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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	$269.95 +1.7%	$283.86	$245.73 ▼ $302.39	$194.64B	0.71	3.25 million shs	3.24 million shs
WEN Wendy's	$19.02 +1.1%	$18.54	$17.64 ▼ $23.90	$3.91B	0.82	2.97 million shs	3.54 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	+1.73%	+0.49%	-3.11%	-8.29%	-7.20%
WEN Wendy's	+1.06%	+0.90%	+4.45%	-1.25%	-13.47%

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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	4.8492 of 5 stars	3.4	5.0	4.2	1.1	2.9	2.5	1.9
WEN Wendy's	4.632 of 5 stars	3.1	4.0	1.7	1.8	2.2	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	18.44% Upside
WEN Wendy's	2.20	Hold	$22.47	18.16% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest MCD 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 4/18/2021 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	7.63	$14.99 per share	18.01	($6.49) per share	-41.59
WEN Wendy's	$2.18B	1.79	$1.72 per share	11.05	$1.48 per share	12.85

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	23.33	20.07	2.88	33.22%	-171.96%	16.60%	4/30/2024 (Confirmed)
WEN Wendy's	$204.44M	$0.98	19.41	17.29	1.83	9.37%	56.24%	3.87%	5/2/2024 (Confirmed)

Latest MCD 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
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	2.47%	+7.32%	57.74%	48 Years
WEN Wendy's	$1.00	5.26%	+51.08%	102.04%	3 Years

Latest MCD and WEN Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
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
WEN Wendy's	10.66	2.19	2.18

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
MCD McDonald's	70.29%
WEN Wendy's	85.96%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
MCD McDonald's	0.18%
WEN Wendy's	17.10%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
MCD McDonald's	150,000	721.01 million	719.71 million	Optionable
WEN Wendy's	15,300	205.36 million	170.24 million	Optionable

MCD and WEN Headlines

Source	Headline
	Records: Jenison Wendy’s closed twice around time girl was sickened yahoo.com - April 18 at 1:40 AM
	Girl, 13, suffering from brain damage after ‘putrid’ Wendy’s food will ‘never have a normal life again,’ says lawyer thesun.co.uk - April 17 at 8:39 PM
	‘Why am I so sick? Why?’: Healthy 11-year-old softball player will never be the same again after grabbing a burger at Wendy’s and nearly dying from ‘poisoning ... msn.com - April 17 at 3:38 PM
	Wendy's is giving away free French fries every Friday for the rest of the year msn.com - April 17 at 3:38 PM
	Family sues Wendy's for £16.1million after daughter, 11, left fighting for her life with E. coli mirror.co.uk - April 17 at 10:38 AM
	Best FRYday Yet: Wendy's Drops Free Any Size Hot & Crispy Fries With Any Purchase App Offer EVERY Friday Beginning April 19 finance.yahoo.com - April 17 at 10:38 AM
	Two Consumer Stocks With Unusual Earnings Reporting Dates seeitmarket.com - April 17 at 10:08 AM
	Best FRYday Yet: Wendy's Drops Free Any Size Hot & Crispy Fries With Any Purchase App Offer EVERY Friday Beginning April 19 prnewswire.com - April 17 at 10:00 AM
	Wendy's: Lacks Impactful Growth Catalysts seekingalpha.com - April 16 at 11:46 PM
	Wendy's: Lacks Impactful Growth Catalysts seekingalpha.com - April 16 at 11:46 PM
	Wendy and Jen Wreck the Movies: Baby Mama (2008), or What Not to Leave to Chance When You Are Expecting jdsupra.com - April 16 at 11:25 PM
	‘RHOP: Nneka Ihim On Wendy Osefo Drama, Befrending Gizelle And Robyn, What She’d Do If She Returns For Season 9 And More msn.com - April 16 at 11:25 PM
	Wendy’s Hold Rating Affirmed Amid Strategy Risks and Market Uncertainties markets.businessinsider.com - April 16 at 11:25 PM
	Michigan family claims 11-year-old became severely ill after eating Wendy’s: lawsuit msn.com - April 16 at 11:25 PM
	Wendy's Is Selling Almost Its Entire Menu for $1 This Week yahoo.com - April 16 at 11:25 PM
	Hudsonville family sues Wendy’s franchise owner after 11-year-old hospitalized msn.com - April 16 at 6:25 PM
	11-year-old girl has permanent brain damage from meal at ‘dirty’ Wendy’s, lawsuit says miamiherald.com - April 16 at 6:25 PM
	Family sues for $20M after girl sickened at ‘excessively’ dirty Wendy’s pennlive.com - April 16 at 1:24 PM
	Wendy Dant Chesser named 2024 IU Southeast Distinguished Alumnus newsandtribune.com - April 16 at 1:24 PM
	Brownsburg woman accused of beating daughter with disabilities at a Wendy’s msn.com - April 16 at 1:24 PM
	Earnings Season Heats Up, Spotting 2 Unusual Reporting Dates in the Consumer Space finance.yahoo.com - April 16 at 1:24 PM
	Cullen Investment Group LTD. Takes Position in The Wendy's Company (NASDAQ:WEN) marketbeat.com - April 16 at 8:39 AM
	BJR reveals Wendy's colours for Taupō supercars.com - April 16 at 8:24 AM
	Kenosha police investigating armed robbery at Wendy's Monday night; no injuries reported kenoshanews.com - April 16 at 1:37 AM

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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.

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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