NASDAQ$WEN
Wendy's · Q3 2024 earnings
Q3 2024 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
Wendy's sales growth was sustained, maintaining traffic and dollar share in the QSR burger category, driven by digital and loyalty platforms, breakfast, and late-night dayparts.
Wendy's reported a revenue increase primarily due to advertising funds, franchise royalty revenue, and franchise fees, despite a decrease in Company-operated restaurant sales. The company expects to build on this progress into the close of this year with exciting new programming to showcase our craveable core, impactful innovation, and relevant value offerings.
- Wendy’s restaurants continued to deliver sales growth during the third quarter.
- The company maintained overall traffic and dollar share in the QSR burger category.
- The relationship with customers was strengthened through digital and loyalty platforms.
- Growth was driven for the breakfast and late-night dayparts.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
Wendy's · Revenue · Quarterly
$567M
Revenue by segment
Wendy's · $551M total across 5 segments · Q3 2023
- Company-operated sales$235M—42.6%
- Franchise royalty revenue$130M—23.6%
- Advertising funds revenue$109M—19.8%
- Franchise rental income$57.6M—10.5%
- Franchise fees$19.3M—3.5%
Forward guidance
The company provided its outlook for 2024, including global systemwide sales growth of approximately 3 percent and adjusted earnings per share between $0.99 and $1.01. The company continues to expect adjusted EBITDA of $535 to $545 million, cash flows from operations of $365 to $385 million, capital expenditures of $90 to $100 million, and free cash flow of $275 to $285 million.
Tailwinds
- Global systemwide sales growth: ~3 percent
- Adjusted earnings per share: $0.99 to $1.01
- Adjusted EBITDA: $535 to $545 million
- Cash flows from operations: $365 to $385 million
- Free cash flow: $275 to $285 million
Headwinds
- Uncertainty and variability of expenses and benefits make projections of net income, earnings per share, or net cash provided by operating activities difficult.
- The company excludes certain expenses and benefits from adjusted EBITDA, adjusted earnings per share and free cash flow.
- The company is unable without unreasonable effort to provide projections of net income, earnings per share or net cash provided by operating activities, or a reconciliation of those projected measures.
- The company's future results, performance and achievements may differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the company’s forward-looking statements.
- Many important factors could affect the company’s future results and cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the company’s forward-looking statements.
Historical earnings impact
How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.
Avg. return before/after earnings
Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2024
-0.1%
Avg return
Earnings day
+0.6%
Avg return
5 days after
-0.2%
Avg return
30 days after
52%
32 / 62 earnings
Positive
+10.3%
Q2 2019
Best reaction
-12.5%
Q4 2019
Worst reaction
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (Day 0) | +5 days | +30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | -3.9% | +17.8% | -3.3% | |
| Q4 2025 | +2.9% | +12.5% | -1.4% | |
| Q3 2025 | +1.6% | -1.1% | -4.4% | |
| Q1 2025 | +0.2% | -5.8% | -8.7% | |
| Q4 2024 | +3.8% | +5.4% | +7.9% | |
| Q3 2024 | -3.2% | -2.7% | -9.6% | |
| Q2 2024 | -0.3% | -1.0% | -0.1% | |
| Q1 2024 | +1.6% | -0.8% | -11.1% | |
| Q4 2023 | -4.4% | -6.8% | -4.9% | |
| Q3 2023 | +1.4% | -0.9% | +2.9% | |
| Q2 2023 | -0.8% | -0.6% | -9.4% | |
| Q1 2023 | +1.1% | +3.7% | -3.3% | |
| Q4 2022 | +2.1% | -1.0% | -0.8% | |
| Q3 2022 | +4.8% | +0.4% | +13.2% | |
| Q2 2022 | +0.9% | +0.2% | -2.7% | |
| Q1 2022 | -5.0% | -3.9% | +0.3% | |
| Q4 2021 | -0.3% | -5.3% | -3.4% | |
| Q3 2021 | -6.1% | -4.8% | -3.1% | |
| Q2 2021 | +6.7% | +7.4% | +1.7% | |
| Q1 2021 | -1.3% | +1.9% | +5.9% | |
| Q3 2020 | -4.1% | -3.1% | -4.1% | |
| Q2 2020 | -6.6% | -7.7% | -9.4% | |
| Q1 2020 | +8.9% | +12.3% | +21.5% | |
| Q4 2019 | -12.5% | -14.5% | -38.7% | |
| Q3 2019 | +0.7% | -0.2% | +3.5% | |
| Q2 2019 | +10.3% | +7.7% | +23.6% | |
| Q1 2019 | +1.8% | +0.9% | +7.6% | |
| Q4 2018 | +0.3% | -3.1% | -6.8% | |
| Q3 2018 | -2.4% | +2.2% | +3.1% | |
| Q2 2018 | +1.1% | +3.4% | +2.2% | |
| Q1 2018 | -0.9% | -1.4% | +1.1% | |
| Q4 2017 | +4.8% | +3.2% | +4.3% | |
| Q3 2017 | -0.3% | -2.7% | +3.5% | |
| Q2 2017 | +0.3% | +1.4% | -5.6% | |
| Q1 2017 | +5.5% | +6.8% | +2.9% | |
| Q4 2016 | -1.5% | -1.5% | -5.9% | |
| Q3 2016 | +1.4% | +5.1% | +24.2% | |
| Q2 2016 | -2.5% | +0.6% | +0.2% | |
| Q1 2016 | -6.5% | — | — | |
| Q4 2015 | -6.2% | — | — | |
| Q3 2015 | +3.0% | — | — | |
| Q2 2015 | -3.2% | — | — | |
| Q1 2015 | +7.4% | — | — | |
| Q4 2014 | +4.8% | — | — | |
| Q3 2014 | +3.0% | — | — | |
| Q2 2014 | +2.0% | — | — | |
| Q1 2014 | -0.8% | — | — | |
| Q4 2013 | -6.0% | — | — | |
| Q3 2013 | -8.3% | — | — | |
| Q2 2013 | +6.6% | — | — | |
| Q1 2013 | -5.4% | — | — | |
| Q4 2012 | +0.2% | — | — | |
| Q3 2012 | +4.5% | — | — | |
| Q2 2012 | -2.0% | — | — | |
| Q1 2012 | -1.9% | — | — | |
| Q3 2011 | -5.8% | — | — | |
| Q2 2011 | +9.7% | — | — | |
| Q1 2011 | +2.7% | — | — | |
| Q4 2010 | +5.7% | — | — | |
| Q3 2010 | -5.2% | — | — | |
| Q2 2010 | -2.2% | — | — | |
| Q1 2010 | -8.3% | — | — |
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