Effective Interest Rate on Debt % is the usage rate that a borrower actually pays on a debt. It is calculated as the positive value of Interest Expense divided by its average total debt. Total debt equals to Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation plus Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. The Wendy's Co's annualized positive value of Interest Expense for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $121 Mil. The Wendy's Co's average total debt for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,163 Mil. Therefore, The Wendy's Co's annualized Effective Interest Rate on Debt % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.91%.
The Wendy's Co Effective Interest Rate on Debt % Historical Data
The historical data trend for The Wendy's Co's Effective Interest Rate on Debt % can be seen below:
* 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.
For the Restaurants subindustry, The Wendy's Co's Effective Interest Rate on Debt %, along with its competitors' market caps and Effective Interest Rate on Debt % 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 Effective Interest Rate on Debt % Distribution
For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, The Wendy's Co's Effective Interest Rate on Debt % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where The Wendy's Co's Effective Interest Rate on Debt % falls into.
The Wendy's Co Effective Interest Rate on Debt % Calculation
The Wendy's Co's annualized Effective Interest Rate on Debt % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
* 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.
In the calculation of annual Effective Interest Rate on Debt %, the Interest Expense of the last fiscal year and the average total debt over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data,
the Interest Expense data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) interest expense data.
Effective Interest Rate on Debt % is displayed in the 30-year financial page.
The Wendy's Co (NAS:WEN) Effective Interest Rate on Debt % Explanation
Effective Interest Rate on Debt % measures the usage rate that a borrower actually pays on a debt.
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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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