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

Wendy's (WEN) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 16 consecutive years, with 0.09% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 7.0% year-over-year to 0.09%, compared with a TTM value of 0.09% through Dec 2025, down 7.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.08%, changed 0.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.09% for Q4 2025 at Wendy's, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.89% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 0.07% in Q1 2023.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.18%, with a median of 0.09% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Invested Capital skyrocketed 81bps in 2024, then tumbled -80bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.1% in 2021, then decreased by -7bps to 0.09% in 2022, then decreased by -1bps to 0.09% in 2023, then surged by 78bps to 0.16% in 2024, then tumbled by -46bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for WEN at 0.09% in Q4 2025, 0.09% in Q3 2025, and 0.09% in Q2 2025.