Yum! Brands (YUM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Yum! Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises quick service restaurants worldwide. The company operates through the KFC Division, the Taco Bell Division, the Pizza Hut Division, and the Habit Burger Grill Division segments. It also operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill brands, which specialize in chicken, pizza, made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches, Mexican-style food categories, and other food products. The company was formerly known as TRICON Global Restaurants, Inc. and changed its name to Yum! Brands, Inc. in May 2002. Yum! Brands, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $148.67 to $150.52
• 50-Day Range: $123.43 to $151.08
• 52-Week Range: $122.13 to $151.29
• Volume: 1.07 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.17 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $42.00 billion
• P/E Ratio: 28.83
• Dividend Yield: 1.78%
• Price Target: $147.37
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Yum! Brands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Yum! Brands scored higher than 76% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 90th out of 218 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Yum! Brands has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.32, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 13 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Yum! Brands has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 11.78%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Yum! Brands are expected to grow by 11.78% in the coming year, from $5.94 to $6.64 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Yum! Brands is 28.76, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.82.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Yum! Brands is 28.76, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 25.39.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Yum! Brands has a PEG Ratio of 2.31. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.25% of the float of Yum! Brands has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Yum! Brands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Yum! Brands has recently increased by 2.46%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Yum! Brands pays a meaningful dividend of 1.78%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Yum! Brands does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Yum! Brands is 51.34%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Yum! Brands will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.36% next year. This indicates that Yum! Brands will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Environmental Score: -3.13

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.25% of the float of Yum! Brands has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Yum! Brands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Yum! Brands has recently increased by 2.46%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.58

News Sentiment

Yum! Brands has a news sentiment score of 0.58. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 42 news articles for Yum! Brands this week, compared to 16 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 10 people have searched for YUM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

9 people have added Yum! Brands to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 29% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Yum! Brands insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $522,884.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.31% of the stock of Yum! Brands is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

82.37% of the stock of Yum! Brands is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

YUM Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have YUM shares performed this year?

Yum! Brands' stock was trading at $134.16 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, YUM stock has increased by 11.8% and is now trading at $150.0130.
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How were Yum! Brands' earnings last quarter?

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 5th. The restaurant operator reported $1.37 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.41 by $0.04. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 6.9% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

How will Yum! Brands' stock buyback program work?

Yum! Brands' board approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, May 15th 2024, which permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could reacquire up to 5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Does Yum! Brands have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of Yum! Brands: Dragontail Systems, tictuk technologies, Kvantum, Heartstyles, The Habit Burger Grill, Little Sheep, A&W Restaurants, and more.

Who are Yum! Brands' major shareholders?

Yum! Brands' top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.05%), Capital International Investors (5.54%), T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (3.72%) and Capital World Investors (3.50%). Insiders that own company stock include David W Gibbs, Scott Catlett, David Eric Russell, Mark James King, Weir Mirian M Graddick, Sabir Sami and Paget Leonard Alves.
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How do I buy shares of Yum! Brands?

Shares of YUM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Yum! Brands own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Yum! Brands investors own include Comcast (CMCSA), Chevron (CVX), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Charles Schwab (SCHW), McKesson (MCK), Edwards Lifesciences (EW) and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/05/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 12/13 Dividend: 12/02/2024
• Dividend Payable: 12/13/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 3/7 Dividend: 2/21/2025
• Today: 2/24/2025
• Dividend Payable: 3/07/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/07/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Retail/Wholesale
• Industry: Eating places
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants
• Current Symbol: NYSE:YUM
• CUSIP: 98849810
• CIK: 1041061
• Web: www.yum.com
• Phone: (502) 874-8300
• Fax: 502-874-8323
• Employees: 35,000
• Year Founded: 1997

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $147.37
• High Stock Price Target: $165.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $130.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -0.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.32
• Research Coverage: 19 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $5.22
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 28.45
• Forward P/E Ratio: 25.00
• P/E Growth: 2.31
• Net Income: $1.49 billion
• Net Margins: 19.68%
• Pretax Margin: 25.17%
• Return on Equity: -20.33%
• Return on Assets: 24.19%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.47
• Quick Ratio: 1.37

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $7.55 billion
• Price / Sales: 5.49
• Cash Flow: $6.12 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 24.27
• Book Value: ($27.40) per share
• Price / Book: -5.42

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 279,100,000
• Free Float: 278,207,000
• Market Cap: $41.45 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.10