the wendy's co. - WEN

WEN

Close Chg Chg %
17.48 0.09 0.51%

Closed Market

17.57

+0.09 (0.51%)

Volume: 3.86M

Last Updated:

Dec 9, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: the wendy's co. - WEN

WEN Key Data

Open

$17.59

Day Range

17.52 - 17.79

52 Week Range

15.62 - 20.65

Market Cap

$3.56B

Shares Outstanding

203.85M

Public Float

185.62M

Beta

0.76

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

18.60

EPS

$0.95

Yield

572.08%

Dividend

$0.25

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Dec 2, 2024

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

3.52M

 

WEN Performance

1 Week
 
0.51%
 
1 Month
 
-10.08%
 
3 Months
 
0.00%
 
1 Year
 
-8.15%
 
5 Years
 
-19.53%
 

WEN Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 30
Full Ratings ➔

About the wendy's co. - WEN

The Wendy’s Co. engages in operating, developing, and franchising a system of quick-service restaurants. It offers hamburgers and related products, such as chicken breast sandwiches, nuggets, chili, and baked potatoes, French fries, freshly prepared salads, soft drinks, milk, coffee, frosty deserts, and kid’s meals. The company was founded by R. David Thomas on November 15, 1969 and is headquartered in Dublin, OH.

WEN At a Glance

The Wendy's Co.
One Dave Thomas Boulevard
Dublin, Ohio 43017
Phone 1-614-764-3100 Revenue 2.18B
Industry Restaurants Net Income 204.44M
Sector Consumer Services 2023 Sales Growth 4.108%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2024 Employees 15,300
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WEN Valuation

P/E Current 18.598
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 20.155
Price to Sales Ratio 1.889
Price to Book Ratio 12.916
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 11.93
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 14.571
Enterprise Value to Sales 3.517
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.54

WEN Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 142,586.797
Income Per Employee 13,362.092
Receivables Turnover 10.989
Total Asset Turnover 0.377

WEN Liquidity

Current Ratio 2.193
Quick Ratio 2.176
Cash Ratio 1.542

WEN Profitability

Gross Margin 28.782
Operating Margin 17.324
Pretax Margin 12.808
Net Margin 9.371
Return on Assets 3.535
Return on Equity 52.725
Return on Total Capital 4.595
Return on Invested Capital 4.542

WEN Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 1,336.364
Total Debt to Total Capital 93.038
Total Debt to Total Assets 73.713
Long-Term Debt to Equity 1,304.453
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 90.816
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Annual Financials for The Wendy's Co. - WEN

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All values USD millions. 2020 2021 2022 2023 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
1.73B 1.90B 2.10B 2.18B
Sales Growth
+1.45% +9.41% +10.46% +4.11%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
1.25B 1.32B 1.51B 1.55B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
161.71M 166.14M 169.72M 148.57M
Depreciation
109.12M 110.90M 108.64M 76.43M
Amortization of Intangibles
52.59M 55.24M 61.08M 72.13M
COGS Growth
+0.82% +6.36% +14.07% +2.85%
Gross Income
488.71M 572.72M 584.95M 627.90M
Gross Income Growth
+3.09% +17.19% +2.14% +7.34%
Gross Profit Margin
+28.19% +30.19% +27.91% +28.78%
2020 2021 2022 2023 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
206.88M 242.97M 254.98M 249.96M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
206.88M 242.97M 254.98M 249.96M
SGA Growth
+3.33% +17.45% +4.94% -1.97%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
24.07M 24.52M 2.01M 16.21M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
257.76M 305.23M 327.96M 361.73M
Non Operating Income/Expense
12.77M 44.53M 37.87M 41.75M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - 246.00K
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
5.63M 11.20M 9.40M 10.80M
Interest Expense
117.74M 109.19M 122.32M 124.06M
Interest Expense Growth
+1.52% -7.26% +12.03% +1.42%
Gross Interest Expense
117.74M 109.19M 122.32M 124.06M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
152.79M 240.58M 243.50M 279.42M
Pretax Income Growth
-10.90% +57.45% +1.22% +14.75%
Pretax Margin
+8.81% +12.68% +11.62% +12.81%
Income Tax
34.96M 40.19M 66.14M 74.98M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
19.90M 45.45M 52.29M 64.17M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
4.80M 8.51M 9.54M 11.62M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
9.89M (15.94M) 6.50M (2.73M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
374.00K 2.16M (2.19M) 1.92M
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
5.63M 11.20M 9.40M 10.80M
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
117.83M 200.39M 177.37M 204.44M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
117.83M 200.39M 177.37M 204.44M
Net Income Growth
-13.95% +70.07% -11.49% +15.26%
Net Margin Growth
+6.80% +10.56% +8.46% +9.37%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
117.83M 200.39M 177.37M 204.44M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
117.83M 200.39M 177.37M 204.44M
EPS (Basic)
0.5268 0.9052 0.8297 0.9759
EPS (Basic) Growth
-11.54% +71.83% -8.34% +17.62%
Basic Shares Outstanding
223.68M 221.38M 213.77M 209.49M
EPS (Diluted)
0.5168 0.893 0.8218 0.9665
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-11.28% +72.79% -7.97% +17.61%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
228.01M 224.41M 215.84M 211.53M
EBITDA
443.54M 495.88M 499.69M 526.50M
EBITDA Growth
+9.37% +11.80% +0.77% +5.37%
EBITDA Margin
+25.58% +26.14% +23.85% +24.13%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation HOLD Average Target Price 20.159
Number of Ratings 30 Current Quarters Estimate 0.244
FY Report Date 12 / 2024 Current Year's Estimate 0.998
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.25 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 0.97 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 1.053
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 27 22 29 29
Mean Estimate 0.24 0.23 1.00 1.05
High Estimates 0.26 0.25 1.04 1.16
Low Estimate 0.22 0.21 0.97 0.95
Coefficient of Variance 5.12 4.82 1.30 3.79

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 6 6 7
OVERWEIGHT 1 1 1
HOLD 21 21 20
UNDERWEIGHT 1 1 1
SELL 1 1 1
MEAN Hold Hold Hold

Insider Actions for The Wendy's Co. - WEN

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Nov 8, 2024 Liliana M. Esposito Chf Corp Affrs & Sustnblty Ofc 83,492 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $19.63 per share 1,638,947.96
Nov 8, 2024 Liliana M. Esposito Chf Corp Affrs & Sustnblty Ofc 135,501 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $15.36 per share 2,081,295.36
Nov 8, 2024 Liliana M. Esposito Chf Corp Affrs & Sustnblty Ofc N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2024 Lindsay Radkoski CMO, U.S. 59,408 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Aug 20, 2024 Lindsay Radkoski CMO, U.S. 53,071 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Aug 20, 2024 Lindsay Radkoski CMO, U.S. 45,763 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jun 21, 2024 Deepak Ajmani Chief Operations Officer - U.S 1,836 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jun 21, 2024 Matt Spessard Chief Information Officer 5,448 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jun 21, 2024 M. Coley O’Brien Chief People Officer 22,162 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jun 21, 2024 M. Coley O’Brien Chief People Officer 22,085 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jun 21, 2024 Matt Spessard Chief Information Officer 5,472 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jun 21, 2024 Kenneth W. Gilbert Director 16,286 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jun 21, 2024 Kenneth W. Gilbert Director 16,149 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jun 21, 2024 Gunther Plosch Chief Financial Officer 13,593 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jun 21, 2024 Suzanne M. Thuerk Chief Accounting Officer 6,468 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jun 21, 2024 E. J. Wunsch President, International 60,399 Other acquisition or disposition 0.00
Jun 21, 2024 E. J. Wunsch President, International 8,082 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jun 21, 2024 Suzanne M. Thuerk Chief Accounting Officer 6,411 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jun 21, 2024 Abigail E. Pringle President, U.S. 12,124 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jun 21, 2024 Kirk Tanner President & CEO; Director 343,536 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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