Wendy's (WEN): which funds own it
A 13F shows the portfolio at quarter-end and is filed up to 45 days later: these are not real-time positions and they may have changed.
Sections with a free account
2 concentrated managers hold it; combined they have held more shares for 5 quarters in a row (1 added, 0 trimmed). Its median weight in those portfolios is 4.2%.
Who owns Wendy's?
Holders reporting more than 5% of the shares to the SEC (Schedules 13D/13G): Nelson Peltz, 16.2% (13D/A filed Feb 18, 2026), Trian Fund Management, 16.2% (13D/A filed Oct 28, 2026), BlackRock, 12.8% (13G/A filed Jul 30, 2026) and Vanguard Portfolio Management, 5.5% (13G filed Jul 31, 2026). As of Jun 30, 2026, the largest holders reported on Form 13F were Trian Fund Management (16.0% of the shares), BlackRock (13.8%) and Vanguard Portfolio Management (5.4%).
Which institutions hold the most Wendy's shares?
Per Form 13F filings as of Jun 30, 2026, as a share of all shares outstanding:
- 1. Trian Fund Management: 16.0%
- 2. BlackRock: 13.8%
- 3. Vanguard Portfolio Management: 5.4%
- 4. Fairfax Financial Holdings: 4.2%
- 5. Charles Schwab Investment Management: 3.9%
- 6. Vanguard Capital Management: 3.6%
- 7. Wells Fargo: 3.5%
- 8. State Street: 3.4%
- 9. Harris Associates: 2.9%
- 10. Geode Capital Management: 2.2%
How much of Wendy's do institutions own?
The 402 institutions that file 13F reported 94.0% of the shares as of Jun 30, 2026 (not counting 1 position with implausible figures).
Sources:13D/A by Nelson Peltz (Feb 18, 2026) ↗13D/A by Trian Fund Management (Oct 28, 2026) ↗13G/A by BlackRock (Jul 30, 2026) ↗13G by Vanguard Portfolio Management (Jul 31, 2026) ↗All of the company's proxy statements on EDGAR ↗
13F percentages divide the shares each institution reports by the shares outstanding on the cover of the company's latest report before the quarter end (May 1, 2026). Entities of the same group file separately and are not added up. We hold 13D and 13G filings made since Dec 23, 2024: a holder above 5% that has not filed since then does not appear here.
Wendy's revenue
Wendy's reported annual revenue of $2.18 billion for fiscal year 2025 (year ended December 28, 2025), according to its Form 10-K filed with the SEC (XBRL data).
Well-known investors holding it
Quarter flow (concentrated managers)
Change in managers (2 → 2): 0 opened · 0 exited = 0
Net flow in the quarter: +$39.3M (+4.7 M shares) · bought $39.3M and sold $0Shares concentrated managers added minus those they cut, valued at the 13F quarter-end implied price, not each trade's price. It is a different measure from the change in managers: the two can have opposite signs.
Accumulation: combined they have held more shares for 5 quarters in a row (1 added, 0 trimmed). It is the combined share count of those still holding it: one large buyer can outweigh many who trimmed.
Concentrated managers holding it
- Trian Fund Management$253M6.0%
- Fairfax Financial HoldingsIncreased$66.3M2.5%+1.5 pp
Up to 15, sorted by position value. The percentage is the weight in each manager's portfolio.
Largest holders of WEN (all 13F filers)
- Trian Fund Managementconcentrated30.5 MInvestment firm · 15.98% of the company+22 K
- BlackRock26.3 MIndex manager · 13.80% of the company+4.6 M
- Vanguard Portfolio Management10.3 MIndex manager · 5.40% of the company+1.0 M
- Fairfax Financial Holdingsconcentrated8.0 MInsurance holding · 4.20% of the company+4.7 M
- Charles Schwab Investment Management7.5 MIndex manager · 3.95% of the company+1.0 M
- Vanguard Capital Management6.9 MIndex manager · 3.63% of the company+101 K
- Wells Fargo6.7 MBank or trading desk · 3.51% of the company−229 K
- State Street6.6 MIndex manager · 3.44% of the company+1.1 M
- Harris Associates5.6 MInvestment firm · 2.93% of the company−343 K
- Geode Capital Management4.3 MIndex manager · 2.24% of the company+1.3 M
- Trian Fund Managementconcentrated
- Shares
- 30.5 M
- Change
- +22 K
- % of the company
- 15.98%
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- Type
- Investment firm
- Value
- $253M
- Shares
- 26.3 M
- Change
- +4.6 M
- % of the company
- 13.80%
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- Type
- Index manager
- Value
- $218M
- Shares
- 10.3 M
- Change
- +1.0 M
- % of the company
- 5.40%
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- Type
- Index manager
- Value
- $85.4M
- Fairfax Financial Holdingsconcentrated
- Shares
- 8.0 M
- Change
- +4.7 M
- % of the company
- 4.20%
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- Type
- Insurance holding
- Value
- $66.3M
- Shares
- 7.5 M
- Change
- +1.0 M
- % of the company
- 3.95%
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- Type
- Index manager
- Value
- $62.4M
- Shares
- 6.9 M
- Change
- +101 K
- % of the company
- 3.63%
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- Type
- Index manager
- Value
- $57.4M
- Shares
- 6.7 M
- Change
- −229 K
- % of the company
- 3.51%
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- Type
- Bank or trading desk
- Value
- $55.4M
- Shares
- 6.6 M
- Change
- +1.1 M
- % of the company
- 3.44%
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- Type
- Index manager
- Value
- $54.4M
- Shares
- 5.6 M
- Change
- −343 K
- % of the company
- 2.93%
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- Type
- Investment firm
- Value
- $46.3M
- Shares
- 4.3 M
- Change
- +1.3 M
- % of the company
- 2.24%
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- Type
- Index manager
- Value
- $35.4M
The 10 13F filers with the most shares as of Jun 30, 2026, whatever their type (index firms usually come first). “Change”: shares added or cut versus the previous quarter, split-adjusted; “no data” = there is no comparable portfolio for the previous quarter (no filing, or a filing with its holdings under confidential treatment). “% of the company” only where shares outstanding are up to date. Entities of the same group file separately and some 13F filings include other managers: there may be double counting. With a free account: the top 25, the largest buyers and the largest sellers.
Held by institutions (13F)
Institutions (13F): 94.0% of the shares · top 10: 59.1% · in index firms: 39.8% of the institutional total
Q2 2026: 94.0%
Shares reported by the 402 13F filers as of Jun 30, 2026 (not counting 1 position with implausible figures), divided by the shares outstanding on the cover of the company's latest report (May 1, 2026). It is not all institutional ownership: only managers above $100M file a 13F, and it excludes short positions. Entities of the same group file separately and some 13F filings include other managers: there may be double counting. We only publish it where the figure is credible: not for ADRs, companies with more than one share class or stale shares-outstanding data.
Fundamentals
12-month figures to Jun 28, 2026 · balance sheet as of Jun 28, 2026.
- Operating margin
- 13.6%
- Net margin
- 5.7%
- ROE
- 104.6%
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.2 bn
- Revenue growth
- -1.0%
- Net income (TTM)
- $126M
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 6.7x
- Free cash flow (TTM)
- $264M
- Quality vs sector
- 47/100
Figures from the statements the company filed with the SEC (10-K, 10-Q). Free cash flow = operating cash flow − capital expenditures; empty if the company does not report capex. “Quality vs sector”: 0 to 100, the average of its percentiles in ROE, operating margin, free-cash-flow margin, revenue and earnings growth and net debt / EBITDA (at least 3 needed) against companies in its sector above $300M. How each figure is calculated
Shares outstanding: buybacks and dilution
2025: 194.0 M
- 1 year
- −5.6%
- 3 years
- −10.1%
- 5 years
- −14.9%
- Buybacks (FY 2025)
- $201M
- Share issuance
- no data
- Stock-based compensation
- $14.6M0.7% of revenue
- Dividends paid
- $130M
From the statements the company filed with the SEC (10-K). The change compares average diluted shares of each fiscal year, on today's basis: negative = it bought back more than it issued; positive = dilution. “No data” = the company does not report that item under a tag we can read; it does not mean zero.
Earnings quality and debt
- Operating cash flow ÷ net income (12 months)
- 2.84
- Interest coverage (operating income ÷ interest)
- 2.7 timesfiscal 2025
- Debt due within 12 months
- $57.3M0.17 times cash and investments
- Year 1$29.8M
- Year 2$29.8M
- Year 3$447M
- Year 4$890M
- Year 5$15.0M
- Later$1.4 bn
From the figures the company filed with the SEC. Cash flow over net income near or above 1 means earnings are collected in cash; far below, that part is accounting. Coverage says how many times operating income pays the latest fiscal year's interest. Maturities come from the debt note of the latest annual report, counted from its closing date. “No data” never means zero.
Insiders (Form 4)
10% owners who bought (6 m): 0
Open-market purchases, excluding 10b5-1 plans. Officers and directors only; joint filers of the same purchase count as one. 10% owners with no role are shown separately. 0 = nobody bought; “no data” = we do not have its Form 4 filings.
Each of the company's Form 4 filings, on EDGAR ↗Latest trades, with date and filing →
Above 5% (13D/13G)
Disclosed stakes, with their amendments. A filing is not always a purchase: there are also reductions and changes of filing entity.
This list may be incomplete: we hold 13D and 13G filings made since Dec 23, 2024. A holder above 5% that has not filed anything since then is not shown here.
- Trian Fund Management16.23%13D · amendmentfiling ↗Event: Oct 28, 2026 · filed: Oct 28, 2026
- Vanguard Portfolio Management5.48%13Gfiling ↗Event: Jun 30, 2026 · filed: Jul 31, 2026
- BlackRock12.8%13G · amendmentfiling ↗Event: Jun 30, 2026 · filed: Jul 30, 2026
Above 5% over time (13D/13G)
Each holder with its filings in order. History since December 2024.
Flagged material events (8-K)
Change in directors or officers (Item 5.02)
Change in directors or officers (Item 5.02)
Change in directors or officers (Item 5.02)
«The Wendy’s Company Names Steve Cirulis»
Change in directors or officers (Item 5.02)
Change in directors or officers (Item 5.02)
Change in directors or officers (Item 5.02)
«Wendy’s Appoints Robert D. “Bob” Wright as President and Chief Executive Officer»
Alert items the company itself flagged in its 8-K filings with the SEC, most serious first. It is the form's label, with no interpretation from us: Item 5.02 covers routine appointments as well as a chief executive's departure; open the filing. The quoted headline is the original press release's.
All material events (8-K)
Earnings, agreements, financing, management changes and announcements from the last year, with a filter by type and a link to each filing.
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