** Shares of fast-food chain Wendy's WEN.O down 6.3% at $6.81 premarket
** Co forecasts annual profit below estimates, hurt by muted U.S. traffic
** Expects 2026 adjusted EPS of 56 cents to 60 cents, vs. estimates of 86 cents - LSEG data
** Q4 U.S. same restaurant sales falls 11.3% vs. 4.1% growth last year
** Logs 36% drop in Q4 adjusted EPS to 16 cents, vs. estimates of 14 cents
** WEN fell ~49% in 2025
(Reporting by Sanskriti Shekhar in Bengaluru )
((Sanskriti.Shekhar@thomsonreuters.com))
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