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

Wendy's' Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.05% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.05%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.08%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.08%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.05% in Q4 2025 per WEN's latest filing, down from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.13% in Q3 2021 to a low of 0.04% in Q1 2023.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.09%, with a median of 0.09% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: rose 7bps in 2021, then fell -6bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.09% in 2021, then grew by 8bps to 0.09% in 2022, then decreased by -9bps to 0.09% in 2023, then decreased by -5bps to 0.08% in 2024, then plummeted by -41bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WEN's Return on Sales are 0.05% (Q4 2025), 0.08% (Q3 2025), and 0.1% (Q2 2025).