×-0.4×

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

Reported directly by Wendy's in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect.

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 net change in cash?: Wendy's (WEN) reported net change in cash of $4.36M in Q1 2026.
How has Wendy's's net change in cash changed year-over-year?: Wendy's's net change in cash increased by 103.8% year-over-year, from -$114.65M to $4.36M.
What is the long-term trend for Wendy's's net change in cash?: Over 2 years (2021 to 2023), Wendy's's net change in cash has grown at a 117.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -$51.28M to -$242.99M.
What does net change in cash mean?: Total increase or decrease in cash during the period — the sum of operating, investing, financing cash flows plus FX effects.