---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-037023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WEN"
cik: "0000030697"
company_name: "Wendy's Co"
filed_at: "2024-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T01:37:15.100625+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "low"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wendy's reports Q4/FY2023 results; CEO cites 13th year of same-restaurant sales growth, nearly 250 new restaurants

## Summary
- CEO Kirk Tanner: 2023 marked 13th straight year of global same-restaurant sales growth.
- Nearly 250 new restaurants opened globally in 2023, supporting growth.
- U.S. Company-operated restaurant margin expanded to pre-COVID levels.
- Digital sales accelerated; system delivered strong profit and cash flow growth.
- Full financial results unavailable in provided excerpt; see full press release.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-037023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WEN
- cik: 0000030697
- company_name: Wendy's Co
- filed_at: 2024-02-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: low
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312524037023/0001193125-24-037023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312524037023/d691323d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-037023
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-037023.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-037023.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Wendy's Co reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 15, 2024, The Wendy’s Company (the “Company”) issued a press release reporting its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and other information.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312524037023/0001193125-24-037023-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.