Consumer Cyclical
Live Price
Offline$6.80
-2.16% today
1Y Change
-44.84%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Coverage: 245 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
The Wendy's Company (WEN) is a Consumer Cyclical stock with a market cap of $1.25B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $6.80 and down 44.8% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -3.1%, EPS growth of -10.5%, a dividend yield of 8.6%. What stands out right now is revenue -3.1%, EPS -10.5%, free cash flow -7.0% with operating margin 15.6% and ROIC 5.2%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 8.6%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 7.5 and price/sales 0.6. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines WEN price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Cyclical peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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WEN
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
WEN Max Drawdown
-47.17%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for WEN and SPY.
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$1.9B
-9.5% YoY
FY Net Income
$200.4M
+13.0% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$267.8M
+53.6% YoY
Revenue Growth
-3.1%
EPS Growth
-10.5%
Gross Margin
27.2%
Net Margin
7.6%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.2B | 2.2B | 2.2B | 2.1B | 1.9B |
| Gross Profit | 585M | 790M | 776M | 721M | 537M |
| Operating Income | 332M | 371M | 382M | 353M | 367M |
| EBITDA | 525M | 554M | 552M | 502M | 475M |
| Net Income | 165M | 194M | 204M | 177M | 200M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 301M | 451M | 516M | 746M | 249M |
| Total Assets | 5.0B | 5.0B | 5.2B | 5.5B | 5.1B |
| Total Liabilities | 4.8B | 4.8B | 4.9B | 5.0B | 4.7B |
| Shareholder Equity | 117M | 259M | 310M | 466M | 436M |
| Total Debt | 4.1B | 4.1B | 4.1B | 4.3B | 3.9B |
| Net Debt | 3.8B | 3.6B | 3.6B | 3.5B | 3.6B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
346M
+33.0% YoY
Capital Expenditures
78M
+8.8% YoY
Free Cash Flow
268M
+53.6% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
27.2%
Operating Margin
15.6%
Net Margin
7.6%
ROE
140.6%
Debt / Equity
35.31x
Next Step
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