Compare Stocks: YUM, CAKE, PZZA, and WEN

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	$102.70 +1.5%	$99.59	$43.07 ▼ $118.46	$5.11B	1.01	1.49 million shs	1.23 million shs
PZZA Papa John's International	$20.56 -4.2%	$27.33	$20.53 ▼ $55.74	$676.88M	1.08	1.15 million shs	2.09 million shs
WEN Wendy's	$7.63 +2.6%	$7.91	$6.07 ▼ $10.12	$1.45B	0.39	6.83 million shs	3.58 million shs
YUM Yum! Brands	$141.43 -1.7%	$151.88	$137.33 ▼ $170.14	$38.44B	0.55	2.15 million shs	2.11 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	0.00%	-4.54%	-8.21%	+36.42%	+75.11%
PZZA Papa John's International	0.00%	-9.35%	-15.84%	-36.93%	-58.67%
WEN Wendy's	0.00%	-4.98%	-11.79%	+12.37%	-22.38%
YUM Yum! Brands	0.00%	-6.08%	-6.41%	-8.30%	-3.20%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	$102.70 +1.5%	$99.59	$43.07 ▼ $118.46	$5.11B	1.01	1.49 million shs	1.23 million shs
PZZA Papa John's International	$20.56 -4.2%	$27.33	$20.53 ▼ $55.74	$676.88M	1.08	1.15 million shs	2.09 million shs
WEN Wendy's	$7.63 +2.6%	$7.91	$6.07 ▼ $10.12	$1.45B	0.39	6.83 million shs	3.58 million shs
YUM Yum! Brands	$141.43 -1.7%	$151.88	$137.33 ▼ $170.14	$38.44B	0.55	2.15 million shs	2.11 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	0.00%	-4.54%	-8.21%	+36.42%	+75.11%
PZZA Papa John's International	0.00%	-9.35%	-15.84%	-36.93%	-58.67%
WEN Wendy's	0.00%	-4.98%	-11.79%	+12.37%	-22.38%
YUM Yum! Brands	0.00%	-6.08%	-6.41%	-8.30%	-3.20%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	2.28	Hold	$83.47	-18.73% Downside
PZZA Papa John's International	1.67	Reduce	$32.00	55.64% Upside
WEN Wendy's	1.81	Reduce	$7.78	1.92% Upside
YUM Yum! Brands	2.67	Moderate Buy	$175.24	23.90% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest YUM, CAKE, PZZA, and WEN Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/10/2026	YUM Yum! Brands	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$165.00 ➝ $175.00
9/1/2026	WEN Wendy's	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$8.00 ➝ $8.25
8/26/2026	CAKE Cheesecake Factory	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$92.00 ➝ $105.00
8/24/2026	CAKE Cheesecake Factory	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
8/24/2026	YUM Yum! Brands	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
8/24/2026	YUM Yum! Brands	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
8/21/2026	PZZA Papa John's International	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Sell (D) ➝ Sell (D+)
8/17/2026	YUM Yum! Brands	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$185.00 ➝ $180.00
8/13/2026	CAKE Cheesecake Factory	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
8/11/2026	WEN Wendy's	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sector Weight
8/10/2026	WEN Wendy's	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$8.00

(Data available from 9/13/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	$3.75B	1.36	$5.86 per share	17.53	$8.76 per share	11.72
PZZA Papa John's International	$1.97B	0.34	$4.26 per share	4.83	($13.23) per share	-1.55
WEN Wendy's	$2.18B	0.67	$1.80 per share	4.24	$0.62 per share	12.31
YUM Yum! Brands	$8.21B	4.70	$6.89 per share	20.52	($26.38) per share	-5.36

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	$148.43M	$3.69	27.83	20.42	1.68	4.61%	43.97%	6.18%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
PZZA Papa John's International	$30.53M	$0.79	26.03	17.13	2.25	1.34%	-10.98%	5.68%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
WEN Wendy's	$165.07M	$0.66	11.56	15.57	0.78	5.72%	115.31%	2.70%	11/6/2026 (Estimated)
YUM Yum! Brands	$1.56B	$7.95	17.79	20.03	2.23	25.42%	-24.57%	22.24%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)

Latest YUM, CAKE, PZZA, and WEN Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/7/2026	Q2 2026	WEN Wendy's	$0.1629	$0.18	+$0.0171	$0.17	$557.14 million	$570.57 million
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	PZZA Papa John's International	$0.4464	$0.46	+$0.0136	$0.24	$481.25 million	$482.40 million
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	YUM Yum! Brands	$1.58	$1.62	+$0.04	$3.08	$2.18 billion	$2.17 billion
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	CAKE Cheesecake Factory	$1.18	$1.44	+$0.26	$1.41	$999.54 million	$1.03 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	$1.20	1.17%	+24.57%	32.52%	N/A
PZZA Papa John's International	$1.84	8.95%	+15.38%	232.91%	4 Years
WEN Wendy's	$0.28	3.67%	+18.23%	42.42%	N/A
YUM Yum! Brands	$3.00	2.12%	+8.60%	37.74%	8 Years

Latest YUM, CAKE, PZZA, and WEN Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/27/2026	YUM Yum! Brands	quarterly	$0.75	2.07%	9/9/2026	9/9/2026	9/18/2026
8/7/2026	WEN Wendy's	quarterly	$0.07	3.39%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/15/2026
7/23/2026	CAKE Cheesecake Factory	quarterly	$0.30	1.06%	8/11/2026	8/11/2026	8/25/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	1.08	0.59	0.52
PZZA Papa John's International	N/A	0.83	0.71
WEN Wendy's	27.95	1.90	1.88
YUM Yum! Brands	N/A	0.59	0.59

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	94.48%
PZZA Papa John's International	N/A
WEN Wendy's	85.96%
YUM Yum! Brands	82.37%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	8.00%
PZZA Papa John's International	1.80%
WEN Wendy's	17.10%
YUM Yum! Brands	0.14%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	48,400	49.76 million	45.78 million	Optionable
PZZA Papa John's International	9,400	32.92 million	32.33 million	Optionable
WEN Wendy's	14,900	190.67 million	158.07 million	Optionable
YUM Yum! Brands	49,000	272.90 million	272.52 million	Optionable

YUM, CAKE, PZZA, and WEN Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Tidal Investments LLC Boosts Holdings in Yum! Brands, Inc. $YUM

September 13 at 4:23 AM | marketbeat.com

Yum! Brands, Inc. $YUM Shares Purchased by National Pension Service

September 12 at 4:15 AM | marketbeat.com

Mexican Food is Popular in the UAE, But Taco Bell May Face Challenges With Its Re-Entry

September 11 at 11:43 PM | franchisetimes.comF

Yum Brands is ‘prepared to make bold moves around its portfolio’

September 11 at 6:42 PM | restaurantbusinessonline.comR

YUM, WMT Stocks In Focus: CDC Declares Cyclospora Outbreak Over After Nearly 13,000 Cases

September 11 at 1:41 PM | stocktwits.comS

How Is Yum! Brands' Stock Performance Compared to Other Consumer Cyclical Stocks?

September 10 at 10:31 AM | barchart.com

Yum! Brands Slides as Investors Weigh Cautious Consumer Commentary and Ongoing Brand Recovery Risks

September 9, 2026 | quiverquant.comQ

Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Presents at Barclays 19th Annual Global Consumer Staples Conference Transcript

September 9, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

WELL Health Announces Planned CFO Transition; Evelyn Sutherland Appointed Chief Financial Officer

September 9, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Yum Brands Inc's Dividend Analysis

September 9, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Yum! Brands, Inc. $YUM Shares Purchased by California State Teachers Retirement System

September 9, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Amundi Has $179.76 Million Stock Position in Yum! Brands, Inc. $YUM

September 9, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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September 8, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

49-year-old beloved pizza dining chain quietly closes locations

September 8, 2026 | thestreet.com

KFC Names First Global Chief Brand Officer

September 8, 2026 | mediapost.comM

Yum! Brands: Life After The Outbreak

September 8, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Saudi Central Bank Boosts Stake in Yum! Brands, Inc. $YUM

September 8, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Why Franchise Models Are Winning the Restaurant Stock Divide (YUM)

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September 7, 2026 | marketbeat.com

VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al Makes New $99.62 Million Investment in Yum! Brands, Inc. $YUM

September 7, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Mayank Singh elevated to Associate Director Marketing - KFC at Yum! Brands

September 6, 2026 | exchange4media.comE

Azimuth Capital Investment Management LLC Cuts Stake in Yum! Brands, Inc. $YUM

September 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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YUM, CAKE, PZZA, and WEN Company Descriptions

Cheesecake Factory NASDAQ:CAKE

$102.70 +1.54 (+1.52%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$102.56 -0.14 (-0.13%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:41 PM Eastern

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated operates and licenses restaurants in the United States and Canada. The company operates bakeries that produce cheesecakes and other baked products for its restaurants, international licensees, third-party bakery customers, external foodservice operators, retailers, and distributors. It operates restaurants under the brands comprising The Cheesecake Factory, North Italia, Flower Child, Fox Restaurant Concepts. The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Calabasas, California.

Papa John's International NASDAQ:PZZA

$20.56 -0.90 (-4.19%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$20.58 +0.02 (+0.10%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:53 PM Eastern

Papa John's International, Inc. engages in the operation and franchise of pizza delivery and carryout restaurants. It operates through the following segments: Domestic Company-owned Restaurants, North America Franchising, North America Commissaries, International Operations, and All Others. The Domestic Company-Owned Restaurants segment consists of retail sales of pizza and side items, breadsticks, cheese sticks, chicken poppers and wings, dessert items, and canned and bottled beverages. The North America Franchising segment involves the offering of sales and support activities, development rights, and collection of royalties from franchisees located in the United States and Canada. The North America Commissaries segment includes the eleven full-service regional dough production and distribution and quality control centers. The International Operations segment represents all restaurant operations outside of the United States and Canada. The All Others segment focuses on franchise contributions to marketing funds and sale, company-owned and franchised restaurants, information systems and related services used in restaurant operations, point-of-sale system, online and other technology-based ordering platforms, printing, and promotional items. The company was founded by John H. Schnatter in 1984 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

Wendy's NASDAQ:WEN

$7.63 +0.19 (+2.55%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$7.61 -0.02 (-0.25%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:55 PM Eastern

The Wendy’s Co. engages in operating, developing, and franchising a system of quick-service restaurants. It operates through the following segments: Wendy’s U.S., Wendy’s International, and Global Real Estate and Development. The Wendy’s U.S. segment includes the operation and franchising of Wendy’s restaurants in the U.S. The Wendy’s International segment is involved in the operation and franchising of Wendy’s restaurants in countries and territories other than the U.S. The Global Real Estate and Development segment focuses on real estate activity for owned sites and sites leased from third parties. The company was founded by R. David Thomas on November 15, 1969 and is headquartered in Dublin, OH.

Yum! Brands NYSE:YUM

$141.43 -2.46 (-1.71%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$142.21 +0.78 (+0.55%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:54 PM Eastern

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.

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Latest YUM, CAKE, PZZA, and WEN Analyst Ratings

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Latest YUM, CAKE, PZZA, and WEN Earnings

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Latest YUM, CAKE, PZZA, and WEN Dividends

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YUM, CAKE, PZZA, and WEN Headlines

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