Wendy's Co. (WEN): Price and Financial Metrics
WEN Price/Volume Stats
Current price | $20.42 | 52-week high | $23.90 |
Prev. close | $20.35 | 52-week low | $18.50 |
Day low | $20.31 | Volume | 2,265,400 |
Day high | $20.53 | Avg. volume | 2,693,641 |
50-day MA | $20.77 | Dividend yield | 4.85% |
200-day MA | $21.80 | Market Cap | 4.27B |
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WEN POWR Grades
- Momentum is the dimension where WEN ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 75.08% of US stocks.
- WEN's strongest trending metric is Sentiment; it's been moving down over the last 177 days.
- WEN ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 9th percentile.
WEN Stock Summary
- The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for WEN is 5.52 -- better than 91.99% of US stocks.
- WEN's equity multiplier -- a measure of assets relative to shareholders'equity -- is greater than that of 93.85% of US stocks.
- The volatility of WENDY'S CO's share price is greater than that of merely 2.61% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
- Stocks that are quantitatively similar to WEN, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are WLFC, SEAS, SPH, NRG, and FREE.
- Visit WEN's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.wendys.com.
WEN Valuation Summary
- WEN's EV/EBIT ratio is 19.9; this is 40.64% higher than that of the median Consumer Cyclical stock.
- WEN's price/sales ratio has moved down 1.1 over the prior 243 months.
Below are key valuation metrics over time for WEN.
Stock | Date | P/S | P/B | P/E | EV/EBIT |
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WEN | 2023-09-13 | 1.9 | 10.7 | 21.8 | 19.9 |
WEN | 2023-09-12 | 1.9 | 10.7 | 21.8 | 19.9 |
WEN | 2023-09-11 | 1.9 | 10.6 | 21.7 | 19.8 |
WEN | 2023-09-08 | 1.9 | 10.5 | 21.5 | 19.7 |
WEN | 2023-09-07 | 1.9 | 10.6 | 21.8 | 19.8 |
WEN | 2023-09-06 | 2.0 | 10.8 | 22.0 | 20.0 |
WEN Growth Metrics
- Its year over year price growth rate is now at -28.51%.
- Its 4 year revenue growth rate is now at 27.03%.
- Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 122.15%.

The table below shows WEN's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).
Date | Revenue | Operating Cash Flow | Net Income to Common Stock |
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2022-09-30 | 2,032.198 | 251.738 | 188.226 |
2022-06-30 | 1,969.884 | 285.216 | 178.855 |
2022-03-31 | 1,925.438 | 280.924 | 196.428 |
2021-12-31 | 1,896.998 | 345.772 | 200.392 |
2021-09-30 | 1,898.112 | 355.275 | 186.995 |
2021-06-30 | 1,880.099 | 412.55 | 185.577 |
WEN's Quality Factors
The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.- WEN has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 80.51% of graded US stocks.
- WEN's asset turnover comes in at 0.374 -- ranking 54th of 79 Restaraunts Hotels Motels stocks.
- DS, DIN, and YUM are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with WEN.
The table below shows WEN's key quality metrics over time.
Period | Asset Turnover | Gross Margin | ROIC |
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2021-07-04 | 0.374 | 0.387 | 0.059 |
2021-04-04 | 0.357 | 0.379 | 0.051 |
2021-01-03 | 0.346 | 0.374 | 0.045 |
2020-09-27 | 0.337 | 0.371 | 0.042 |
2020-06-28 | 0.331 | 0.373 | 0.042 |
2020-03-29 | 0.336 | 0.376 | 0.044 |
WEN Price Target
For more insight on analysts targets of WEN, see our WEN price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.
Average Price Target | $27.10 | Average Broker Recommendation | 1.55 (Moderate Buy) |
Wendy's Co. (WEN) Company Bio
Wendy's owns and franchises hamburger-focused Wendys restaurants. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Dublin, Ohio.
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WEN Price Returns
1-mo | 1.85% |
3-mo | -4.94% |
6-mo | -3.99% |
1-year | 10.19% |
3-year | 0.11% |
5-year | 34.19% |
YTD | -6.55% |
2022 | -2.77% |
2021 | 10.98% |
2020 | 0.07% |
2019 | 45.34% |
2018 | -3.02% |
WEN Dividends
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