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Wendy's (WEN) FCF Payout Ratio (2017 - 2025)

Wendy's' FCF Payout Ratio history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.85 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio fell 55.79% year-over-year to 0.85; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.53, down 31.83%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.53, 31.83% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 0.85 in Q4 2025 per WEN's latest filing, up from 0.26 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 3.17 in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.64 in Q1 2023.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.86, with a median of 0.71 recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: surged 1087.34% in 2022, then plummeted 62.17% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.27 in 2021, then surged by 1071.68% to 3.17 in 2022, then tumbled by 65.2% to 1.1 in 2023, then surged by 73.85% to 1.92 in 2024, then crashed by 55.79% to 0.85 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WEN's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.85 (Q4 2025), 0.26 (Q3 2025), and 0.68 (Q2 2025).