Kinross Gold Corporation vs Wendys Co — how do they compare? Kinross Gold Corporation trades at $23.41 (market cap $26.63B), while Wendys Co trades at $7.62 (market cap $1.50B). The key difference: Kinross Gold Corporation is far larger — about 17.8× Wendys Co's market cap, and Wendys Co pays the higher dividend (7.13%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| KGC | WEN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $26.63B | $1.50B |
Sector | Basic Materials | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $38.06 | $11.33 |
52-Week Low | $15.42 | $6.17 |
Enterprise Value | $25.18B | $5.31B |
Dividend Yield | 0.64% | 7.13% |
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Kinross Gold is a Canada-based senior gold producer, producing roughly 2.4 million gold equivalent ounces in 2020. The company had 30 million ounces of proven and probable gold reserves and 59 million ounces of silver reserves at the end of 2020. It operates mines and focuses its greenfield and brownfield exploration in the Americas, West Africa, and Russia. The company has historically used acquisitions to fuel expansion into new regions and production growth.
Read more on KGC →The Wendy's Company is the second-largest burger quick-service restaurant, or QSR, chain in the United States by systemwide sales, with $11.1 billion in 2021, narrowly edging Burger King ($10.3 billion) and clocking in well behind wide-moat McDonald's ($45.7 billion). After divestitures of Tim Hortons (2006) and Arby's (2011), the firm manages just the burger banner, generating sales across a footprint that spans almost 7,000 total units in 30 countries. Wendy's generates revenue from the sale of hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, salads, and fries throughout its company-owned footprint, through franchise royalty and marketing fund payments remitted by its franchisees, which account for 94% of stores, and through franchise flipping and advisory fees.
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