Ross Stores, Inc. vs Wendys Co — how do they compare? Ross Stores, Inc. trades at $235 (market cap $75.63B), while Wendys Co trades at $7.63 (market cap $1.50B). The key difference: Ross Stores, Inc. is far larger — about 50.4× Wendys Co's market cap, and Wendys Co pays the higher dividend (7.13%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ROST | WEN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $75.63B | $1.50B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $240.13 | $11.33 |
52-Week Low | $134.02 | $6.17 |
Enterprise Value | $76.23B | $5.31B |
Dividend Yield | 0.75% | 7.13% |
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Latest headlines on both assets
Ross Stores is a leading American off-price apparel and home fashion retailer, operating over 1,920 stores (at the end of fiscal 2021) across the Ross Dress for Less and dd's Discounts banners. Ross offers a variety of name-brand products and targets undercutting conventional retailers' regular prices by 20%-70%. The company uses an opportunistic, flexible merchandising approach
Read more on ROST →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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