WEN Stock — Wendy's Company

Wendy's Company (WEN)

Updated October 16, 2026.

WEN is a Stock. its distribution rate is 4.18%, its trailing-12-month yield is 7.31%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 17/100 (High risk). Total return is 774.7% over the past 46.6 years.

WEN performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 774.7% over the past 46.6 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -19.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 32.5%.

WEN key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

17 · High risk

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.71%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

03/17/1980

Distribution rate

4.18%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

7.31%

5-year average yield

3.93

Last close

$6.70 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$1,277,488,531

Average volume

5186153.0

Dividend

$0.07

Ex-dividend date

09/01/2026

Payment date

09/15/2026

Beta

0.414

Payout ratio

70.0%

P/E ratio

10.0

Forward P/E

12.4069

EPS

$0.67

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (4.18%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (7.31%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

WEN risks and drawbacks

Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 32.5%.

Who may consider WEN — and who may not

WEN may suit someone looking for moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (WEN pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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