For the twelve months ended Sep 27, 2026, Wendy's Company reported $2.20B of revenue and $96.90M of net income.
WEN revenue was $546.99M in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Sep 27, 2026), down 0.5% from a year earlier and down 4.1% from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2025 it was $2.18B, down 3.1% from fiscal 2024. Compound annual growth was +4.7% over 5 years and +1.5% over 10 years. It rose in 7 of the last 10 fiscal years.
WEN net income was $15.09M in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Sep 27, 2026), down 65.9% from a year earlier and down 53.7% from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2025 it was $165.07M, down 15.1% from fiscal 2024. Compound annual growth was +7.0% over 5 years and +0.2% over 10 years. It rose in 4 of the last 10 fiscal years.
WEN diluted EPS was $0.08 in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Sep 27, 2026), down 65.2% from a year earlier and down 52.9% from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2025 it was $0.85, down 10.5% from fiscal 2024. Compound annual growth was +10.3% over 5 years and +5.7% over 10 years.
WEN free cash flow was $61.71M in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Sep 27, 2026), down 40.8% from a year earlier and down 23.8% from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2025 it was $242.62M, down 7.0% from fiscal 2024. Compound annual growth was +2.4% over 5 years and +26.7% over 10 years. It rose in 7 of the last 10 fiscal years.
| Line item | Dec 28, 2025 | Dec 29, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 | Jan 1, 2023 | Jan 2, 2022 | Jan 3, 2021 | Dec 29, 2019 | Dec 30, 2018 | Dec 31, 2017 | Jan 1, 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.18B | $2.25B | $2.18B | $2.10B | $1.90B | $1.73B | $1.71B | $1.59B | $1.22B | $1.44B |
| Cost of revenue | $791.72M | $783.21M | $794.49M | $773.17M | $611.68M | $614.91M | $597.53M | $548.59M | $517.93M | $752.08M |
| Gross profit | $1.39B | $1.46B | $1.39B | $1.32B | $1.29B | $1.12B | $1.11B | $1.04B | $705.47M | $683.34M |
| Selling, general and admin | $252.68M | $255.21M | $249.96M | $254.98M | $242.97M | $206.88M | $200.21M | $217.49M | $203.59M | $236.79M |
| Operating income | $343.45M | $371.36M | $381.98M | $353.31M | $366.96M | $269.31M | $262.58M | $249.89M | $214.76M | $314.78M |
| Interest expense | $126.47M | $123.88M | $124.06M | $122.32M | $109.19M | $117.74M | $115.97M | $119.62M | $118.06M | $114.80M |
| Pre-tax income | $227.25M | $272.41M | $279.42M | $243.50M | $240.58M | $152.79M | $171.48M | $574.92M | $101.02M | $201.69M |
| Income tax | $62.17M | $78.06M | $74.98M | $66.14M | $40.19M | $34.96M | $34.54M | $114.80M | -$93.01M | $72.07M |
| Net income | $165.07M | $194.36M | $204.44M | $177.37M | $200.39M | $117.83M | $136.94M | $460.12M | $194.03M | $129.62M |
| EPS, basic | $0.85 | $0.95 | $0.98 | $0.83 | $0.91 | $0.53 | $0.60 | $1.93 | $0.79 | $0.49 |
| EPS, diluted | $0.85 | $0.95 | $0.97 | $0.82 | $0.89 | $0.52 | $0.58 | $1.88 | $0.77 | $0.49 |
| Diluted shares | 194.0M | 205.6M | 211.5M | 215.8M | 224.4M | 228.0M | 235.1M | 245.0M | 252.3M | 266.7M |
| Line item | Dec 28, 2025 | Dec 29, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 | Jan 1, 2023 | Jan 2, 2022 | Jan 3, 2021 | Dec 29, 2019 | Dec 30, 2018 | Dec 31, 2017 | Jan 1, 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $300.83M | $503.61M | $516.04M | $831.80M | $366.97M | $418.24M | $358.71M | $486.51M | $212.82M | $275.95M |
| Receivables | $104.96M | $86.84M | $104.80M | $98.56M | $101.52M | $93.66M | $100.54M | - | - | - |
| Inventory | $7.39M | $6.53M | $6.69M | $7.13M | $5.93M | $4.73M | $3.89M | $3.69M | $3.16M | $2.85M |
| Current assets | $618.04M | $736.14M | $837.65M | $1.06B | $592.85M | $687.62M | $554.05M | $665.72M | $404.35M | $452.53M |
| Goodwill | $774.09M | $771.47M | $773.73M | $773.09M | $775.28M | $751.05M | $755.91M | $747.88M | $743.33M | $741.41M |
| Total assets | $4.96B | $5.03B | $5.18B | $5.50B | $5.10B | $5.04B | $4.99B | $4.29B | $4.10B | $3.94B |
| Current liabilities | $351.10M | $397.63M | $381.93M | $388.00M | $426.93M | $413.31M | $349.70M | $284.19M | $227.16M | $230.08M |
| Short-term debt | $29.75M | $78.16M | $29.25M | $29.25M | $24.25M | $28.96M | $22.75M | $23.25M | - | - |
| Long-term debt | $2.73B | $2.66B | $2.73B | $2.82B | $2.36B | $2.22B | $2.26B | $2.31B | $2.72B | $2.49B |
| Total debt | $2.76B | $2.74B | $2.76B | $2.85B | $2.38B | $2.25B | $2.28B | $2.33B | $2.72B | $2.49B |
| Total liabilities | $4.84B | $4.78B | $4.87B | $5.03B | $4.66B | $4.49B | $4.48B | $3.64B | $3.52B | $3.41B |
| Shareholders' equity | $117.38M | $259.35M | $309.78M | $465.72M | $436.40M | $549.60M | $516.36M | $648.45M | $573.20M | $527.74M |
| Line item | Dec 28, 2025 | Dec 29, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 | Jan 1, 2023 | Jan 2, 2022 | Jan 3, 2021 | Dec 29, 2019 | Dec 30, 2018 | Dec 31, 2017 | Jan 1, 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $344.54M | $355.31M | $345.42M | $259.90M | $345.77M | $284.36M | $288.93M | $224.23M | $238.79M | $193.82M |
| Capital expenditures | $101.93M | $94.39M | $85.02M | $85.54M | $77.98M | $68.97M | $74.45M | $69.86M | $81.71M | $150.02M |
| Free cash flow | $242.62M | $260.92M | $260.39M | $174.36M | $267.79M | $215.39M | $214.48M | $154.37M | $157.08M | $43.80M |
| Investing cash flow | -$150.83M | -$129.31M | -$86.55M | -$77.78M | -$154.67M | -$68.25M | -$54.93M | $362.91M | -$92.25M | $107.08M |
| Financing cash flow | -$343.99M | -$303.10M | -$504.30M | $288.67M | -$242.74M | -$157.91M | -$365.30M | -$305.76M | -$215.80M | -$412.06M |
| Dividends paid | $129.59M | $204.44M | $209.25M | $106.78M | $94.85M | $64.87M | $96.36M | $80.53M | $68.32M | $63.83M |
| Share repurchases | $200.77M | $77.38M | $189.55M | $51.95M | $268.53M | $62.17M | $217.80M | $269.81M | $126.23M | $336.96M |
| Stock-based compensation | $14.57M | $23.02M | $23.75M | $24.54M | $22.02M | $18.93M | $18.68M | $17.92M | $20.93M | $18.14M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $152.22M | $143.23M | $135.79M | $133.41M | $125.54M | $132.78M | $131.69M | $128.88M | $125.69M | $124.30M |
| Line item | Dec 28, 2025 | Dec 29, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 | Jan 1, 2023 | Jan 2, 2022 | Jan 3, 2021 | Dec 29, 2019 | Dec 30, 2018 | Dec 31, 2017 | Jan 1, 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, YoY | -3.1% | 3.0% | 4.1% | 10.5% | 9.4% | 1.5% | 7.5% | 30.0% | -14.8% | -23.3% |
| Net income growth, YoY | -15.1% | -4.9% | 15.3% | -11.5% | 70.1% | -14.0% | -70.2% | 137.1% | 49.7% | -19.6% |
| EPS growth, YoY | -10.5% | -2.1% | 18.3% | -7.9% | 71.2% | -10.3% | -69.1% | 144.2% | 57.1% | 0.0% |
| Gross margin | 63.6% | 65.1% | 63.6% | 63.1% | 67.8% | 64.5% | 65.0% | 65.5% | 57.7% | 47.6% |
| Operating margin | 15.8% | 16.5% | 17.5% | 16.9% | 19.3% | 15.5% | 15.4% | 15.7% | 17.6% | 21.9% |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 8.7% | 9.4% | 8.5% | 10.6% | 6.8% | 8.0% | 28.9% | 15.9% | 9.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | 11.1% | 11.6% | 11.9% | 8.3% | 14.1% | 12.4% | 12.6% | 9.7% | 12.8% | 3.1% |
| Return on equity | 140.6% | 74.9% | 66.0% | 38.1% | 45.9% | 21.4% | 26.5% | 71.0% | 33.8% | 24.6% |
| Return on assets | 3.3% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3.2% | 3.9% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 10.7% | 4.7% | 3.3% |
| Current ratio | 1.76 | 1.85 | 2.19 | 2.73 | 1.39 | 1.66 | 1.58 | 2.34 | 1.78 | 1.97 |
| Debt to equity | 23.51 | 10.57 | 8.92 | 6.12 | 5.46 | 4.09 | 4.42 | 3.59 | 4.75 | 4.71 |
| Line item | Sep 27, 2026 | Jun 28, 2026 | Mar 29, 2026 | Dec 28, 2025 | Sep 28, 2025 | Jun 29, 2025 | Mar 30, 2025 | Dec 29, 2024 | Sep 29, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $546.99M | $570.57M | $540.64M | $542.97M | $549.52M | $560.93M | $523.47M | $574.27M | $566.74M | $570.73M | $534.75M | $540.65M |
| Cost of revenue | $208.26M | $207.28M | $201.05M | $202.78M | $204.26M | $196.52M | $188.17M | $195.57M | $195.64M | $199.89M | $192.11M | $197.43M |
| Gross profit | $338.73M | $363.30M | $339.59M | $340.20M | $345.26M | $364.41M | $335.30M | $378.70M | $371.10M | $370.84M | $342.64M | $343.23M |
| Selling, general and admin | $73.14M | $66.16M | $72.84M | $67.08M | $57.91M | $59.48M | $68.20M | $67.16M | $62.79M | $61.50M | $63.76M | $65.66M |
| Operating income | $55.81M | $79.28M | $64.92M | $64.02M | $92.05M | $104.26M | $83.13M | $96.02M | $94.67M | $99.51M | $81.16M | $86.63M |
| Interest expense | $33.58M | $33.85M | $34.11M | $32.50M | $31.54M | $30.95M | $31.48M | $31.08M | $31.27M | $31.00M | $30.54M | $30.26M |
| Pre-tax income | $25.43M | $48.57M | $34.16M | $33.19M | $63.24M | $75.90M | $54.92M | $70.48M | $69.65M | $74.82M | $57.46M | $67.29M |
| Income tax | $10.34M | $15.95M | $11.45M | $6.71M | $18.98M | $20.79M | $15.69M | $22.98M | $19.43M | $20.18M | $15.46M | $20.35M |
| Net income | $15.09M | $32.62M | $22.71M | $26.48M | $44.25M | $55.11M | $39.23M | $47.50M | $50.22M | $54.64M | $41.99M | $46.94M |
| EPS, basic | $0.08 | $0.17 | $0.12 | $0.13 | $0.23 | $0.29 | $0.20 | $0.23 | $0.25 | $0.27 | $0.20 | $0.23 |
| EPS, diluted | $0.08 | $0.17 | $0.12 | $0.14 | $0.23 | $0.29 | $0.19 | $0.23 | $0.25 | $0.27 | $0.20 | $0.22 |
| Diluted shares | 191.8M | 191.2M | 190.9M | - | 191.3M | 192.7M | 201.6M | - | 204.3M | 206.2M | 207.0M | - |
| Line item | Sep 27, 2026 | Jun 28, 2026 | Mar 29, 2026 | Dec 28, 2025 | Sep 28, 2025 | Jun 29, 2025 | Mar 30, 2025 | Dec 29, 2024 | Sep 29, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $373.70M | $341.21M | $298.74M | $300.83M | $352.01M | $330.10M | $388.96M | $503.61M | $554.53M | $524.64M | $593.09M | $516.04M |
| Receivables | $91.20M | - | - | $104.96M | - | - | - | $86.84M | - | - | - | $104.80M |
| Inventory | $6.57M | $7.04M | $6.60M | $7.39M | $6.93M | $6.31M | $6.20M | $6.53M | $6.25M | $6.38M | $6.11M | $6.69M |
| Current assets | $693.11M | $678.10M | $652.26M | $618.04M | $640.86M | $600.45M | $644.20M | $736.14M | $783.21M | $790.56M | $867.53M | $837.65M |
| Goodwill | $773.19M | $773.12M | $773.71M | $774.09M | $774.78M | $772.83M | $771.64M | $771.47M | $773.19M | $772.79M | $773.08M | $773.73M |
| Total assets | $4.86B | $4.88B | $4.92B | $4.96B | $4.98B | $4.89B | $4.92B | $5.03B | $5.07B | $5.09B | $5.19B | $5.18B |
| Current liabilities | $367.04M | $357.47M | $356.16M | $351.10M | $793.73M | $415.22M | $433.50M | $397.63M | $373.07M | $364.86M | $425.45M | $381.93M |
| Short-term debt | $29.75M | $29.75M | $29.75M | $29.75M | $425.34M | $78.50M | $78.33M | $78.16M | $29.25M | $29.25M | $29.25M | $29.25M |
| Long-term debt | $2.71B | $2.72B | $2.72B | $2.73B | $2.30B | $2.65B | $2.66B | $2.66B | $2.72B | $2.72B | $2.73B | $2.73B |
| Total debt | $2.74B | $2.75B | $2.75B | $2.76B | $2.72B | $2.73B | $2.73B | $2.74B | $2.75B | $2.75B | $2.76B | $2.76B |
| Total liabilities | $4.74B | $4.76B | $4.81B | $4.84B | $4.87B | $4.78B | $4.79B | $4.78B | $4.81B | $4.81B | $4.90B | $4.87B |
| Shareholders' equity | $124.45M | $120.47M | $115.55M | $117.38M | $109.19M | $112.89M | $130.24M | $259.35M | $259.85M | $273.75M | $293.65M | $309.78M |
| Line item | Sep 27, 2026 | Jun 28, 2026 | Mar 29, 2026 | Dec 28, 2025 | Sep 28, 2025 | Jun 29, 2025 | Mar 30, 2025 | Dec 29, 2024 | Sep 29, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $78.99M | $100.57M | $59.39M | $69.28M | $129.25M | $60.59M | $85.42M | $68.63M | $141.22M | $45.48M | $99.99M | $75.89M |
| Capital expenditures | $17.29M | $19.56M | $11.88M | $37.88M | $24.99M | $21.37M | $17.68M | $42.03M | $17.90M | $17.11M | $17.35M | $29.33M |
| Free cash flow | $61.71M | $81.01M | $47.51M | $31.40M | $104.26M | $39.22M | $67.74M | $26.60M | $123.32M | $28.36M | $82.63M | $46.56M |
| Investing cash flow | -$12.18M | -$24.11M | -$13.66M | -$50.27M | -$48.30M | -$30.78M | -$21.49M | -$60.51M | -$24.84M | -$23.14M | -$20.81M | -$31.02M |
| Financing cash flow | -$29.64M | -$42.19M | -$40.48M | -$14.35M | -$56.95M | -$93.37M | -$179.32M | -$52.53M | -$88.19M | -$89.75M | -$72.63M | -$131.08M |
| Dividends paid | $13.37M | $26.67M | $26.65M | $26.63M | $26.71M | $26.81M | $49.43M | $51.03M | $50.78M | $51.25M | $51.37M | $51.38M |
| Share repurchases | $0 | $1.92M | $0 | $0 | $14.25M | $63.73M | $122.78M | $17.32M | $25.81M | $26.95M | $7.29M | $47.14M |
| Stock-based compensation | $3.56M | $2.94M | $5.25M | $4.80M | -$934.0K | $5.13M | $5.57M | $4.53M | $6.81M | $5.82M | $5.85M | $6.98M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $39.91M | $38.06M | $40.58M | $40.29M | $38.39M | $36.99M | $36.55M | $33.23M | $37.00M | $37.49M | $35.52M | $34.53M |
| Line item | Sep 27, 2026 | Jun 28, 2026 | Mar 29, 2026 | Dec 28, 2025 | Sep 28, 2025 | Jun 29, 2025 | Mar 30, 2025 | Dec 29, 2024 | Sep 29, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, YoY | -0.5% | 1.7% | 3.3% | -5.5% | -3.0% | -1.7% | -2.1% | 6.2% | 2.9% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 0.8% |
| Net income growth, YoY | -65.9% | -40.8% | -42.1% | -44.2% | -11.9% | 0.9% | -6.6% | 1.2% | -13.5% | -8.4% | 5.5% | 13.7% |
| EPS growth, YoY | -65.2% | -41.4% | -36.8% | -39.1% | -8.0% | 7.4% | -5.0% | 4.5% | -10.7% | -3.6% | 5.3% | 15.8% |
| Gross margin | 61.9% | 63.7% | 62.8% | 62.7% | 62.8% | 65.0% | 64.1% | 65.9% | 65.5% | 65.0% | 64.1% | 63.5% |
| Operating margin | 10.2% | 13.9% | 12.0% | 11.8% | 16.8% | 18.6% | 15.9% | 16.7% | 16.7% | 17.4% | 15.2% | 16.0% |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 5.7% | 4.2% | 4.9% | 8.1% | 9.8% | 7.5% | 8.3% | 8.9% | 9.6% | 7.9% | 8.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | 11.3% | 14.2% | 8.8% | 5.8% | 19.0% | 7.0% | 12.9% | 4.6% | 21.8% | 5.0% | 15.5% | 8.6% |
| Current ratio | 1.89 | 1.90 | 1.83 | 1.76 | 0.81 | 1.45 | 1.49 | 1.85 | 2.10 | 2.17 | 2.04 | 2.19 |
| Debt to equity | 22.04 | 22.82 | 23.84 | 23.51 | 24.95 | 24.18 | 21.00 | 10.57 | 10.57 | 10.05 | 9.39 | 8.92 |
Source: XBRL data Wendy's Company files with the SEC, latest filing dated Nov 5, 2026 (see filings on SEC EDGAR). Provided for information only, not investment advice. Check the filing before relying on a number.
* Worked out from the filings rather than stated in them: Q4 is the full year less the first nine months.
Per-share figures are as filed. The filings show no stock split in these periods.
EPS growth is left out where the share count moved enough to suggest a split the filings do not show. Growth rates need a positive starting figure. CAGR is compound annual growth between fiscal years. The CSV holds every period on file, in full figures, from the same SEC filings.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEN | $2.20B | -0.3% | $96.90M | 4.4% | $1.59B |
| MCD | $27.78B | +5.8% | $8.99B | 32.4% | $199.16B |
| SBUX | $38.34B | +4.5% | $1.98B | 5.2% | $124.76B |
| CMG | $12.71B | +7.9% | $1.38B | 10.8% | $45.22B |
| YUM | $8.80B | +9.1% | $3.44B | 39.1% | $43.90B |
| QSR | $9.78B | +5.5% | $1.76B | 18.1% | $34.98B |
| DRI | $13.37B | +8.1% | $1.18B | 8.8% | $26.00B |
| YUMC | $12.71B | +9.9% | $1.00B | 7.9% | $16.82B |
| ARMK | $19.85B | +11.0% | $382.91M | 1.9% | $14.43B |