Southwest Airlines Co vs Wendys Co — how do they compare? Southwest Airlines Co trades at $48.24 (market cap $23.63B), while Wendys Co trades at $7.62 (market cap $1.50B). The key difference: Southwest Airlines Co is far larger — about 15.8× Wendys Co's market cap, and Wendys Co pays the higher dividend (7.13%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LUV | WEN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $23.63B | $1.50B |
Sector | Industrials | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $54.80 | $11.33 |
52-Week Low | $29.06 | $6.17 |
Enterprise Value | $26.70B | $5.31B |
Dividend Yield | 1.49% | 7.13% |
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Southwest Airlines is the largest domestic carrier in the United States, as measured by the number of originating passengers boarded. Southwest operates over 700 aircraft in an all-Boeing 737 fleet. Despite expanding into longer routes and business travel, the airline still specializes in short-haul leisure flights, using a point-to-point network. Southwest operates a low-cost carrier business model.
Read more on LUV →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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