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

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$140.67 -2.64 (-1.84%)
Closing price 04/21/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$140.50 -0.17 (-0.12%)
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About Yum! Brands Stock (NYSE:YUM)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$139.03
$143.14
50-Day Range
$140.67
$162.67
52-Week Range
$122.13
$163.30
Volume
1.71 million shs
Average Volume
2.01 million shs
Market Capitalization
$39.26 billion
P/E Ratio
26.95
Dividend Yield
2.02%
Price Target
$152.71
Consensus Rating
Hold

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.

Yum! Brands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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78th Percentile Overall Score

YUM MarketRank™: 

Yum! Brands scored higher than 78% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 97th out of 214 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Yum! Brands has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.27, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 16 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Yum! Brands has been the subject of 15 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Yum! Brands' stock forecast and price target.
  • 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 26.95, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.27.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Yum! Brands is 26.95, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 21.13.

  • 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.

  • Read more about Yum! Brands' valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.22% 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 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Yum! Brands has recently decreased by 10.98%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Yum! Brands pays a meaningful dividend of 1.99%, 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 54.41%. 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 42.77% next year. This indicates that Yum! Brands will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Yum! Brands' dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.22% 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 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Yum! Brands has recently decreased by 10.98%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Yum! Brands has a news sentiment score of 0.94. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Retail/Wholesale companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 33 news articles for Yum! Brands this week, compared to 18 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 2 people have searched for YUM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -85% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    7 people have added Yum! Brands to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 40% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • 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 $8,706,576.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.33% 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.

  • Read more about Yum! Brands' insider trading history.
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YUM Stock News Headlines

A sign hangs at a Taco Bell on May 23, 2014, in Mount Lebanon, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Yum Brands CEO announces plans to retire in 2026
Yum Brands CEO David Gibbs announced Monday that he plans to retire from the company in the first quarter of 2026
Now I look stupid. Real stupid...
I thought what happened 25 years ago was a once- in-a-lifetime event… but how wrong I was. Because here we are, a quarter of a century later, almost to the exact day, and it’s happening again.
Yum! Brands price target lowered to $150 from $168 at BofA
Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) Price Target Raised to $151.00
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YUM Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Yum! Brands' stock was trading at $134.16 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, YUM shares have increased by 4.9% and is now trading at $140.67.
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Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) announced its quarterly earnings results 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 quarterly revenue was up 6.9% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript
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Yum! Brands' Board of Directors authorized a share buyback plan on Wednesday, May 15th 2024, which allows the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could buy up to 5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Yum! Brands subsidiaries include these companies: Dragontail Systems, tictuk technologies, Kvantum, Heartstyles, The Habit Burger Grill, Little Sheep, A&W Restaurants, and others.

Yum! Brands' top institutional investors include GAMMA Investing LLC (0.28%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.21%), Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH (0.11%) and Fifth Third Bancorp (0.08%). Insiders that own company stock include David W Gibbs, Scott Catlett, David Eric Russell, Mark James King, Weir Mirian M Graddick, Sabir Sami, Erika Burkhardt and Paget Leonard Alves.
View institutional ownership trends
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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.

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
Record date for 3/7 Dividend
2/21/2025
Ex-Dividend for 3/7 Dividend
2/21/2025
Dividend Payable
3/07/2025
Today
4/22/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
4/30/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Eating places
Sub-Industry
Restaurants
Current Symbol
NYSE:YUM
Employees
36,000
Year Founded
1997

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$152.71
High Stock Price Target
$174.00
Low Stock Price Target
$135.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+8.6%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.27
Research Coverage
22 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
26.95
Forward P/E Ratio
23.68
P/E Growth
2.31
Net Income
$1.49 billion
Pretax Margin
25.17%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$7.55 billion
Cash Flow
$5.80 per share
Price / Cash Flow
24.27
Book Value
($27.40) per share
Price / Book
-5.13

Miscellaneous

Free Float
278,207,000
Market Cap
$39.26 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.90

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This page (NYSE:YUM) was last updated on 4/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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