Wendy's (WEN) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Wendy's (WEN) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 12.01% in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Operating Margin fell 387.0% year-over-year to 12.01% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 14.82% (down 188.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 15.78%, down 75.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin grew to 12.01% in Q1 2026, from 11.79% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 19.46% in Q3 2023 to a low of 9.42% in Q1 2023.
• A 5-year average of 16.0% and a median of 16.71% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin plunged 779 bps — and 2023, when it soared 661 bps.
• Tracing WEN's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 18.43% in 2022, then retreated by 13 bps to 16.02% in 2023, then grew by 4 bps to 16.72% in 2024, then decreased by 29 bps to 11.79% in 2025, then increased by 2 bps to 12.01% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 12.01% (Q1 2026), 11.79% (Q4 2025), and 16.75% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.