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WEN NASDAQ

The Wendy's Company
1W: -7.3% 1M: -5.5% 3M: -19.3% YTD: -22.8% 1Y: -30.2% 3Y: -63.5% 5Y: -66.1%
$6.14
-0.05 (-0.81%)
After Hours: $6.15 (+0.01, +0.16%)
Weekly Expected Move ±5.6%
$6 $6 $6 $7 $7
NASDAQ · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants · Tech Score Sell · Power 35 · $1.2B mcap · 157M float · 8.87% daily turnover · Short 67% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 85% of companies Debt: 77.5% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the second-riskiest tenth, about 1 in 87 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.96 (down 84%), The Wendy's Company would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $4.07B against a stock market value of $1.18B.
Distance to default 2.11 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-28, debt counted $1.39B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 59.4%; Altman Z'' 1.18. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$345M -3.0% ▼
5Y CAGR: +3.9%
Capital Expenditures
$102M -8.0% ▼
5Y CAGR: +8.1%
Free Cash Flow
$243M -7.0% ▼
5Y CAGR: +2.4%
Dividends Paid
$130M +36.6% ▲
Buybacks
$201M -159.5% ▼
Net Change in Cash
-$164M -92.0% ▼

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$200M$177M$204M$194M$165M
Depreciation & Amort.$126M$136M$149M$158M$171M
Stock-Based Comp.$22M$25M$24M$23M$15M
Change in Working Capital$31M-$45M-$23M-$21M-$52M
Other Non-Cash Items-$19M-$37M-$8M$7M$46M
Operating Cash Flow$346M$260M$345M$355M$345M
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$78M-$86M-$85M-$94M-$102M
Acquisitions (Net)-$68M$8M$2M$0-$17M
Investment Purchases-$10M-$4M$0$0$0
Investment Sales$63K$0$31K$0$0
Other Investing$1M$3M-$4M-$35M-$32M
Investing Cash Flow-$155M-$78M-$87M-$129M-$151M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$116M$456M-$116M-$50M-$13M
Stock Repurchased-$269M-$52M-$190M-$77M-$201M
Dividends Paid-$95M-$107M-$209M-$204M-$130M
Other Financing$5M-$9M$11M$28M-$3M
Financing Cash Flow-$243M$289M-$504M-$303M-$344M
Net Change in Cash-$51M$465M-$243M-$85M-$164M
Cash End of Period$367M$832M$589M$504M$340M
Free Cash Flow$268M$174M$260M$261M$243M

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