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How The Wendy's Company stacks up
WEN · against 491 other Consumer Cyclical companies of similar size
Profitability
62/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #196 of 492 · scores higher than 59% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score54 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 · 468 reported | 9.4% | 8.3% | 56% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 491 reported | 13.6% | 7.2% | 79% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 469 reported | 2.6% | 3.6% | 38% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 458 reported | 108.0% | 9.0% | 100% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 494 reported | 33.1% | 31.1% | 54% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WEN| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5.2B MYR (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 84 | |
| 1 | 2.4B USD | 99 | 65 | |
| 3 | 404.0B JPY (≈$2.7B) | 98 | 90 | |
| 3 | 11.2B SEK (≈$1.1B) | 98 | 49 | |
| 5 | 122.9B JPY (≈$836M) | 97 | 83 | |
| 196 | 6.6B CNY (≈$918M) | 62 | 60 | |
| 196 | 189.7B JPY (≈$1.3B) | 62 | 63 | |
| 196 | 5.6B CNY (≈$788M) | 62 | 62 | |
| 196 | 205.2B JPY (≈$1.4B) | 62 | 54 | |
| 196 | 1.4B USD | 62 | 44 | |
| 202 | 13.9B CNY (≈$1.9B) | 61 | 56 | |
| 202 | 5.8B CNY (≈$818M) | 61 | 55 | |
| 202 | 134.3B INR (≈$1.6B) | 61 | 59 | |
| 205 | 12.9B CNY (≈$1.8B) | 60 | 66 |
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