Hottest Fast-Food Stock: Wendy's Tops Poll

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Is Wendy's/Arby's(WEN Quote) a healthy addition to your investment diet? The users of TheStreet sure seem to think so.

In a weeklong poll of TheStreet users on fast-food stocks, the company easily eclipsed the others in the sector, netting more than half (52.5%) of the vote.

Jim Cramer shares the same sentiment, earlier in the week saying that Wendy's is a better buy than McDonald's(MCD Quote).

Regardless, shares of Wendy's ended last week down 1% to $5.03.

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McDonald's came in second with 21.1% of the vote. Earlier this week, the fast-food giant reported a 2.2% jump in August same-store sales, receiving a boost from new coffee drinks and its new Angus burger.

Shares of McDonald's slipped 3% to close on Friday at $54.39.

Drive-in restaurant Sonic(SONC Quote) ranked third, with 15.5%.

On Wednesday the company named Omar Janjua as president of its restaurant operating subsidiary, Sonic Restaurants.

Burger King(BKC Quote) ranked fourth with 8.1% of the vote, while CKE Restaurants(CKR Quote), owner of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's chains, placed last with 2.8%.

CKE issued a quarterly dividend of 6 cents on Friday, payable on Nov. 23 to shareholders of record on Nov. 2.

The company will report its second-quarter earnings on Sept. 17.

-- Reported by Jeanine Poggi in New York

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