Ryanair Holdings plc vs Wendys Co — how do they compare? Ryanair Holdings plc trades at $58.99 (market cap $29.31B), while Wendys Co trades at $7.63 (market cap $1.50B). The key difference: Ryanair Holdings plc is far larger — about 19.5× Wendys Co's market cap, and Wendys Co pays the higher dividend (7.13%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| RYAAY | WEN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $29.31B | $1.50B |
Sector | Industrials | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $73.82 | $11.33 |
52-Week Low | $53.24 | $6.17 |
Enterprise Value | $26.33B | $5.31B |
Dividend Yield | 1.68% | 7.13% |
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Ryanair is the leading airline group by passenger numbers in Europe. The company employs a low-cost no-frills model to offer low fares to leisure customers on short-haul intra-European routes. In 2020, the most recent pre-pandemic fiscal year, the company carried 149 million passengers, utilizing a fleet of 467 Boeing 737 aircraft across its 1,800 routes. To keep costs low the company serves predominantly lower-cost secondary airports. The company generated sales of EUR 8.5 billion in fiscal 2020.
Read more on RYAAY →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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