S&P Global Inc vs Wendys Co — how do they compare? S&P Global Inc trades at $408.3 (market cap $121.15B), while Wendys Co trades at $7.54 (market cap $1.39B). The key difference: S&P Global Inc is far larger — about 87.2× Wendys Co's market cap, and Wendys Co pays the higher dividend (3.84%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SPGI | WEN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $121.15B | $1.39B |
Sector | Financials | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $534.79 | $10.68 |
52-Week Low | $370.42 | $6.17 |
Enterprise Value | $132.63B | $5.12B |
Dividend Yield | 0.94% | 3.84% |
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S&P Global provides data and benchmarks to capital and commodity market participants. In 2021 and excluding IHS Markit, S&P Ratings was over 45% of the firm's revenue and over 55% of the firm's operating income. S&P Ratings is the largest credit rating agency in the world. The firm's other segments include Market Intelligence, Indices, and Platts. Market Intelligence provides desktop tools and other data solutions to investment banks, corporations, and other entities. Indices provides benchmarks for financial markets and is monetized through subscriptions, asset-based fees, and transaction-based royalties. Platts provides benchmarks to commodity markets, principally petroleum.
Read more on SPGI →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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