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Wendy's (WEN) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Wendy's' Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.07% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.07%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.07%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.07%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.07% in Q4 2025 per WEN's latest filing, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.09% in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.06% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.07%, with a median of 0.08% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: rose 3bps in 2021, then dropped -1bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.08% in 2021, then decreased by -12bps to 0.07% in 2022, then increased by 15bps to 0.08% in 2023, then grew by 1bps to 0.08% in 2024, then fell by -7bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WEN's Return on Capital Employed are 0.07% (Q4 2025), 0.09% (Q3 2025), and 0.08% (Q2 2025).