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Wendy's (WEN) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026)

Wendy's posted quarterly Dividends Paid - Common of $26.6 million for Q1 2026, down 46.09% year-on-year from $49.4 million in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from $26.6 million in Q4 2025.

Wendy's (WEN) has 17 years of Dividends Paid - Common data on file, last reported at $26.6 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Dividends Paid - Common fell 46.09% year-over-year to $26.6 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $106.8 million (down 47.26% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $129.6 million, down 36.61% from the prior year.
  • Dividends Paid - Common for Q1 2026 stood at $26.6 million, roughly flat from $26.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Dividends Paid - Common topped out at $53.1 million in Q2 2023 and bottomed at $26.6 million in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Dividends Paid - Common is $50.8 million (2024), against an average of $42.3 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Dividends Paid - Common surged 97.33%; it then tumbled 47.81% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Dividends Paid - Common shows it stood at $26.9 million in 2022, then surged by 90.93% to $51.4 million in 2023, then declined by 0.68% to $51.0 million in 2024, then plunged by 47.81% to $26.6 million in 2025, then gained by 0.06% to $26.6 million in 2026.
  • The last three Dividends Paid - Common figures came in at $26.6 million (Q1 2026), $26.6 million (Q4 2025), and $26.7 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Dividends Paid - Common (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 110.27 Bn 108.58 Bn 9.40 Bn 706.30 Mn
2 Yum Brands 40.90 Bn 40.21 Bn 1.38 Bn 207.00 Mn
3 Chipotle Mexican Grill 39.62 Bn 38.75 Bn 2.61 Bn -
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.25 Bn 25.79 Bn 2.14 Bn 283.00 Mn
5 Darden Restaurants 23.41 Bn 23.17 Bn 3.31 Bn 174.20 Mn
6 Yum China Holdings 15.07 Bn 13.64 Bn 3.24 Bn 15.00 Mn
7 Texas Roadhouse 11.59 Bn 11.39 Bn 1.40 Bn 2.02 Mn
8 Dominos Pizza 10.51 Bn 10.27 Bn 464.51 Mn 1.46 Mn
9 Cava 8.67 Bn 8.28 Bn 797.57 Mn -
10 Wendy's 1.49 Bn 1.19 Bn 339.59 Mn 26.65 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 29, 2026 26.65 Mn
Mar 29, 2026 26.65 Mn
Dec 28, 2025 26.63 Mn
Dec 28, 2025 26.63 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 26.71 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 26.71 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 26.81 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 26.81 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 49.43 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 49.43 Mn
Dec 29, 2024 51.03 Mn
Dec 29, 2024 51.03 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 50.79 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 50.79 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 51.25 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 51.25 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 51.37 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 51.37 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 51.38 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 51.38 Mn
Oct 1, 2023 52.16 Mn
Oct 1, 2023 52.16 Mn
Jul 2, 2023 52.61 Mn
Jul 2, 2023 52.61 Mn
Apr 2, 2023 53.10 Mn
Apr 2, 2023 53.10 Mn
Jan 1, 2023 37.82 Mn
Jan 1, 2023 37.82 Mn
Apr 3, 2022 26.91 Mn
Apr 3, 2022 26.91 Mn
Oct 3, 2021 26.68 Mn
Oct 3, 2021 26.68 Mn
Jul 4, 2021 22.12 Mn
Jul 4, 2021 22.12 Mn
Apr 4, 2021 20.16 Mn
Apr 4, 2021 20.16 Mn
Jan 3, 2021 15.69 Mn
Jan 3, 2021 15.69 Mn
Sep 27, 2020 11.20 Mn
Sep 27, 2020 11.20 Mn
Jun 28, 2020 11.18 Mn
Jun 28, 2020 11.18 Mn
Mar 29, 2020 26.79 Mn
Mar 29, 2020 26.79 Mn
Dec 29, 2019 27.08 Mn
Dec 29, 2019 27.08 Mn
Sep 29, 2019 23.09 Mn
Sep 29, 2019 23.09 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 23.12 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 23.12 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 23.07 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 23.07 Mn
Dec 30, 2018 19.75 Mn
Dec 30, 2018 19.75 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 20.14 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 20.14 Mn
Jul 1, 2018 20.29 Mn
Jul 1, 2018 20.29 Mn
Apr 1, 2018 20.36 Mn
Apr 1, 2018 20.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 16.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 16.86 Mn
Oct 1, 2017 17.02 Mn
Oct 1, 2017 17.02 Mn
Jul 2, 2017 17.17 Mn
Jul 2, 2017 17.17 Mn
Apr 2, 2017 17.27 Mn
Apr 2, 2017 17.27 Mn
Jan 1, 2017 8.42 Mn
Jan 1, 2017 8.42 Mn
Apr 3, 2016 16.21 Mn
Apr 3, 2016 16.21 Mn
Sep 27, 2015 15.23 Mn
Sep 27, 2015 15.23 Mn
Jun 28, 2015 19.99 Mn
Jun 28, 2015 19.99 Mn
Mar 29, 2015 20.20 Mn
Mar 29, 2015 20.20 Mn
Dec 28, 2014 20.11 Mn
Dec 28, 2014 20.11 Mn
Sep 28, 2014 18.36 Mn
Sep 28, 2014 18.36 Mn
Jun 29, 2014 18.34 Mn
Jun 29, 2014 18.34 Mn
Mar 30, 2014 18.31 Mn
Mar 30, 2014 18.31 Mn
Dec 29, 2013 19.62 Mn
Dec 29, 2013 19.62 Mn
Sep 29, 2013 19.63 Mn
Sep 29, 2013 19.63 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 15.74 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 15.74 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 15.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 15.70 Mn
Dec 30, 2012 35.38 Mn
Dec 30, 2012 35.38 Mn
Apr 1, 2012 3.67 Mn
Apr 1, 2012 3.67 Mn
Jan 1, 2012 -19.26 Mn
Jan 1, 2012 -19.26 Mn
Oct 3, 2010 -424.44 Mn
Oct 3, 2010 -424.44 Mn
Jul 4, 2010 437.05 Mn
Jul 4, 2010 437.05 Mn
Apr 4, 2010 6.65 Mn
Apr 4, 2010 6.65 Mn
Jan 3, 2010 6.89 Mn
Jan 3, 2010 6.89 Mn
Sep 27, 2009 7.02 Mn
Sep 27, 2009 7.02 Mn