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WEN Dividends

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 34 · $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.

Dividend Overview

8.00%
Dividend Yield
$0.49
Annual Dividend
84.6%
Payout Ratio
40.4%
FCF Payout
0
Yr Increase Streak
1.11%
Buyback Yield
8.25%
Total Return
-32.95%
Chowder Number

Annual Dividend History

Quarterly Payment History

Shareholder Returns: Dividends vs Buybacks

Full Payment History (96 payments)
Ex-DateAmountAdj. AmountYieldFrequency
2026-09-01 $0.0700 $0.0700 592.50% Quarterly
2026-06-01 $0.1400 $0.1400 713.38% Quarterly
2026-03-02 $0.1400 $0.1400 752.69% Quarterly
2025-12-01 $0.1400 $0.1400 814.09% Quarterly
2025-09-02 $0.1400 $0.1400 759.49% Quarterly
2025-06-02 $0.1400 $0.1400 768.57% Quarterly
2025-03-03 $0.2500 $0.2500 669.79% Quarterly
2024-12-02 $0.2500 $0.2500 553.71% Quarterly
2024-09-03 $0.2500 $0.2500 606.80% Quarterly
2024-06-03 $0.2500 $0.2500 577.03% Quarterly
2024-02-29 $0.2500 $0.2500 552.18% Quarterly
2023-11-30 $0.2500 $0.2500 533.33% Quarterly
2023-08-31 $0.2500 $0.2500 442.14% Quarterly
2023-05-31 $0.2500 $0.2500 340.75% Quarterly
2023-02-28 $0.2500 $0.2500 284.61% Quarterly
2022-11-30 $0.1250 $0.1250 221.63% Quarterly
2022-08-31 $0.1250 $0.1250 258.08% Quarterly
2022-05-31 $0.1250 $0.1250 262.88% Quarterly
2022-03-04 $0.1250 $0.1250 215.98% Quarterly
2021-11-30 $0.1200 $0.1200 208.94% Quarterly
2021-08-31 $0.1200 $0.1200 165.07% Quarterly
2021-05-28 $0.1000 $0.1000 133.51% Quarterly
2021-03-04 $0.0900 $0.0900 134.16% Quarterly
2020-11-30 $0.0700 $0.0700 131.88% Quarterly
2020-08-31 $0.0500 $0.0500 162.37% Quarterly
2020-05-29 $0.0500 $0.0500 183.44% Quarterly
2020-02-28 $0.1200 $0.1200 233.05% Quarterly
2019-11-29 $0.1200 $0.1200 195.90% Quarterly
2019-08-30 $0.1000 $0.1000 175.00% Quarterly
2019-05-31 $0.1000 $0.1000 201.20% Quarterly
2019-02-28 $0.1000 $0.1000 204.85% Quarterly
2018-11-30 $0.0850 $0.0850 189.63% Quarterly
2018-08-31 $0.0850 $0.0850 184.14% Quarterly
2018-05-31 $0.0850 $0.0850 192.43% Quarterly
2018-02-28 $0.0850 $0.0850 184.95% Quarterly
2017-11-30 $0.0700 $0.0700 188.05% Quarterly
2017-08-30 $0.0700 $0.0700 185.56% Quarterly
2017-05-30 $0.0700 $0.0700 164.09% Quarterly
2017-02-27 $0.0700 $0.0700 184.12% Quarterly
2016-11-29 $0.0650 $0.0650 190.22% Quarterly
2016-08-30 $0.0600 $0.0600 239.04% Quarterly
2016-05-27 $0.0600 $0.0600 228.38% Quarterly
2016-02-26 $0.0600 $0.0600 245.20% Quarterly
2015-11-27 $0.0600 $0.0600 214.69% Quarterly
2015-08-28 $0.0550 $0.0550 238.61% Quarterly
2015-05-28 $0.0550 $0.0550 189.43% Quarterly
2015-02-26 $0.0550 $0.0550 185.68% Quarterly
2014-11-26 $0.0550 $0.0550 238.37% Quarterly
2014-08-28 $0.0500 $0.0500 245.70% Quarterly
2014-05-29 $0.0500 $0.0500 243.01% Quarterly
2014-02-27 $0.0500 $0.0500 191.15% Quarterly
2013-11-27 $0.0500 $0.0500 207.85% Quarterly
2013-08-29 $0.0500 $0.0500 222.51% Quarterly
2013-05-30 $0.0400 $0.0400 231.79% Quarterly
2013-02-27 $0.0400 $0.0400 218.18% Quarterly
2012-11-29 $0.0400 $0.0400 213.68% Quarterly
2012-08-30 $0.0200 $0.0200 185.61% Quarterly
2012-05-30 $0.0200 $0.0200 176.99% Quarterly
2012-02-28 $0.0200 $0.0200 154.44% Quarterly
2011-11-29 $0.0200 $0.0200 166.67% Quarterly
2011-08-30 $0.0200 $0.0200 161.94% Quarterly
2011-05-27 $0.0200 $0.0200 151.52% Quarterly
2011-02-25 $0.0200 $0.0200 144.03% Quarterly
2010-11-29 $0.0200 $0.0200 134.85% Quarterly
2010-08-30 $0.0150 $0.0150 150.38% Quarterly
2010-05-27 $0.0150 $0.0150 132.74% Quarterly
2010-02-25 $0.0150 $0.0150 125.52% Quarterly
2009-11-27 $0.0150 $0.0150 147.42% Quarterly
2009-08-28 $0.0150 $0.0150 115.38% Quarterly
2009-05-28 $0.0150 $0.0150 292.06% Quarterly
2009-03-18 $0.0150 $0.0150 354.48% Quarterly
2008-11-26 $0.0150 $0.0150 631.19% Quarterly
2008-09-17 $0.0800 $0.0800 646.46% Quarterly
2008-05-29 $0.0800 $0.0800 455.19% Quarterly
2008-02-27 $0.0800 $0.0800 352.81% Quarterly
2007-11-29 $0.0800 $0.0800 384.15% Quarterly
2007-08-29 $0.0800 $0.0800 224.88% Quarterly
2007-05-30 $0.0800 $0.0800 289.77% Quarterly
2007-02-27 $0.0800 $0.0800 244.79% Quarterly
2006-11-29 $0.0800 $0.0800 308.30% Quarterly
2006-08-30 $0.0800 $0.0800 398.71% Quarterly
2006-06-28 $0.1500 $0.1500 399.74% Monthly
2006-05-30 $0.0800 $0.0800 289.05% Quarterly
2006-02-28 $0.0800 $0.0800 273.44% Quarterly
2006-02-15 $0.1500 $0.1500 224.28% Special
2005-11-30 $0.0800 $0.0800 181.02% Quarterly
2005-08-30 $0.0800 $0.0800 171.88% Quarterly
2005-06-01 $0.0650 $0.0650 171.62% Quarterly
2005-03-01 $0.0650 $0.0650 169.16% Quarterly
2004-12-01 $0.0650 $0.0650 204.89% Quarterly
2004-09-01 $0.0650 $0.0650 304.88% Quarterly
2004-06-01 $0.0650 $0.0650 21003.86% Quarterly
2004-03-02 $0.0650 $0.0650 19903.67% Quarterly
2003-11-28 $0.0650 $0.0650 19735.40% Quarterly
2003-09-11 $0.0650 $0.0650 21982.67% Weekly
2003-09-05 $21.5000 $21.5000 22233.71% Weekly

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