As of today (2024-04-16), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of The Wendy's Co is 5.34%.
As of today (2024-04-16), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of The Wendy's Co is 5.34%.
WEN's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked better than 82.95% of 176
companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 2.265
vs WEN: 5.34
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.
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.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Competitive Comparison
For the Restaurants subindustry, The Wendy's Co's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward Dividend Yield % 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 Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution
For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, The Wendy's Co's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where The Wendy's Co's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.
The Wendy's Co Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation
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 Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
1
/
18.73
=
5.34 %
Current Share Price is $18.73.
The Wendy's Co's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.25 * 4 = $1.
The Wendy's Co's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
1
/
18.73
=
5.34 %
Current Share Price is $18.73.
The Wendy's Co's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.
* 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.
The Wendy's Co (NAS:WEN) Forward Dividend Yield % Explanation
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
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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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