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How The Wendy's Company stacks up
WEN · against 361 other Consumer Cyclical companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
62/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #171 of 362 · scores higher than 52% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score32 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including WEN · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 62?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin, which is stronger than most Consumer Cyclical peers.
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.6% vs peer median 3.3%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 9.4% vs peer median 7.3%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 80% of peers. Operating margin: 13.6% vs peer median 6.4%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WEN, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WEN | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 349 reported | 9.4% | 9.5% | 50% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 362 reported | 13.6% | 7.1% | 76% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 358 reported | 2.6% | 4.1% | 38% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 315 reported | 108.0% | 11.8% | 96% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 363 reported | 33.1% | 36.0% | 45% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WEN| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.6B USD | 99 | 80 | |
| 1 | 2.4B USD | 99 | 65 | |
| 1 | 11.5B USD | 99 | 78 | |
| 1 | 10.7B USD | 99 | 50 | |
| 1 | 6.5B USD | 99 | 62 | |
| 167 | 390M USD | 63 | 59 | |
| 167 | 253M USD | 63 | 70 | |
| 171 | 282M USD | 62 | 63 | |
| 171 | 8.0B USD | 62 | 48 | |
| 171 | 1.4B USD | 62 | 44 | |
| 174 | 17.7B USD | 61 | 54 | |
| 174 | 16.7B USD | 61 | 54 | |
| 174 | 6.2B USD | 61 | 60 | |
| 174 | 3.1B USD | 61 | 59 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score