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

Wendy's (WEN) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.05% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.05%, compared with a TTM value of 0.08% through Dec 2025, down 1.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.08%, down 1.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.05% for Q4 2025 at Wendy's, down from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 2.21% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 2.07% in Q4 2022.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.09%, with a median of 0.09% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales plummeted -216bps in 2022, then surged 218bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.09% in 2021, then crashed by -2470bps to 2.07% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 105bps to 0.11% in 2023, then fell by -25bps to 0.08% in 2024, then plummeted by -41bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for WEN at 0.05% in Q4 2025, 0.08% in Q3 2025, and 0.1% in Q2 2025.