Wendy's (WEN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Wendy's' Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 7.09% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 112.0% year-over-year to 7.09% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 7.09% (down 112.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 7.39%, down 49.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed was 7.09% for Q1 2026 at Wendy's, down from 7.44% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 9.07% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 6.49% in Q1 2023.
• A 5-year average of 7.57% and a median of 7.44% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed surged 138 bps — and 2026, when it sank 112 bps.
• Wendy's' Return on Capital Employed stood at 6.85% in 2022, then climbed by 15 bps to 7.87% in 2023, then grew by 1 bps to 7.98% in 2024, then slipped by 7 bps to 7.44% in 2025, then fell by 5 bps to 7.09% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows WEN's Return on Capital Employed at 7.09% in Q1 2026, 7.44% in Q4 2025, and 9.07% in Q3 2025.