Stock Valuation: The Wendy’s Co (WEN) – ProThinker

Name of Company	Country of Origin/ Exchange Traded	Sector	Stock Price
THE WENDY’S CO	US/ NAS	Consumer Cyclical – Restaurants – Restaurants	USD17.86
			@ 19 Jun 2018
COMPANY PROFILE	The Wendy’s Co operates, develops and franchises quick-service restaurants. It offers hamburger, sandwiches and filet of chicken breast sandwiches, chicken nuggets, chili, french fries, baked potatoes, salads, soft drinks, Frosty desserts and kids meals. The Wendy’s Co is a quick-service restaurants franchisor, operating restaurants under the brand name Wendy’s. Wendy’s are known for its hamburger sandwiches in the United States and Canada. Other than sandwiches, their menu also offers chicken nuggets, chili, French fries, baked potatoes, freshly prepared salads, soft drinks, Frosty desserts and kids’ meals. Wendy’s are also present in various other foreign countries and U.S. territories. Revenues are generated from sales at own restaurants as well as from franchise-related royalties, rents, and fees from Wendy’s.
Stock Code	WEN
Stock Valuation and Dividend Analysis Below

For stocks that has a history of paying meaningful dividends, the stock price is often dependent on how much dividend the company pays.
At the price of USD17.86 as at 19 Jun 2018, The Wendy’s Co is trading at a Dividend Yield of 1.8%. This is a 6.7% premium to its historical average Dividend Yield of 2.0%. (Note: The lower/higher the dividend yield, the more expensive/cheaper the stock is.)
Is the stock overvalued? One should not just look at one indicator to determine the fair value of a stock.
ProThinker believes in using a combination of valuation methods to decide whether a stock is over or undervalued? The five ratios we use are Price to Earnings, Price to Sales, Price to Cash Flow, Price to Book and Dividend Yield. We use multiple methods to value a stock because each has its benefits as well as shortcomings. Price to Earnings and Price to Cash Flow Ratios relate stock price to profitability but are meaningless when the comany has negative earnings or cash flows. Price to Sales Ratio is more stable because sales are never negative. However, this does not tell us whether the company is able to sell profitably. Price to Book Ratio gives us an indication as to how much we are paying for the company’s assets but it is not directly related to the company’s profitability. Dividend Yield cannot be used for companies that are paying little to no dividends.
While it is important to value stocks based on multiple valuation methods, this often leads to differing views on valuation. One indicator may suggest that a stock is overvalued while another suggest that it is undervalued. This does not help an investor who needs to make a definite decision whether to buy, hold or sell the stock. That is why we advocate the use of a Composite Valuation Indicator, which is derived from the best combination of the five indicators above. A Composite Valuation Indicator will give you ONE conclusion on whether a stock is under or over valued.
To find out more about our valuation methodology, click here.
We should not only be concerned about the amount of dividends, we should determine if the dividends paid out by the company are sustainable. One way to do that is to compare dividends paid out to the cash flows that the company is generating.
The company usually pays less dividends than its free cash flow, which is good.

Source of Data: Price to Sales chart is from ProThinker Stock Report. Company description, historical financial statements data and price data are from gurufocus.com. Estimates are from gurufocus and/or 4-traders.com – Thomson Reuters.
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