WEN vs KNTK Comparison

The Wendy's Company is the second-largest burger quick-service restaurant, or QSR, chain in the United States by systemwide sales, with $12.6 billion in 2024, narrowly edging Burger King ($11.5 billion) and clocking in well behind wide-moat McDonald's ($51.1 billion). After divestitures of Tim Hortons (2006) and Arby's (2011), the firm manages just the burger banner, generating sales across a footprint that spanned more than 7,200 total stores in 30 countries as of year-end 2024. 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 roughly 94% of stores, and through franchise flipping and advisory fees.

Kinetik Holdings Inc is a midstream operator that provides gathering and processing services to gas and oil producers as well as pipeline transportation. In addition to directly operating pipelines, Kinetik also holds ownership stakes in several pipelines. The company operates in two reportable segments which include The Midstream Logistics segment operates under three service offerings, 1) gas gathering and processing, 2) crude oil gathering, stabilization, and storage services, and 3) produced water gathering and disposal. The Pipeline Transportation segment consists of three EMI pipelines originating in the Permian Basin with various access points to the U.S. Gulf Coast, Kinetik NGL Pipelines, and Delaware Link Pipeline.