Compare Stocks: QSR, MCD, and WEN

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
MCD McDonald's	$266.88 -0.5%	$271.68	$260.96 ▼ $341.75	$188.85B	0.41	3.90 million shs	4.17 million shs
QSR Restaurant Brands International	$79.34 -2.7%	$74.74	$61.33 ▼ $81.96	$27.71B	0.5	3.21 million shs	1.69 million shs
WEN Wendy's	$9.04 -0.9%	$7.80	$6.07 ▼ $10.62	$1.72B	0.37	12.17 million shs	5.51 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
MCD McDonald's	-1.65%	+0.34%	+1.36%	-4.64%	-14.41%
QSR Restaurant Brands International	+0.06%	+6.51%	+12.53%	+9.23%	+29.98%
WEN Wendy's	+3.17%	+8.06%	+30.47%	+21.76%	-13.31%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
MCD McDonald's	$266.88 -0.5%	$271.68	$260.96 ▼ $341.75	$188.85B	0.41	3.90 million shs	4.17 million shs
QSR Restaurant Brands International	$79.34 -2.7%	$74.74	$61.33 ▼ $81.96	$27.71B	0.5	3.21 million shs	1.69 million shs
WEN Wendy's	$9.04 -0.9%	$7.80	$6.07 ▼ $10.62	$1.72B	0.37	12.17 million shs	5.51 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
MCD McDonald's	-1.65%	+0.34%	+1.36%	-4.64%	-14.41%
QSR Restaurant Brands International	+0.06%	+6.51%	+12.53%	+9.23%	+29.98%
WEN Wendy's	+3.17%	+8.06%	+30.47%	+21.76%	-13.31%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
MCD McDonald's	2.63	Moderate Buy	$322.96	21.01% Upside
QSR Restaurant Brands International	2.67	Moderate Buy	$83.91	5.76% Upside
WEN Wendy's	1.81	Reduce	$7.76	-14.12% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest QSR, MCD, and WEN Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
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
8/24/2026	QSR Restaurant Brands International	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$80.00 ➝ $85.00
8/12/2026	QSR Restaurant Brands International	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
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	QSR Restaurant Brands International	CL King Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$80.00
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
8/7/2026	QSR Restaurant Brands International	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$88.00

(Data available from 8/26/2023 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
MCD McDonald's	$26.89B	7.02	$15.04 per share	17.74	($1.45) per share	-184.06
QSR Restaurant Brands International	$9.70B	2.86	$4.81 per share	16.48	$15.45 per share	5.14
WEN Wendy's	$2.18B	0.79	$1.84 per share	4.91	$0.63 per share	14.35

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
MCD McDonald's	$8.56B	$12.31	21.68	19.20	3.05	31.72%	-572.06%	14.92%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
QSR Restaurant Brands International	$776M	$3.72	21.33	18.07	2.21	13.12%	33.43%	6.94%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)
WEN Wendy's	$165.07M	$0.66	13.70	17.73	0.72	5.72%	115.31%	2.70%	11/6/2026 (Estimated)

Latest QSR, MCD, and WEN 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
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	QSR Restaurant Brands International	$1.04	$1.07	+$0.03	$1.45	$2.52 billion	$2.52 billion
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	MCD McDonald's	$3.32	$3.38	+$0.06	$3.32	$7.13 billion	$7.10 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
MCD McDonald's	$7.44	2.79%	+7.30%	60.44%	49 Years
QSR Restaurant Brands International	$2.60	3.28%	+3.58%	69.89%	10 Years
WEN Wendy's	$0.56	6.19%	+18.23%	84.85%	N/A

Latest QSR, MCD, and WEN Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/5/2026	QSR Restaurant Brands International	quarterly	$0.65	3.56%	9/18/2026	9/18/2026	10/2/2026
7/23/2026	MCD McDonald's	quarterly	$1.86	2.83%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/16/2026
8/7/2026	WEN Wendy's	quarterly	$0.07	3.64%	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
MCD McDonald's	N/A	1.08	1.07
QSR Restaurant Brands International	2.49	1.01	0.92
WEN Wendy's	27.95	1.90	1.88

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
MCD McDonald's	70.29%
QSR Restaurant Brands International	82.29%
WEN Wendy's	85.96%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
MCD McDonald's	0.26%
QSR Restaurant Brands International	1.22%
WEN Wendy's	17.10%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
MCD McDonald's	150,000	707.64 million	705.80 million	Optionable
QSR Restaurant Brands International	53,500	349.21 million	344.95 million	Optionable
WEN Wendy's	14,900	190.67 million	158.07 million	Optionable

QSR, MCD, and WEN Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Woman Sues Wendy’s After Alleging She Was Hospitalized from Bacterial Illness After Eating Double Cheeseburger Meal

4 hours ago | msn.com

This Single Wendy's Meal Has Landed The Chain In An Over-$50k Lawsuit

4 hours ago | yahoo.com

The plaintiff says she developed a Campylobacter infection after eating a sealed delivery order from a Chicago Wendy’s.

4 hours ago | inc.com

Woman says Wendy's cheeseburger meal made her sick. She's now suing

4 hours ago | msn.com

Wendy’s adds former McDonald’s marketer to leadership team

4 hours ago | meatpoultry.comM

Dave's Double Vs Wendy's Double Stack: What's The Difference?

4 hours ago | yahoo.com

Wendy’s New CEO Did Something Rare. He Admitted the Company’s Mistakes

4 hours ago | inc.com

Wendy’s admits it sacrificed food quality to save money, now the chain has to convince customers to come back

August 26 at 7:08 AM | msn.com

Quantbot Technologies LP Acquires Shares of 160,131 The Wendy's Company $WEN

August 26 at 5:11 AM | marketbeat.com

Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. Purchases New Position in The Wendy's Company $WEN

August 26 at 4:07 AM | marketbeat.com

Wendy’s customers can now get 10 nuggets for $1.99

August 25 at 9:22 AM | yahoo.com

Wendy’s Is Offering 10-Piece Nuggets for $1.99, but There’s a Catch

August 25 at 9:22 AM | yahoo.com

Wendy’s Is Handing Out $1.99 Nuggets for a Limited Time: How to Get Them

August 24 at 10:31 PM | yahoo.com

Wendy's offering $1.99 'crave-worthy' nuggets deal. How to claim

August 24 at 10:31 PM | yahoo.com

Wendy's CEO Says Food Quality Hasn't Been Chain's Top Priority—Vows Changes

August 24 at 4:00 PM | forbes.com

McAlister’s moving into Wendy’s location in Palestine

August 24 at 12:28 PM | msn.com

Wendy’s names Tariq Hassan chief marketing and customer growth officer

August 24 at 12:28 PM | nrn.comN

Wendy’s Launches $1.99 10-Piece Nuggets Deal

August 24 at 12:28 PM | yahoo.com

Wendy’s hires ex-McDonald’s CMO as chief marketing, customer growth officer

August 24 at 12:28 PM | marketingdive.comM

Wendy’s CEO aims for chain to get back in the burger fight

August 24 at 12:28 PM | msn.com

Wendy's CEO Aims for Chain to Get Back in the Burger Fight

August 24 at 9:15 AM | wsj.com

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QSR, MCD, and WEN Company Descriptions

McDonald's NYSE:MCD

$266.88 -1.22 (-0.46%)

As of 03:58 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.

Restaurant Brands International NYSE:QSR

$79.34 -2.22 (-2.72%)

As of 03:58 PM Eastern

Restaurant Brands International Inc. operates as a quick-service restaurant company in Canada, the United States, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Tim Hortons (TH), Burger King (BK), Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (PLK), and Firehouse Subs (FHS). The company owns and franchises TH chain of donut/coffee/tea restaurants that offer blend coffee, tea, and espresso-based hot and cold specialty drinks; and fresh baked goods, including donuts, Timbits, bagels, muffins, cookies and pastries, grilled paninis, classic sandwiches, wraps, soups, and other food products. It is also involved in owning and franchising BK, a fast-food hamburger restaurant chain, which offers flame-grilled hamburgers, chicken and other specialty sandwiches, French fries, soft drinks, and other food items; and PLK quick service restaurants that provide Louisiana-style fried chicken, chicken tenders, fried shrimp and other seafood, red beans and rice, and other regional items. In addition, the company owns and franchises FHS quick service restaurants that offer meats and cheese, chopped salads, chili and soups, signature and other sides, soft drinks, and local specialties. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Wendy's NASDAQ:WEN

$9.04 -0.08 (-0.88%)

As of 04:00 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.

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