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Wendy's (WEN) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Wendy's (WEN) has disclosed Return on Equity for 16 consecutive years, with 1.46% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Equity rose 71.0% year-over-year to 1.46%, compared with a TTM value of 1.46% through Dec 2025, up 71.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.88%, up 19.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Equity was 1.46% for Q4 2025 at Wendy's, down from 1.68% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 1.68% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 0.22% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.66%, with a median of 0.48% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Equity dropped -1bps in 2021, then soared 87bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Equity stood at 0.34% in 2021, then rose by 17bps to 0.39% in 2022, then soared by 76bps to 0.69% in 2023, then rose by 8bps to 0.75% in 2024, then soared by 95bps to 1.46% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Equity for WEN at 1.46% in Q4 2025, 1.68% in Q3 2025, and 1.58% in Q2 2025.