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

Wendy's (WEN) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 0.07% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.07%, compared with a TTM value of 0.07% through Dec 2025, down 1.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.07%, changed 0.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.07% for Q4 2025 at Wendy's, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.09% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 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.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Capital Employed rose 3bps in 2021, then dropped -1bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed 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.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for WEN at 0.07% in Q4 2025, 0.09% in Q3 2025, and 0.08% in Q2 2025.