Wendy's Co dividend history

Wendy's Co's dividend was $0.670 a share in fiscal 2025, down 33.0% on the year before. That was 78.5% of net income.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q2 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $16.2M
Dividends (TTM): $107M
Returned to shareholders: 46%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $468M
Diluted share count: −4.9%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 8.9%; dividends 7.7% + buybacks 1.2% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 85%; of net income paid out
Days sales outstanding: 18 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Wendy's Co: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Jan 2010	2010Jan 2011	2011Jan 2012	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Jan 2016	2016Jan 2017	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Jan 2021	2021Jan 2022	2022Jan 2023	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Dividend per share	$0.060	$0.070	$0.080	$0.100	$0.180	$0.205	$0.225	$0.245	$0.280	$0.340	$0.420	$0.290	$0.430	$0.500	$1.00	$1.00	$0.670	—
Dividend per share growth	—	+16.7%	+14.3%	+25.0%	+80.0%	+13.9%	+9.8%	+8.9%	+14.3%	+21.4%	+23.5%	−31.0%	+48.3%	+16.3%	+100.0%	0.0%	−33.0%	—
Dividends paid	28	28	32	39	71	75	72	64	68	81	96	65	95	107	209	204	130	107
Share buybacks	73	174	158	0	69	301	1,099	337	126	270	218	62	269	52	190	77	201	16
Dividends ÷ net income	552.7%	—	327.8%	551.2%	155.4%	61.9%	44.6%	49.2%	35.2%	17.5%	70.4%	55.0%	47.3%	60.2%	102.4%	105.2%	78.5%	84.6%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	14.5%	35.3%	32.4%	—	66.9%	—	316.6%	145.7%	43.5%	52.2%	44.9%	30.1%	35.4%	61.2%	80.4%	78.4%	53.4%	40.4%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Wendy's Co's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Wendy's Co.