secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Wendy's Co (WEN)
CIK:        0000030697
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-025580
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.78
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Wendy's Q4 2024 adjusted EPS $0.25 (+19%); updates capital allocation policy
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- Q4 systemwide sales $3.7B (+5.4%); same-restaurant sales +4.3%.
- Q4 adjusted revenues $459.3M (+6.4%); adjusted EBITDA $137.5M (+8.6%).
- Q4 adjusted EPS $0.25 (+19.0%); full-year adjusted EPS $1.00 (+3.1%).
- New capital allocation: target dividend payout ratio 50-60% of adjusted earnings; up to $200M share repurchases in 2025.
- Full-year net income $194.4M; 14th consecutive year of global same-restaurant sales growth.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312525025580/0001193125-25-025580-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312525025580/d869937d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-025580

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