WEN
Wendy's Company (The)
NasdaqGSUSDEQUITY
Consumer Cyclical
DELAYED
Last price
9.01
▲ 0.20 (2.27%)
MARKET · —
Price
Open
8.86
Prev close
8.81
Day high
9.04
Day low
8.73
Volume
5.54M
Market cap
$1.72B
P/E (TTM)
13.65
52W range
6.07 – 10.62
Trailing performance
Returnvs SPY
1W
+4.28%
+5.7%
1M
+25.66%
+21.9%
3M
+18.24%
+15.1%
6M
+11.37%
+0.3%
YTD
+8.16%
-4.1%
1Y
-12.27%
-32.3%
3Y
-57.58%
-131.7%
5Y
—
—
Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.
Fundamentals
Market cap$1.72B
Enterprise value$5.45B
Revenue (TTM)$2.20B
Gross profit$729.67M
EBITDA$455.95M
Net income$126.06M
EPS (TTM)$0.66
Free cash flow$173.34M
Total cash$341.21M
Total debt$4.07B
Book value / share—
Shares outstanding190.64M
Float157.13M
Short % of float43.25%
Dividend yield3.11%
Beta (5Y)0.38
Valuation & profitability ratios
Trailing P/E13.65
Forward P/E16.51
PEG ratio1.63
Price / sales—
Price / book—
EV / revenue2.47
EV / EBITDA11.95
Gross margin33.11%
Operating margin14.29%
Profit margin5.72%
Return on equity108.04%
Return on assets3.82%
Debt / equity3,380.62
Current ratio1.90
Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.
Financial statements
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | $2.18B | $2.25B | $2.18B | $2.10B |
| Cost of revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross profit | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| R&D | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — |
| Pre-tax income | — | — | — | — |
| Tax provision | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net income | $165.07M | $194.36M | $204.44M | $177.37M |
| EBIT | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | — | — | — | — |
| Short-term investments | — | — | — | — |
| Net receivables | — | — | — | — |
| Inventory | — | — | — | — |
| Total current assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total current liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Long-term debt | — | — | — | — |
| Total liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Retained earnings | — | — | — | — |
| Shareholder equity | — | — | — | — |
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income | $165.07M | $194.36M | $204.44M | $177.37M |
| Depreciation | — | — | — | — |
| Change in working capital | — | — | — | — |
| Operating cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Capital expenditure | — | — | — | — |
| Investing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — |
| Buybacks | — | — | — | — |
| Financing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Net change in cash | — | — | — | — |
Earnings
Reported vs expected · EPS
| Quarter | Est. | Actual | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 0.16 | 0.18 | +10.2% |
| Mar 2026 | 0.10 | 0.12 | +25.1% |
| Dec 2025 | 0.14 | 0.16 | +10.4% |
| Sep 2025 | 0.20 | 0.24 | +22.9% |
Forward consensus
| Period | EPS | Analysts | Revenue | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current quarter | 0.11 | 22 | $535.92M | -2.5% |
| Next quarter | 0.11 | 22 | $559.43M | +3.0% |
| Current year | 0.52 | 23 | $2.20B | +1.2% |
| Next year | 0.55 | 24 | $2.19B | -0.4% |
Analyst targets & ownership
Mean target$7.79
High target$13.00
Low target$5.00
Implied upside-13.55%
Analyst count19
ConsensusHOLD
Strong buy / Buy1 / 3
Hold15
Sell / Strong sell3 / 2
Held by insiders9.15%
Held by institutions87.15%
Institutions holding510
Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.
Insider net activity
Net shares
0
Net selling
Buy transactions
0
0 shares
Sell transactions
0
—
Net transactions
0
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
—
Not enough filings
Insider-held shares
17.44M
Total on file
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Action | Shares | Value | Held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 26 | RADKOSKI LINDSAY J. Officer |
— | 2.77K | — | Direct |
| Aug 12, 26 | ESPOSITO LILIANA Officer |
— | 36.10K | — | Direct |
| Aug 12, 26 | WUNSCH E. J. Officer |
— | 68.60K | — | Direct |
| Aug 12, 26 | MIN JOHN Officer |
— | 50.32K | — | Direct |
| Aug 12, 26 | SPESSARD MATTHEW P Chief Technology Officer |
— | 25.95K | — | Direct |
| Aug 12, 26 | RADKOSKI LINDSAY J. Officer |
— | 31.59K | — | Direct |
| Aug 12, 26 | SUERKEN PETER J. JR Officer |
— | 7.96K | — | Direct |
| Aug 12, 26 | KALE AARON M. Officer |
— | 2.21K | — | Direct |
| Aug 11, 26 | ESPOSITO LILIANA Officer |
— | 1.75K | — | Direct |
| Aug 11, 26 | WUNSCH E. J. Officer |
— | 3.07K | — | Direct |
| Aug 11, 26 | SPESSARD MATTHEW P Chief Technology Officer |
— | 633 | — | Direct |
| Aug 11, 26 | RADKOSKI LINDSAY J. Officer |
— | 633 | — | Direct |
| Aug 11, 26 | KALE AARON M. Officer |
— | 1.75K | — | Direct |
| Aug 5, 26 | ESPOSITO LILIANA Officer |
— | 2.29K | — | Direct |
What this is, and what it is not
These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.
A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.
This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.
Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.
Insider holders
| Name | Relation | Shares held | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
ESPOSITO LILIANA |
Officer | 122.26K | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security |
MATHEWS-SPRADLIN MICH J |
Director | 98.74K | Stock Award(Grant) |
MAY PETER W |
Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security | 20.51M | Stock Award(Grant) |
O BRIEN MATTHEW COLEY |
Officer | 106.59K | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security |
PELTZ BRADLEY G. |
Director | 181.35K | Stock Award(Grant) |
PELTZ MATTHEW H |
Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security | 15.21M | Stock Award(Grant) |
PRINGLE ABIGAIL E |
Officer | 187.25K | Stock Gift |
ROTHSCHILD PETER H |
Director | 199.12K | Stock Award(Grant) |
WINKLEBLACK ARTHUR B |
Director | 118.82K | Stock Award(Grant) |
WUNSCH E. J. |
Officer | 131.76K | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security |
Moving averages & technicals
SMA 10
8.46
+6.49% from price
SMA 20
8.01
+12.45% from price
SMA 50
7.68
+17.31% from price
SMA 100
7.41
+21.56% from price
SMA 200
7.71
+16.93% from price
EMA 12
8.44
+6.73% from price
EMA 26
8.08
+11.46% from price
EMA 50
7.82
+15.25% from price
RSI (14)
64.2
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
0.36
Hist 0.12
ATR (14)
0.44
4.91% of price
Realised vol 30D
63.6%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
9.23
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
6.80
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Death
7.68 vs 7.71
Trend bias
Above 200
+16.93%
Risk profile
Beta vs SPY
0.40
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.09
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
63.6%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
12.9%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-42.0%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-74.4%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
0.44
4.91% of price
Beta (reported)
0.38
5Y monthly, from filing
Unusual options activity
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.
Options analytics
Put / call volume
0.13
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.38
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
8.00
-11.2% from spot
ATM implied vol
54.3%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
-3.1%
Calls bid over puts
Call volume
3.48K
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
460
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
9.00
3.37K contracts
Heaviest put OI
8.50
1.00K contracts
Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.
Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.
Options chain
Calls
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Puts
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.
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