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Wendy's WEN Return on assets

Return on assets at other companies

McDonald's logo
McDonald'sMCD
14.9%+0.1pp
Yum! Brands logo
Yum! BrandsYUM
23.4%+1.3pp
Restaurant Brands International logo
Restaurant Brands InternationalQSR
5.2%-0.4pp
BH
Biglari Holdings Inc.BH
-2%-0.8pp
Wingstop logo
WingstopWING
16.6%-14.4pp
Papa John's International logo
Papa John's InternationalPZZA
3.3%-5.6pp

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.

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 return on assets?
Wendy's (WEN) reported return on assets of 3% in Q1 2026.
How has Wendy's's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Wendy's's return on assets decreased by 20.4% year-over-year, from 3.8% to 3%.
What is the long-term trend for Wendy's's return on assets?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Wendy's's return on assets has grown at a 7.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 2.3% to 3.3%.
What does return on assets mean?
Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by average total assets. Measures how efficiently the asset base generates profit, independent of how those assets are financed. Computed as net income over average total assets — note this is OpenCapital's standard definition and may differ from data vendors that use alternative numerators.