What is Wendy's's tax on share settlement?

Wendy's (WEN) reported tax on share settlement of $423K in Q1 2026.

How has Wendy's's tax on share settlement changed year-over-year?

Wendy's's tax on share settlement decreased by 68.1% year-over-year, from $1.33M to $423K.

What is the long-term trend for Wendy's's tax on share settlement?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Wendy's's tax on share settlement has grown at a -10.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $4.51M to $2.84M.

What does tax on share settlement mean?

Cash paid to tax authorities for employee share vesting, where the company withholds shares and pays the tax obligation in cash.

Wendy's WEN Tax on Share Settlement

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$1.38M+23.1%

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$6.18M-43.9%

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$12.9M+58.1%

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:PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation.

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 tax on share settlement?: Wendy's (WEN) reported tax on share settlement of $423K in Q1 2026.
How has Wendy's's tax on share settlement changed year-over-year?: Wendy's's tax on share settlement decreased by 68.1% year-over-year, from $1.33M to $423K.
What is the long-term trend for Wendy's's tax on share settlement?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Wendy's's tax on share settlement has grown at a -10.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $4.51M to $2.84M.
What does tax on share settlement mean?: Cash paid to tax authorities for employee share vesting, where the company withholds shares and pays the tax obligation in cash.