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

Wendy's' Return on Equity history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 1.46% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity rose 71.0% year-over-year to 1.46%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 1.46%, up 71.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.88%, 19.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 1.46% in Q4 2025 per WEN's latest filing, down from 1.68% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 1.68% in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.22% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.63%, with a median of 0.44% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: dropped -5bps in 2022, then surged 95bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.34% in 2021, then dropped by -6bps to 0.32% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 98bps to 0.63% in 2023, then rose by 19bps to 0.75% in 2024, then soared by 95bps to 1.46% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WEN's Return on Equity are 1.46% (Q4 2025), 1.68% (Q3 2025), and 1.58% (Q2 2025).