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How Wendy's Co makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$2.2B · 100%Cost of revenue$792M · 36%Gross profit$1.4B · 64%Operating income$343M · 16%Income before tax$227M · 10%Income tax$62.2M · 3%Net income$165M · 8%As of 2025-12-28 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$2.2B100%
Cost of revenue$792M36%
$1.4B64%
$343M16%
Income before tax$227M10%
Income tax$62.2M3%
$165M8%
Source: · event Dec 28, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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