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How The Wendy's Company stacks up
WEN · against 1,603 other Consumer Cyclical companies
Profitability
62/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #603 of 1,604 · scores higher than 62% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score161 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 · 1,510 reported | 9.4% | 7.3% | 59% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 1,601 reported | 13.6% | 6.4% | 80% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 1,528 reported | 2.6% | 3.3% | 42% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 1,476 reported | 108.0% | 7.7% | 99% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 1,613 reported | 33.1% | 30.2% | 55% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WEN| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.48T JPY (≈$10.1B) | 100 | 96 | |
| 1 | 358.0B INR (≈$4.3B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 3 | 880.5B TWD (≈$27.3B) | 99 | 75 | |
| 3 | 981.2B JPY (≈$6.7B) | 99 | 67 | |
| 3 | 5.2B MYR (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 84 | |
| 603 | 282M USD | 62 | 63 | |
| 603 | 499.1B INR (≈$6.0B) | 62 | 69 | |
| 603 | 8.0B USD | 62 | 48 | |
| 603 | 3.5B DKK (≈$521M) | 62 | 48 | |
| 603 | 1.4B USD | 62 | 44 | |
| 619 | 37.54T KRW (≈$27.0B) | 61 | 65 | |
| 619 | 13.9B CNY (≈$1.9B) | 61 | 56 | |
| 619 | 23.8B CNY (≈$3.3B) | 61 | 58 | |
| 619 | 3.2B CNY (≈$447M) | 61 | 65 |
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