The Wendy's Co's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.25.
During the past 12 months, The Wendy's Co's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 100.00% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 51.10% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 19.80% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 14.40% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of The Wendy's Co was 51.10% per year. The lowest was -42.80% per year. And the median was 10.90% per year.
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of The Wendy's Co is 0.96, which seems too high.
Good Sign:
The Wendy's Co stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.
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Competitive Comparison
For the Restaurants subindustry, The Wendy's Co's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
The Wendy's Co 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution
For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, The Wendy's Co's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where The Wendy's Co's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.
The Wendy's Co 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation
This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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The Wendy's Co (NAS:WEN) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation
1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.
The Wendy's Co's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of The Wendy's Co was 0.97. The lowest was 0.30. And the median was 0.67.
Warning Sign:
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of The Wendy's Co is 0.96, which seems too high.
2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
The Wendy's Co Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.250
2024-02-29
2024-03-01
2024-03-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.250
2023-11-30
2023-12-01
2023-12-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.250
2023-08-31
2023-09-01
2023-09-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.250
2023-05-31
2023-06-01
2023-06-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
The Wendy's Co's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Current Share Price is $19.25.
The Wendy's Co's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of The Wendy's Co was 5.55%. The lowest was 1.08%. And the median was 1.96%.
Good Sign:
The Wendy's Co stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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The Wendy's Co (The Wendy's Co) Business Description
The Wendy's Company is the second-largest burger quick-service restaurant, or QSR, chain in the United States by systemwide sales, with $11.7 billion in 2022, narrowly edging Burger King ($10.3 billion) and clocking in well behind wide-moat McDonald's ($48.1 billion). After divestitures of Tim Hortons (2006) and Arby's (2011), the firm manages just the burger banner, generating sales across a footprint that spanned almost 7,100 total units in 30 countries as of year-end 2022. Wendy's generates revenue from the sale of hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, salads, and fries throughout its company-owned footprint, through franchise royalty and marketing fund payments remitted by its franchisees, which account for 94% of stores, and through franchise flipping and advisory fees.
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