WEN (The Wendy's Co) Risk Assessment

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WEN The Wendy's Co WEN
67 GF Score
Price $7.76
GF Value $18.43
Valuation Possible Value Trap
! 6 Warning Signs
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What is The Wendy's Co Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of The Wendy's Co is: High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends.

The Wendy's Co  (NAS:WEN) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

The Wendy's Co Risk Assessment Related Terms

WEN vs BH, BJRI, ARCO: Risk Assessment Comparison

For the Restaurants subindustry, The Wendy's Co's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment 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 Risk Assessment vs Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, The Wendy's Co's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Wendy's Co's Risk Assessment falls into.


WEN
67GF Score
The Wendy's Co WEN
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Is The Wendy's Co (WEN) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, The Wendy's Co stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $7.76 is trading 57.9% below its estimated GF Value™ of $18.43. GuruFocus considers The Wendy's Co to be Possible Value Trap.

Key valuation signals for WEN:

  • Risk Assessment:
  • GF Value™: $18.43 vs. price of $7.76 (57.9% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 67/100 with 6 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the WEN stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

The Wendy's Co Business Description

Other Exchanges 1WEN:ItalyTQK:Germany
Address One Dave Thomas Boulevard, Dublin, OH, USA, 43017
The Wendy's Co is engaged in operating, developing, and franchising a system of distinctive quick-service restaurants serving high-quality food. The company operates through Wendy's U.S., Wendy's International, and Global Real Estate & Development. Wendy's U.S. and Wendy's International include the operation and franchising of restaurants and derive revenues from sales at company-operated restaurants, as well as royalties, franchise fees, and advertising fund collections from franchised restaurants. Global Real Estate & Development includes real estate activities for owned and leased sites that are leased or subleased to franchisees and includes the company's share of income from its Canadian restaurant real estate joint venture.
67GF Score

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$7.76
Price
$18.43
GF Value