Wendy's (WEN) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Wendy's' Free Cash Flow history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $47.5 million for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 29.86% year-over-year to $47.5 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $222.4 million (down 9.61% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $242.6 million, down 7.01% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow was $47.5 million for Q1 2026 at Wendy's, up from $31.4 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $123.3 million in Q3 2024 and bottomed at -$58.9 million in Q1 2023.
• A 5-year average of $50.7 million and a median of $46.6 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Free Cash Flow tumbled 88.76% — and 2023, when it soared 380.03%.
• Wendy's' Free Cash Flow stood at $8.5 million in 2022, then surged by 448.66% to $46.6 million in 2023, then plunged by 42.87% to $26.6 million in 2024, then advanced by 18.03% to $31.4 million in 2025, then jumped by 51.32% to $47.5 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows WEN's Free Cash Flow at $47.5 million in Q1 2026, $31.4 million in Q4 2025, and $104.3 million in Q3 2025.