Wendy's

WEN

Market cap $1.57B

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McDonald's reported a boost in sales and traffic thanks to a partnership with Minecraft earlier this year. Could the same Gen Z and Gen Alpha consumers who helped boost McDonald's help Wendy's Co (NASDAQ: WEN) with a new promotion taking on one of the most viral moments of 2025.

Fans can celebrate with the NEW Snickerdoodle Cookie Frosty Fusion available now DUBLIN, Ohio , Nov. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Save the date! Wendy's® is declaring the first-ever worldwide Frosty® Day – a new, annual celebration dedicated to the iconic frozen treat cherished for decades.

Wendy's plans to close hundreds of U.S. locations next year as sales decline 4.7%. The fast food chain faces pressure from budget-conscious customers amid rising costs.

The Wendy's Company's stock appears to be bottoming, with valuation metrics looking attractive despite a prolonged slide and recent disappointing earnings. I maintain a hold rating on WEN, citing concerns over aggressive shareholder returns and the need for evidence that turnaround plans are gaining traction. Recent buybacks and high dividends are viewed as unsustainable and potentially harmful to WEN's long-term growth and turnaround prospects.

Wendy's Company (NASDAQ:WEN) posted better-than-expected third-quarter earnings on Friday.

Although the revenue and EPS for Wendy's (WEN) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended September 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

Wendy's announced plans to close a “mid-single-digit percentage” of its underperforming U.S. store locations, or 200 to 350 of some 6,000 locations, during its quarterly earnings call on Friday.

The Wendy's Company ( WEN ) Q3 2025 Earnings Call November 7, 2025 8:30 AM EST Company Participants Aaron Broholm - Head of Investor Relations Ken Cook - CFO & Interim CEO Suzanne Thuerk - Chief Accounting Officer Conference Call Participants David Palmer - Evercore ISI Institutional Equities, Research Division Jeffrey Bernstein - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Brian Mullan - Piper Sandler & Co., Research Division Rahul Krotthapalli - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Dennis Geiger - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Christopher O'Cull - Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Research Division Margaret-May Binshtok - Wolfe Research, LLC Danilo Gargiulo - Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC.