Wendy's (WEN) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Wendy's (WEN) has 18 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 33.52% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 496.0% year-over-year to 33.52%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 28.06% (down 95.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 27.36%, down 130.0% from the prior year.
• Tax Rate for Q1 2026 stood at 33.52%, up from 20.22% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 45.98% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 20.22% in Q4 2025.
• The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 27.39% (2025), against an average of 28.7%.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Tax Rate surged 772 bps; it then slumped 1574 bps in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 26.89% in 2022, then advanced by 12 bps to 30.24% in 2023, then grew by 8 bps to 32.61% in 2024, then plunged by 38 bps to 20.22% in 2025, then soared by 66 bps to 33.52% in 2026.
• The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 33.52% (Q1 2026), 20.22% (Q4 2025), and 30.02% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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