The Wendy's Company cash flow to debt ratio of 8.31% indicates that the company cannot generate enough cash to cover its debt over time. This level indicates weak financial health.

The Wendy's Company's free cash flow has decreased 7.01% from $260.92M last year to $242.62M, signaling decreasing performance

The Wendy's Company's debt to equity ratio is 33.81, which means that the company's assets are unhealthy financed, signaling financial risk.

The Wendy's Company's debt has increased relative to shareholder equity from 15.78 last year to 33.81 today, signaling weakened financials

The Wendy's Company has a net debt to EBITDA ratio of 7.33x, which exceeds the 3.00x threshold, indicating high leverage and potential financial risk

The Wendy's Company's interest coverage ratio of 2.24 indicates that earnings with margin can cover interest payments on company debt

The Wendy's Company's profit margin has decreased (33.88%) in the last year from 8.65% to 5.72%, signaling decreasing performance

The Wendy's Company's short-term assets of $618.04M exceed its short-term liabilities of $351.10M

The Wendy's Company's return on assets of 2.58% is lower than the 5.00% threshold, indicating inefficient asset utilization

The Wendy's Company's return on equity of 109.00%, is higher than 15.00%, indicating good performance

The Wendy's Company's operating cash flow exceeds its net income, indicating high-quality earnings backed by actual cash generation

The Wendy's Company had positive net income in 5 out of 5 years, indicating stable and consistent earnings

The Wendy's Company has positive free cash flow, indicating the company generates cash after capital expenditures

The Wendy's Company has a free cash flow yield of 17.45%, which is above the 2.00% threshold, indicating strong cash generation relative to market value

The Wendy's Company's yearly earnings has decreased 15.07% since last year from $194.36M to $165.07M, signaling decreasing performance

The Wendy's Company's yearly revenue has decreased 3.10% since last year from $2.25B to $2.18B, signaling decreasing performance

ROIC 4.48% (Source: FMP key-metrics). Below the 5% partial-credit threshold. Score: 0 of 2. The 5% and 10% cutoffs anchor to typical US weighted-average cost of capital. Below 5% indicates the company is not generating returns above its likely cost of capital under this definition of invested capital. Invested capital here includes equity, non-current liabilities (pension obligations, deferred taxes, lease obligations), and short-term debt. Cash is not subtracted. Companies with substantial float, lease portfolios, or cash holdings will score lower under this definition than under narrower operating-capital definitions. See methodology.

The Wendy's Company's 3-year revenue CAGR of 1.28% is positive, indicating growing revenue over the past 3 years

The Wendy's Company had revenue growth in 4 out of 5 years, indicating consistent revenue performance

The Wendy's Company had positive ROE in 5 out of 5 years, indicating consistent and reliable returns on equity

The Wendy's Company has insufficient data to evaluate this check.

The Wendy's Company has an earnings yield of 9.07%, which is above the 4.00% threshold, indicating the stock offers reasonable value relative to its earnings

The Wendy's Company is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 0.00 based on EBITDA multiple model

The Wendy's Company has an EV/EBITDA ratio of 9.98x, which is below the 20.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its operating earnings

The Wendy's Company is undervalued relative to its fair value price of 31.07 based on Earnings Fair Value model

The Wendy's Company has a PEG-ratio over 1 which is considered overvalued

The Wendy's Company has a price-to-book ratio of 11.54x, which exceeds the 5.00x threshold, indicating the stock may be overvalued relative to its book value

The Wendy's Company has a price-to-sales ratio of 0.63x, which is below the 8.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its revenue