The Wendy’s Co
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | – | 33.6 | 47.9 | 1.2 | 10.3 | 391.3 | – | 21.3 | – | – | 48.5 | – | 433.3 | – | 222.7 | 260.2 | 76.3 | 27.9 | 22.0 | 27.8 | 21.3 | 8.3 | 38.1 | 42.4 | 26.8 | 27.5 | 20.2 | 17.2 | 9.8 | |
| 0.4 | 1.0 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.7 | |
| 50.2 | 18.7 | 45.1 | – | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 12.3 | 10.5 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 13.7 | |
| 0.3 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | |
| 5.7 | 16.2 | 19.2 | 27.3 | 37.1 | 27.3 | 23.6 | 14.5 | 16.7 | 45.6 | 21.8 | 8.4 | – | 11.1 | 9.6 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 19.5 | 7.5 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 15.9 | 14.1 | 11.7 | 10.3 | 7.9 | |
| 53.4 | – | – | – | 14.8 | – | 21.8 | – | – | – | 3.4 | – | – | 11.1 | 25.1 | 22.0 | – | 32.8 | – | 156.5 | 82.2 | 26.3 | 24.8 | 24.3 | 23.2 | 20.0 | 28.0 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 6.6 | |
| 1.9% | -37.3% | -1.4% | -2.7% | 6.8% | -37.0% | 4.6% | -18.1% | -10.5% | -53.9% | 29.1% | -6.8% | -5.2% | 9.0% | 4.0% | 4.5% | -0.4% | 3.0% | -1.3% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 3.8% | 4.0% | 4.1% | 4.3% | 5.0% | 3.6% | 6.3% | 7.8% | 15.1% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 34.8% | 43.7% | 103.4% | 100.8% | 100.1% | 147.4% | 100.0% | 48.4% | 48.1% | 39.1% | 28.2% | 27.2% | 22.3% | 25.6% | 26.0% | 25.3% | 24.9% | 26.5% | 30.3% | 34.1% | 42.4% | 49.1% | 37.9% | 35.4% | 35.8% | 28.3% | 34.4% | 35.6% | 35.2% | 26.9% | |
| -0.2% | -0.1% | 13.0% | 9.0% | 2.0% | 4.5% | 11.1% | -0.4% | 1.9% | -0.2% | 3.9% | 5.2% | -22.7% | 8.0% | 8.1% | 7.5% | 6.8% | 5.7% | 12.1% | 14.7% | 21.9% | 17.6% | 15.7% | 15.4% | 15.5% | 19.3% | 16.9% | 17.5% | 16.5% | 15.3% | |
| -1.6% | -0.5% | 18.7% | 12.5% | 529.5% | 56.5% | 1.4% | -3.7% | 4.2% | -7.6% | -0.9% | 1.3% | -26.3% | 0.2% | -0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.9% | 6.1% | 8.6% | 9.0% | 15.9% | 28.9% | 8.0% | 6.8% | 10.6% | 8.5% | 9.4% | 8.7% | 7.6% | |
| 0.7% | -38.6% | -8.7% | -16.1% | 42.8% | -215.4% | 24.7% | -14.3% | -9.5% | -85.5% | 42.0% | -4.2% | -1.9% | 8.1% | 3.3% | 4.1% | -0.3% | 4.4% | -2.2% | 1.2% | 3.1% | 12.8% | 9.7% | 12.6% | 12.4% | 14.1% | 8.3% | 11.9% | 11.6% | 11.1% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -204.4% | -8.4% | 134.3% | – | 163.6% | 15.8% | 0.4% | -3.8% | 4.6% | -14.1% | -2.3% | 3.6% | -20.1% | 0.2% | -0.2% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 2.4% | 7.1% | 21.4% | 24.6% | 33.8% | 71.0% | 26.5% | 21.4% | 45.9% | 38.1% | 66.0% | 74.9% | 140.6% | |
| -1.6% | -0.4% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 43.3% | 6.0% | 0.1% | -1.0% | 1.3% | -2.0% | -0.7% | 1.1% | -10.3% | 0.1% | -0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% | 2.9% | 3.9% | 3.3% | 4.7% | 10.7% | 2.7% | 2.3% | 3.9% | 3.2% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3.3% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -61 | -115 | -151 | -120 | -287 | -193 | -70 | -42 | 131 | 719 | 576 | 661 | 1,001 | 930 | 1,060 | 882 | 1,004 | 884 | 1,180 | 1,990 | 2,314 | 2,583 | 2,353 | 2,035 | 1,998 | 2,194 | 2,172 | 2,316 | 2,362 | 2,537 | |
| -1.2 | -2.6 | -8.5 | -9.0 | -40.2 | -15.1 | -3.7 | -3.2 | 5.1 | 17.5 | 5.3 | 3.9 | – | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.8 | |
| 0.8% | 4.4% | 1.1% | -14.8% | 26.4% | 38.3% | 34.3% | 27.6% | 28.4% | 14.1% | 30.4% | 30.9% | 51.3% | 47.0% | 45.7% | 46.4% | 46.1% | 44.2% | 41.4% | 18.3% | 13.4% | 14.0% | 15.1% | 10.3% | 10.9% | 8.6% | 8.5% | 6.0% | 5.2% | 2.4% | |
| 13.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 | – | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 9.1 | 10.8 | 24.2 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -0.46 | -0.12 | 0.46 | 0.38 | 19.88 | 2.31 | 0.07 | -0.54 | 0.60 | -0.79 | -0.13 | 0.18 | -3.48 | 0.01 | -0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.32 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.77 | 1.88 | 0.58 | 0.52 | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.97 | 0.95 | 0.85 | |
| 28.82 | 25.78 | 2.48 | 3.01 | 3.76 | 4.09 | 4.78 | 14.68 | 14.03 | 10.33 | 14.78 | 13.93 | 13.24 | 5.22 | 5.56 | 5.97 | 6.39 | 6.08 | 5.31 | 5.69 | 5.38 | 4.85 | 6.49 | 7.27 | 7.60 | 8.45 | 9.71 | 10.31 | 10.93 | 11.22 | |
| 0.23 | 1.43 | 0.35 | -6.19 | 12.15 | 14.65 | 16.27 | 14.38 | 12.95 | 5.62 | 5.64 | 4.95 | 17.31 | 5.01 | 5.06 | 4.90 | 5.06 | 4.84 | 4.57 | 2.29 | 1.98 | 2.27 | 2.65 | 2.20 | 2.41 | 1.94 | 2.16 | 1.46 | 1.26 | 0.60 | |
| 0.21 | -9.95 | -0.22 | -0.49 | 1.61 | -8.81 | 1.18 | -2.10 | -1.34 | -8.83 | 6.20 | -0.58 | -0.25 | 0.42 | 0.18 | 0.25 | -0.02 | 0.26 | -0.12 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.91 | 0.94 | 1.19 | 0.81 | 1.23 | 1.27 | 1.25 | |
Data as of: September 23, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.