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Wendy's WEN Operating margin

Operating margin at other companies

McDonald's logo
McDonald'sMCD
46.3%+1.0pp
Yum! Brands logo
Yum! BrandsYUM
31.5%0.0pp
Restaurant Brands International logo
Restaurant Brands InternationalQSR
24.7%-1.6pp
Wingstop logo
WingstopWING
27%+2.2pp
Papa John's International logo
Papa John's InternationalPZZA
4.3%-2.9pp
Dutch Bros logo
Dutch BrosBROS
9.4%+1.2pp

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
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.

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 operating margin?
Wendy's (WEN) reported operating margin of 14.8% in Q1 2026.
How has Wendy's's operating margin changed year-over-year?
Wendy's's operating margin decreased by 11.2% year-over-year, from 16.7% to 14.8%.
What is the long-term trend for Wendy's's operating margin?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Wendy's's operating margin has grown at a 0.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 15.5% to 15.8%.
What does operating margin mean?
Operating income as a percentage of revenue (trailing twelve months). Captures profitability from core operations after both cost of revenue and operating expenses, but before interest and taxes.