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WEN (The Wendy's Co) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 32.50% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is The Wendy's Co 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

The Wendy's Co's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.25.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Wendy's Co's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:

WEN' s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -42.8   Med: 11   Max: 51.1
Current: 32.5

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 11.00% per year.

WEN's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is ranked better than
75.25% of 101 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 14.5 vs WEN: 32.50

During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 32.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 26.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 16.40% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

The Wendy's Co's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 1.25. As of today, The Wendy's Co's Dividend Yield % is 7.83%.

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 1.02, which seems too high.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.


Competitive Comparison of The Wendy's Co's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Restaurants subindustry, The Wendy's Co's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-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's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, The Wendy's Co's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Wendy's Co's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.


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The Wendy's Co 3-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 expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.


The Wendy's Co  (NAS:WEN) 3-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 Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Mar. 2025 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=0.25/ 0.2
=1.25

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of The Wendy's Co was 1.03. The lowest was 0.30. And the median was 0.60.

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 1.02, 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 0.1400002025-06-022025-06-022025-06-16Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2500002025-03-032025-03-032025-03-17Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2500002024-12-022024-12-022024-12-16Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2500002024-09-032024-09-032024-09-17Cash DividendquarterlyUSD: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

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.89/11.329
=7.86 %

Current Share Price is $11.329.
The Wendy's Co's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.89.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of The Wendy's Co was 9.55%. The lowest was 1.08%. And the median was 2.06%.

* 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 Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
One Dave Thomas Boulevard, Dublin, OH, USA, 43017
The Wendy's Company is the second-largest burger quick-service restaurant, or QSR, chain in the United States by systemwide sales, with $12.6 billion in 2024, narrowly edging Burger King ($11.5 billion) and clocking in well behind wide-moat McDonald's ($51.1 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 more than 7,200 total stores in 30 countries as of year-end 2024. 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 roughly 94% of stores, and through franchise flipping and advisory fees.
Executives
O'brien Matthew Coley officer: Chief People Officer ONE DAVE THOMAS BLVD., DUBLIN OH 43017
Abigail E. Pringle officer: Pres Intl & Chf Developmnt Ofc ONE DAVE THOMAS BLVD., DUBLIN OH 43017
Kenneth W Gilbert director C/O THE WENDY'S COMPANY, ONE DAVE THOMAS BLVD., DUBLIN OH 43017
Mich J Mathews-spradlin director ONE DAVE THOMAS BLVD., DUBLIN OH 43017
Liliana Esposito officer: Chief Communications Officer ONE DAVE THOMAS BLVD., DUBLIN OH 43017
Trian Fund Management, L.p. other: Schedule 13D Filer 280 PARK AVENUE, 41ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Kristin A Dolan director C/O MSG TWO PENN PLAZA, 26TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10121
Juan Carlos Loredo officer: Global Chief Marketing Officer C/O THE WENDY'S COMPANY, ONE DAVE THOMAS BLVD., DUBLIN OH 43017
Joseph A Levato director C/O THE WENDY'S COMPANY, ONE DAVE THOMAS BLVD., DUBLIN OH 43017
Michelle Caruso-cabrera director C/O THE WENDY'S COMPANY, ONE DAVE THOMAS BLVD., DUBLIN OH 43017
Nelson Peltz director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and CEO 223 SUNSET AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480
Edward P Garden officer: Executive Vice President 223 SUNSET AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480
Peter W May director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and COO 223 SUNSET AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480
Matthew H. Peltz director 280 PARK AVENUE, 41ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Trian Partners Master Fund, L.p. other: Schedule 13D Filer 280 PARK AVENUE, 41ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017