Compare Stocks: WEN, GS, MCD, and XLY

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$1,029.19 +0.9%	$1,044.84	$740.01 ▼ $1,153.99	$299.67B	1.29	1.71 million shs	1.16 million shs
MCD McDonald's	$252.58 -0.2%	$267.69	$252.15 ▼ $341.75	$178.70B	0.41	4.03 million shs	4.10 million shs
WEN Wendy's	$7.63 +2.6%	$7.91	$6.07 ▼ $10.12	$1.45B	0.39	6.83 million shs	3.58 million shs
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	$112.96 +0.9%	$115.89	$105.19 ▼ $125.01	$21.89B	1.21	8.97 million shs	4.54 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	0.00%	-0.85%	-1.25%	-3.13%	+33.67%
MCD McDonald's	0.00%	-1.21%	-7.23%	-11.34%	-17.50%
WEN Wendy's	0.00%	-4.98%	-11.79%	+12.37%	-22.38%
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	0.00%	-1.70%	-4.63%	-3.12%	-2.98%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$1,029.19 +0.9%	$1,044.84	$740.01 ▼ $1,153.99	$299.67B	1.29	1.71 million shs	1.16 million shs
MCD McDonald's	$252.58 -0.2%	$267.69	$252.15 ▼ $341.75	$178.70B	0.41	4.03 million shs	4.10 million shs
WEN Wendy's	$7.63 +2.6%	$7.91	$6.07 ▼ $10.12	$1.45B	0.39	6.83 million shs	3.58 million shs
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	$112.96 +0.9%	$115.89	$105.19 ▼ $125.01	$21.89B	1.21	8.97 million shs	4.54 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	0.00%	-0.85%	-1.25%	-3.13%	+33.67%
MCD McDonald's	0.00%	-1.21%	-7.23%	-11.34%	-17.50%
WEN Wendy's	0.00%	-4.98%	-11.79%	+12.37%	-22.38%
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	0.00%	-1.70%	-4.63%	-3.12%	-2.98%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	2.50	Moderate Buy	$1,062.86	3.27% Upside
MCD McDonald's	2.63	Moderate Buy	$320.57	26.91% Upside
WEN Wendy's	1.81	Reduce	$7.78	1.92% Upside
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	2.71	Moderate Buy	$112.96	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest WEN, GS, MCD, and XLY Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/11/2026	MCD McDonald's	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold	$300.00 ➝ $282.00
9/9/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
9/1/2026	WEN Wendy's	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$8.00 ➝ $8.25
8/26/2026	MCD McDonald's	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$320.00 ➝ $310.00
8/24/2026	MCD McDonald's	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
8/11/2026	WEN Wendy's	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sector Weight
8/10/2026	WEN Wendy's	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$8.00
8/10/2026	WEN Wendy's	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
8/10/2026	WEN Wendy's	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$5.50
8/10/2026	WEN Wendy's	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$7.25 ➝ $8.00
8/6/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)

(Data available from 9/13/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$125.10B	2.40	$64.53 per share	15.95	$366.15 per share	2.81
MCD McDonald's	$26.89B	6.65	$15.36 per share	16.44	($2.51) per share	-100.63
WEN Wendy's	$2.18B	0.67	$1.80 per share	4.24	$0.62 per share	12.31
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$17.18B	$64.79	15.88	14.24	1.04	15.53%	19.16%	1.07%	10/13/2026 (Estimated)
MCD McDonald's	$8.56B	$12.31	20.52	18.16	2.72	31.72%	-572.06%	14.92%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
WEN Wendy's	$165.07M	$0.66	11.56	15.57	0.78	5.72%	115.31%	2.70%	11/6/2026 (Estimated)
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	27.10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest WEN, GS, MCD, and XLY Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/7/2026	Q2 2026	WEN Wendy's	$0.1629	$0.18	+$0.0171	$0.17	$557.14 million	$570.57 million
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	MCD McDonald's	$3.32	$3.38	+$0.06	$3.32	$7.13 billion	$7.10 billion
7/14/2026	Q2 2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$14.47	$20.98	+$6.51	$20.98	$16.22 billion	$20.34 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$20.00	1.94%	+22.87%	30.87%	13 Years
MCD McDonald's	$7.44	2.95%	+7.30%	60.44%	49 Years
WEN Wendy's	$0.28	3.67%	+18.23%	42.42%	N/A
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	$0.90	0.80%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest WEN, GS, MCD, and XLY Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/13/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	quarterly	$5.00	2%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/29/2026
7/23/2026	MCD McDonald's	quarterly	$1.86	2.85%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/16/2026
8/7/2026	WEN Wendy's	quarterly	$0.07	3.39%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/15/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	3.17	0.63	0.63
MCD McDonald's	N/A	1.08	1.07
WEN Wendy's	27.95	1.90	1.88
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	71.21%
MCD McDonald's	70.29%
WEN Wendy's	85.96%
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	69.93%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	0.55%
MCD McDonald's	0.26%
WEN Wendy's	17.10%
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	47,400	291.17 million	289.57 million	Optionable
MCD McDonald's	150,000	707.64 million	705.80 million	Optionable
WEN Wendy's	14,900	190.67 million	158.07 million	Optionable
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	147,000	193.81 million	N/A	Not Optionable

WEN, GS, MCD, and XLY Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

US holiday retail sales growth set to accelerate, Deloitte says

September 9, 2026 | reuters.com

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLY) Share Price Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average - Here's Why

September 5, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

What September Lull? 6 ETFs to Buy Instead

September 2, 2026 | zacks.com

ETFs to Gain as Trump Waives Off Tariffs on Beef Imports Temporarily

August 26, 2026 | zacks.com

Consumer discretionary insiders signal bullish shift

August 25, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Should You Invest in the State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY)?

August 20, 2026 | zacks.com

Retail ETFs: Following the Selective Consumer

August 13, 2026 | etftrends.comE

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August 5, 2026 | benzinga.com

Weekly Economic Snapshot: Inflation Cools, But Energy Headwinds Loom

July 20, 2026 | etftrends.comE

New State Street ETF Filings Offer Pure S&P Sector Plays

July 15, 2026 | etftrends.comE

Goods Comeback Trade: Why XLY Is the Sleeper ETF of Q3 2026

July 14, 2026 | benzinga.com

S&P 500 logs weekly gains as energy and technology stocks lead

July 10, 2026 | msn.com

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July 2, 2026 | zacks.com

Weekly Economic Snapshot: Inflation Remains the Central Focus

June 29, 2026 | etftrends.comE

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June 29, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

State Street Goes Heads Up With Qs, Launches Nasdaq 100 ETF

June 24, 2026 | etftrends.comE

Choosing Consumer Discretionary? Give XLY a Try

June 23, 2026 | etftrends.comE

US Economy Looking Like Goldilocks: ETF Areas Likely to Gain

June 22, 2026 | zacks.com

Should You Invest in the State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY)?

June 16, 2026 | zacks.com

Weekly Economic Snapshot: Inflation Spikes While Consumer Sentiment Breaks Its Decline

June 15, 2026 | etftrends.comE

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WEN, GS, MCD, and XLY Company Descriptions

The Goldman Sachs Group NYSE:GS

$1,029.19 +9.42 (+0.92%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$1,027.81 -1.38 (-0.13%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:56 PM Eastern

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a financial institution, provides a range of financial services for corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals worldwide. It operates through Global Banking & Markets, Asset & Wealth Management, and Platform Solutions segments. The Global Banking & Markets segment provides financial advisory services, including strategic advisory assignments related to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings, and spin-offs; and relationship lending, and acquisition financing, as well as secured lending, through structured credit and asset-backed lending and involved in financing under securities to resale agreements. This segment also offers client execution activities for cash and derivative instruments; credit and interest rate products; and provision of mortgages, currencies, commodities, and equities related products, as well as underwriting services. The Asset & Wealth Management segment manages assets across various classes, including equity, fixed income, hedge funds, credit funds, private equity, real estate, currencies, and commodities; and provides customized investment advisory solutions, wealth advisory services, personalized financial planning, and private banking services, as well as invests in corporate equity, credit, real estate, and infrastructure assets. The Platform Solutions segment offers credit cards and point-of-sale financing for purchase of goods or services. This segment also provides cash management services, such as deposit-taking and payment solutions for corporate and institutional clients. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

McDonald's NYSE:MCD

$252.58 -0.47 (-0.18%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$252.52 -0.06 (-0.02%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:59 PM Eastern

McDonald's Corp. engages in the operation and franchising of restaurants. It operates through the following segments: U.S., International Operated Markets, and International Developmental Licensed Markets and Corporate. The U.S. segment focuses its operations on the United States. The International Operated Markets segment consists of operations and the franchising of restaurants in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the U.K. The International Developmental Licensed Markets and Corporate segment consists of developmental licensee and affiliate markets in the McDonald’s system. The firm's products include Big Mac, Quarter Pounder with Cheese, Filet-O-Fish, several chicken sandwiches, Chicken McNuggets, wraps, McDonald's Fries, salads, oatmeal, shakes, McFlurry desserts, sundaes, soft serve cones, pies, soft drinks, coffee, McCafe beverages, and other beverages. The company was founded by Raymond Albert Kroc on April 15, 1955, and is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL.

Wendy's NASDAQ:WEN

$7.63 +0.19 (+2.55%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$7.61 -0.02 (-0.25%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:55 PM Eastern

The Wendy’s Co. engages in operating, developing, and franchising a system of quick-service restaurants. It operates through the following segments: Wendy’s U.S., Wendy’s International, and Global Real Estate and Development. The Wendy’s U.S. segment includes the operation and franchising of Wendy’s restaurants in the U.S. The Wendy’s International segment is involved in the operation and franchising of Wendy’s restaurants in countries and territories other than the U.S. The Global Real Estate and Development segment focuses on real estate activity for owned sites and sites leased from third parties. The company was founded by R. David Thomas on November 15, 1969 and is headquartered in Dublin, OH.

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSEARCA:XLY

$112.96 +1.00 (+0.89%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:10 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$112.84 -0.12 (-0.10%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:45 PM Eastern

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index (the Index). The Index includes companies from the following industries, media; retail (specialty, multiline, Internet and catalog); hotels, restaurants and leisure; textiles, apparel and luxury goods; household durables; automobiles; auto components; distributors; leisure equipment and products; and diversified consumer services. The Fund's investment advisor is SSgA Funds Management, Inc.

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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest WEN, GS, MCD, and XLY Analyst Ratings

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Latest WEN, GS, MCD, and XLY Earnings

Compare Dividends

Latest WEN, GS, MCD, and XLY Dividends

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Institutional Ownership

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WEN, GS, MCD, and XLY Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

Media Sentiment Over Time

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WEN, GS, MCD, and XLY Company Descriptions

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