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Wendy's (WEN) Q1 Earnings: How Key Metrics Compare to Wall Street Estimates
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Wendy's (WEN - Free Report) reported $523.47 million in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 2.1%. EPS of $0.20 for the same period compares to $0.23 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.10% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $523.98 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.20, the company has not delivered EPS surprise.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Wendy's performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
Same-Restaurant - U.S. -2.8% versus the nine-analyst average estimate of -1.5%.
Number of restaurants - Total: 7,308 versus the nine-analyst average estimate of 7,262.
Number of restaurants - Franchised - Total: 6,908 versus 6,865 estimated by seven analysts on average.
Number of restaurants - Company-operated - Total: 400 compared to the 397 average estimate based on seven analysts.
Revenues- Sales at Company-operated restaurants: $219.51 million versus the nine-analyst average estimate of $217.03 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -2.6%.
Revenues- Advertising funds: $100.36 million compared to the $104.44 million average estimate based on nine analysts. The reported number represents a change of -4.4% year over year.
Revenues- Franchise rental income: $58.45 million compared to the $58.21 million average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of +0.8% year over year.
Revenues- Franchise royalty revenue and fees: $145.15 million versus the eight-analyst average estimate of $144.77 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +15.5%.
Revenues- Franchise fees: $23.47 million compared to the $21.14 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +12.7% year over year.
Revenues- Franchise royalty: $121.68 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $123.77 million.
Systemwide sales- Total: $3.39 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $3.42 billion.
Systemwide sales- International systemwide: $473.20 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $490.16 million.
Shares of Wendy's have returned -11.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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Wendy's (WEN) Q1 Earnings: How Key Metrics Compare to Wall Street Estimates
Wendy's (WEN - Free Report) reported $523.47 million in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 2.1%. EPS of $0.20 for the same period compares to $0.23 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.10% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $523.98 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.20, the company has not delivered EPS surprise.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Wendy's performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Same-Restaurant - U.S. -2.8% versus the nine-analyst average estimate of -1.5%.
- Number of restaurants - Total: 7,308 versus the nine-analyst average estimate of 7,262.
- Number of restaurants - Franchised - Total: 6,908 versus 6,865 estimated by seven analysts on average.
- Number of restaurants - Company-operated - Total: 400 compared to the 397 average estimate based on seven analysts.
- Revenues- Sales at Company-operated restaurants: $219.51 million versus the nine-analyst average estimate of $217.03 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -2.6%.
- Revenues- Advertising funds: $100.36 million compared to the $104.44 million average estimate based on nine analysts. The reported number represents a change of -4.4% year over year.
- Revenues- Franchise rental income: $58.45 million compared to the $58.21 million average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of +0.8% year over year.
- Revenues- Franchise royalty revenue and fees: $145.15 million versus the eight-analyst average estimate of $144.77 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +15.5%.
- Revenues- Franchise fees: $23.47 million compared to the $21.14 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +12.7% year over year.
- Revenues- Franchise royalty: $121.68 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $123.77 million.
- Systemwide sales- Total: $3.39 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $3.42 billion.
- Systemwide sales- International systemwide: $473.20 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $490.16 million.
View all Key Company Metrics for Wendy's here>>>Shares of Wendy's have returned -11.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.