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The Wendy’s Company Q2 2025 earnings summary

Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.
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Q2 2025 earnings summary8 Aug, 2025

Executive summary

  • Global systemwide sales declined 1.8–1.9% in Q2 2025, with U.S. same-restaurant sales down 3.6% and international sales up 8.7%.

  • Net income for Q2 2025 was $55.1M, with adjusted EPS up 7.4% to $0.29 year-over-year.

  • Adjusted EBITDA rose 2.5% to $146.6M; digital sales reached 20.5% of global systemwide sales.

  • 26 net new restaurants were added in Q2, supporting a 2–3% full-year net unit growth target.

  • $88M–$88.7M was returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases in Q2.

Financial highlights

  • Q2 2025 revenues were $560.9M, down 1.7% year-over-year; adjusted revenues were $449.6M.

  • U.S. company-operated restaurant margin was 15.6% in Q2, down from 15.9% due to commodity and labor inflation.

  • Operating profit increased 4.8% to $104.3M, driven by lower advertising and G&A expenses.

  • Free cash flow for the first half was $109.5M; $262.2M returned to shareholders YTD.

  • Cash and equivalents totaled $330.1M as of June 29, 2025.

Outlook and guidance

  • Full-year 2025 global systemwide sales expected to decline 3–5% year-over-year.

  • Adjusted EBITDA guidance: $500M–$525M; adjusted EPS: $0.82–$0.89.

  • Net unit growth guidance maintained at 2–3% for 2025.

  • Free cash flow, excluding franchise development fund, expected at $225–$240M; including fund, $160–$175M.

  • Management anticipates continued labor and commodity inflation, especially in beef.

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The Wendy's Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a quick-service restaurant company. The company franchises and operates Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers restaurants and Dave's Hot 'N Juicy 1/4-lb. Original Recipe Hamburger restaurants. It also franchises and licenses the operation of the Veggie Patch concept restaurant; and licenses the Dave's Hot 'N Juicy 1/4-lb. Original Recipe Sandwich for certain foreign markets. As of December 31, 2017, it operated or franchised a total of 6,578 restaurants in the United States and 27 countries and territories outside the United States. The Wendy's Company is based in Dublin, Ohio.

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