Wendy's WEN Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 63.3%-1.8pp | 63.6%-1.5pp | 64.5%-0.1pp | 65.1%+1.0pp | 65.1%+1.3pp | |
| Operating margin | 14.8%-1.9pp | 15.8%-0.8pp | 17%+0.6pp | 17%+0.2pp | 16.7%-0.6pp | |
| Net margin | 6.8%-1.8pp | 7.6%-1.1pp | 8.4%-0.3pp | 8.6%-0.5pp | 8.6%-0.9pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 120.9%+30.5pp | 87.6%+19.3pp | 100.8%+36.5pp | 99.3%+38.7pp | 90.4%+32.5pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 6.1%-0.9pp | 6.4%-0.4pp | 6.9%+0.1pp | 6.9%0.0pp | 6.9%-0.3pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.8×+0.3× | 1.8×-0.1× | 0.8×-1.3× | 1.4×-0.7× | 1.5×-0.6× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 35.6×+4.3× | 35.3×+19.5× | 37.7×+21.9× | 36.2×+21.2× | 31.3×+17.3× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 7.8×+0.7× | 7.6×+0.7× | 7.2×+0.2× | 7.2×+0.2× | 7.1×+0.3× | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $1.5B-35.1% | $1.48B-51.3% | $1.63B-58.4% | $1.89B-45.5% | $2.52B-38.7% | |
| Price / earnings | 10.1×-2.0× | 9×-6.7× | 8.7×-11.5× | 9.8×-7.4× | 13.1×-6.7× | |
| Price / sales | 0.7×-0.3× | 0.7×-0.7× | 0.7×-1.0× | 0.8×-0.7× | 1.1×-0.8× | |
| Price / book | 13×-4.8× | 12.6×+0.9× | 14.9×-0.2× | 16.8×+4.1× | 19.3×+5.4× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.9×-0.7× | 10.6×-2.3× | 10.4×-4.4× | 10.8×-3.0× | 12×-2.8× | |
| Dividend yield | 7.1%-1.6pp | 8.7%+2.0pp | 9.5%+4.2pp | 9.4%+3.5pp | 8%+3.0pp |
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- What are Wendy's's profit margins?
- Wendy's (WEN) runs a 63.3% gross margin and a 14.8% operating margin, with a 6.8% net margin.
- Where do Wendy's's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Wendy's's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
