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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
MCD McDonald's	$275.60 -0.4%	$282.38	$245.73 ▼ $302.39	$198.71B	0.71	3.27 million shs	4.18 million shs
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	$9.51	$9.48	$3.67 ▼ $9.54	$545.68M	2.5	935,029 shs	579,593 shs
WEN Wendy's	$19.82	$18.56	$17.64 ▼ $23.90	$4.07B	0.82	2.94 million shs	2.29 million shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
MCD McDonald's	-0.02%	+2.52%	-0.68%	-6.88%	-5.06%
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	+1.28%	+158.42%
WEN Wendy's	-0.70%	+4.21%	+8.54%	+3.77%	-10.72%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
MCD McDonald's	4.6007 of 5 stars	3.4	3.0	4.2	1.1	1.7	2.5	1.9
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	2.8459 of 5 stars	1.0	3.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.3	1.3
WEN Wendy's	4.7783 of 5 stars	3.1	4.0	1.7	1.8	3.0	3.3	2.5

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
MCD McDonald's	2.73	Moderate Buy	$319.72	16.01% Upside
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	2.00	Hold	$8.87	-6.76% Downside
WEN Wendy's	2.20	Hold	$22.47	13.39% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest MCD, TAST, and WEN Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/16/2024	MCD McDonald's	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$312.00 ➝ $297.00
4/12/2024	MCD McDonald's	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$327.00 ➝ $320.00
4/12/2024	WEN Wendy's	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Equal Weight	$20.00
4/11/2024	MCD McDonald's	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$315.00 ➝ $300.00
4/10/2024	MCD McDonald's	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$325.00
4/10/2024	WEN Wendy's	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold ➝ Hold	$19.00
4/5/2024	MCD McDonald's	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$340.00 ➝ $335.00
4/3/2024	MCD McDonald's	Erste Group Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Hold
3/27/2024	MCD McDonald's	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$330.00
3/25/2024	MCD McDonald's	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Hold
3/19/2024	MCD McDonald's	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$325.00

(Data available from 4/25/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
MCD McDonald's	$25.49B	7.79	$14.71 per share	18.73	($6.49) per share	-42.47
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	$1.88B	0.29	$2.01 per share	4.72	$3.40 per share	2.80
WEN Wendy's	$2.18B	1.87	$1.69 per share	11.75	$1.48 per share	13.39

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	$8.47B	$11.57	23.82	20.52	3.02	33.22%	-171.96%	16.60%	4/30/2024 (Confirmed)
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	$33.80M	$0.52	18.29	∞	N/A	1.80%	19.41%	2.08%	5/9/2024 (Estimated)
WEN Wendy's	$204.44M	$0.98	20.22	18.02	2.01	9.37%	56.24%	3.87%	5/2/2024 (Confirmed)

Latest MCD, TAST, and WEN Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/2/2024	N/A	WEN Wendy's	$0.22	N/A	-$0.22	N/A	N/A	N/A
4/30/2024	N/A	MCD McDonald's	$2.71	N/A	-$2.71	N/A	N/A	N/A
3/8/2024	Q4 2023	TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	$0.05	$0.10	+$0.05	$0.12	$470.41 million	$470.36 million
2/15/2024	Q4 2023	WEN Wendy's	$0.23	$0.21	-$0.02	$0.19	$546.47 million	$540.65 million
2/5/2024	12/31/2023	MCD McDonald's	$2.83	$2.95	+$0.12	$3.10	$6.45 billion	$6.41 billion

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
MCD McDonald's	$6.68	2.42%	+7.32%	57.74%	48 Years
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	$0.08	0.84%	N/A	15.38%	N/A
WEN Wendy's	$1.00	5.05%	+51.08%	102.04%	3 Years

Latest MCD, TAST, and WEN Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
2/22/2024	TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	Quarterly	$0.02	0.85%	3/8/2024	3/11/2024	4/5/2024
2/7/2024	MCD McDonald's	quarterly	$1.67	2.32%	2/29/2024	3/1/2024	3/15/2024
2/15/2024	WEN Wendy's	Quarterly	$0.25	5.27%	2/29/2024	3/1/2024	3/15/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
MCD McDonald's	N/A	1.16	1.16
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	2.28	0.49	0.41
WEN Wendy's	10.66	2.19	2.18

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
MCD McDonald's	70.29%
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	86.80%
WEN Wendy's	85.96%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
MCD McDonald's	0.23%
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	33.10%
WEN Wendy's	17.10%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
MCD McDonald's	150,000	721.01 million	719.35 million	Optionable
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	25,000	57.38 million	38.39 million	Optionable
WEN Wendy's	15,300	205.36 million	170.24 million	Optionable

MCD, TAST, and WEN Headlines

Source	Headline
	Wendy Williams' Guardian Reprimanded by Divorce Judge for Not Providing Kevin Hunter With Financial Records radaronline.com - April 25 at 4:41 PM
	Wendy Williams’ Guardian Tells ‘Blatant Lies’ About Her Money, Ex Kevin Hunter Says msn.com - April 25 at 4:41 PM
	Get your crunch on: Wendy's brings you the Crispy Chicken Sandwich you can't resist! thailand-business-news.com - April 25 at 4:41 PM
	Discover Wendy’s All-New Frosty Flavor That’s Creating a Buzz msn.com - April 25 at 4:41 PM
	Wendy’s Teases Fans With Sweet and Spicy Frosty Flavor They’d ‘Love to Try’ msn.com - April 25 at 4:41 PM
	Wendy Forsythe joins eXp Realty as chief marketing officer housingwire.com - April 25 at 11:41 AM
	Wendy Williams' Guardian Under Fire For Mishandling Bank Docs msn.com - April 25 at 11:41 AM
	Wendy's (WEN) Reports Next Week: What to Expect zacks.com - April 25 at 11:05 AM
	Wendy's (WEN) Set to Announce Earnings on Thursday americanbankingnews.com - April 25 at 2:00 AM
	Why Wendy Williams' Ex-Husband Claims The TV Star Owes Him Money msn.com - April 24 at 7:48 PM
	Viral Video Shows What It’s Like to Order From Wendy’s New AI Drive-Thru System ijr.com - April 24 at 7:48 PM
	Wendy Guevara, Celebrated Mexican Reality Star, Appears with Madonna during ‘Celebration Tour’ in Mexico City msn.com - April 24 at 2:21 PM
	Wendy’s Offers Free Fries Every Friday Through The Remainder Of 2024 msn.com - April 24 at 9:21 AM
	Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) Has Some Way To Go To Become A Multi-Bagger finance.yahoo.com - April 24 at 9:21 AM
	International Assets Investment Management LLC Buys 45,538 Shares of The Wendy's Company (NASDAQ:WEN) marketbeat.com - April 24 at 4:24 AM
	Wendy Williams’ Ex Demands Cut from Lifetime Documentary thesource.com - April 23 at 6:14 PM
	How to Get Free Wendy’s Fries Every Friday Until Next Year msn.com - April 23 at 6:14 PM
	16-year-old struck by vehicle after shift at Wendy’s in Columbus msn.com - April 23 at 1:14 PM
	Does Wendy's Menu Have Vegan Options? msn.com - April 23 at 8:13 AM
	16-year-old struck by vehicle after shift at Wendy’s msn.com - April 23 at 3:13 AM
	‘Tokyo Ain’t Gone Like This’: Kevin Hunter Threatens to Expose Secrets About Blac Chyna Following Her Appearance on the Wendy Williams Documentary msn.com - April 22 at 10:12 PM
	Police pursuit from Wendy's drive-thru in Flagstaff leads to nine charges in Superior Court azdailysun.com - April 22 at 5:11 PM
	Don't Miss Out on Wendy's $1 Dave's Daily Favorites Until April 29! msn.com - April 22 at 5:11 PM
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Company Descriptions

McDonald's

NYSE:MCD

McDonald's Corporation operates and franchises restaurants under the McDonald's brand in the United States and internationally. It offers food and beverages, including hamburgers and cheeseburgers, various chicken sandwiches, fries, shakes, desserts, sundaes, cookies, pies, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages; and full or limited breakfast, as well as sells various other products during limited-time promotions. The company owns and operates under various structures comprising conventional franchise, developmental license, or affiliate. McDonald's Corporation was founded in 1940 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Carrols Restaurant Group

NASDAQ:TAST

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates restaurants in the United States. It operates quick service restaurants as a franchisee under the Burger King and Popeyes brands in 23 Northeastern, Midwestern, Southcentral, and Southeastern states. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Syracuse, New York.

Wendy's

NASDAQ:WEN

The Wendy's Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a quick-service restaurant company in the United States and internationally. It operates through Wendy's U.S., Wendy's International, and Global Real Estate & Development segments. The company is involved in operating, developing, and franchising a system of quick-service restaurants specializing in hamburger sandwiches. It owns and leases real estate properties. The company was formerly known as Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc. and changed its name to The Wendy's Company in July 2011. The Wendy's Company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio.

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