Compare Stocks: YUM, MCD, and BYND

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
BYND Beyond Meat	$0.60 +5.1%	$0.68	$0.50 ▼ $7.69	$303.54M	2.75	44.44 million shs	2.42 million shs
MCD McDonald's	$273.21 +0.9%	$274.88	$260.96 ▼ $341.75	$194.77B	0.41	3.82 million shs	625,628 shs
YUM Yum! Brands	$154.79 +1.0%	$153.94	$137.33 ▼ $170.14	$42.78B	0.56	2.07 million shs	143,695 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BYND Beyond Meat	0.00%	+1.27%	-20.32%	-40.34%	-80.28%
MCD McDonald's	0.00%	+2.41%	-3.44%	-5.58%	-10.58%
YUM Yum! Brands	0.00%	+2.95%	-6.69%	-3.14%	+5.36%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BYND Beyond Meat	$0.60 +5.1%	$0.68	$0.50 ▼ $7.69	$303.54M	2.75	44.44 million shs	2.42 million shs
MCD McDonald's	$273.21 +0.9%	$274.88	$260.96 ▼ $341.75	$194.77B	0.41	3.82 million shs	625,628 shs
YUM Yum! Brands	$154.79 +1.0%	$153.94	$137.33 ▼ $170.14	$42.78B	0.56	2.07 million shs	143,695 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BYND Beyond Meat	0.00%	+1.27%	-20.32%	-40.34%	-80.28%
MCD McDonald's	0.00%	+2.41%	-3.44%	-5.58%	-10.58%
YUM Yum! Brands	0.00%	+2.95%	-6.69%	-3.14%	+5.36%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BYND Beyond Meat	1.33	Strong Sell	$0.83	38.66% Upside
MCD McDonald's	2.56	Moderate Buy	$331.92	21.49% Upside
YUM Yum! Brands	2.61	Moderate Buy	$174.94	13.02% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest YUM, MCD, and BYND Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
7/31/2026	YUM Yum! Brands	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sector Perform	$165.00 ➝ $170.00
7/31/2026	YUM Yum! Brands	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$174.00
7/31/2026	MCD McDonald's	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$300.00 ➝ $290.00
7/28/2026	YUM Yum! Brands	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
7/28/2026	MCD McDonald's	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform
7/27/2026	MCD McDonald's	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$365.00 ➝ $340.00
7/24/2026	MCD McDonald's	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$370.00 ➝ $350.00
7/23/2026	MCD McDonald's	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$320.00
7/17/2026	MCD McDonald's	Tigress Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$385.00 ➝ $390.00
7/16/2026	MCD McDonald's	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$320.00 ➝ $300.00
7/15/2026	MCD McDonald's	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight

(Data available from 8/3/2023 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
BYND Beyond Meat	$264.97M	1.16	N/A	N/A	N/A	∞
MCD McDonald's	$27.45B	7.07	$15.51 per share	17.62	($2.51) per share	-108.85
YUM Yum! Brands	$8.72B	4.89	$6.93 per share	22.33	($26.38) per share	-5.87

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
BYND Beyond Meat	$219.02M	-$2.22	N/A	N/A	N/A	54.95%	-54.39%	32.46%	8/5/2026 (Estimated)
MCD McDonald's	$8.56B	$12.13	22.60	19.49	2.91	31.62%	-442.10%	14.75%	8/4/2026 (Estimated)
YUM Yum! Brands	$1.56B	$7.95	19.52	21.17	1.95	25.42%	-24.57%	22.24%	N/A

Latest YUM, MCD, and BYND Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	BYND Beyond Meat	-$0.08	N/A	N/A	N/A	$62.43 million	N/A
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	MCD McDonald's	$3.34	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.13 billion	N/A
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	YUM Yum! Brands	$1.58	$1.62	+$0.04	$3.08	$2.18 billion	$2.17 billion
5/7/2026	Q1 2026	MCD McDonald's	$2.74	$2.83	+$0.09	$2.78	$6.47 billion	$6.52 billion
5/6/2026	Q1 2026	BYND Beyond Meat	-$0.12	-$0.10	+$0.02	-$0.06	$58.02 million	$58.21 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BYND Beyond Meat	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MCD McDonald's	$7.44	2.72%	+7.30%	61.34%	49 Years
YUM Yum! Brands	$3.00	1.94%	+8.60%	37.74%	8 Years

Latest YUM, MCD, and BYND Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/23/2026	MCD McDonald's	quarterly	$1.86	2.83%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/16/2026
5/20/2026	MCD McDonald's	quarterly	$1.86	2.69%	6/2/2026	6/2/2026	6/16/2026
5/13/2026	YUM Yum! Brands	quarterly	$0.75	1.98%	5/27/2026	5/27/2026	6/12/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BYND Beyond Meat	N/A	2.85	2.22
MCD McDonald's	N/A	1.14	1.12
YUM Yum! Brands	N/A	0.59	0.65

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BYND Beyond Meat	52.48%
MCD McDonald's	70.29%
YUM Yum! Brands	82.37%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BYND Beyond Meat	1.90%
MCD McDonald's	0.26%
YUM Yum! Brands	0.14%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BYND Beyond Meat	880	515.34 million	505.55 million	Optionable
MCD McDonald's	150,000	710.51 million	708.66 million	Optionable
YUM Yum! Brands	49,000	275.62 million	275.24 million	Optionable

YUM, MCD, and BYND Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Yum! Brands (YUM): Rapid Global Expansion Drives Growth

1 hour ago | insidermonkey.com

Yum! Brands (YUM): Rapid Global Expansion Drives Growth

2 hours ago | finance.yahoo.com

Yum! Brands stock rises despite Taco Bell outbreak

August 2 at 7:24 PM | msn.com

Taco Bell outbreak deals blow to parent company's finances

August 2 at 7:24 PM | thestreet.com

Taco Bell outbreak deals blow to parent company's finances

August 2 at 7:24 PM | thestreet.com

Yum! Brands, Inc. $YUM Shares Sold by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

August 2 at 5:20 AM | marketbeat.com

Bank of America Corp DE Has $590.96 Million Stock Position in Yum! Brands, Inc. $YUM

August 2 at 3:19 AM | marketbeat.com

Amundi Purchases 85,271 Shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. $YUM

August 2 at 3:11 AM | marketbeat.com

Quantinno Capital Management LP Grows Holdings in Yum! Brands, Inc. $YUM

August 1 at 5:51 AM | marketbeat.com

Yum! Brands Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

August 1 at 3:02 AM | marketbeat.com

Yum! Brands stock bounces back as Taco Bell shrugs off cyclosporiasis outbreak

July 31 at 12:26 AM | msn.com

Yum (YUM) Q2 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates

July 31 at 12:26 AM | finance.yahoo.com

Yum (YUM) Q2 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates

July 31 at 7:31 PM | zacks.com

Yum Brands doubles down on loyalty at Taco Bell and KFC

July 31 at 2:24 PM | restaurantbusinessonline.comR

Yum China Growth Drivers After a Strong Q2 Earnings Beat

July 31 at 2:24 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Yum! Brands (YUM) Is Up 6.5% After Pizza Hut Exit And Strong Q2 Earnings - What's Changed

July 31 at 2:24 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Yum! Brands Q2 net income surges 128% to $853m

July 31 at 9:23 AM | msn.com

Yum outlines Pizza Hut sale for $2.7B while targeting KFC strategy across top 20 markets by end of 2027

July 31 at 9:23 AM | seekingalpha.com

Yum says Taco Bell sales recovering after temporary hit from cyclospora outbreak

July 31 at 9:23 AM | aol.comA

Yum bids Pizza Hut farewell, overhauls KFC

July 31 at 9:23 AM | restaurantdive.comR

Kentucky Retirement Systems Grows Position in Yum! Brands, Inc. $YUM

July 31 at 5:38 AM | marketbeat.com

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YUM, MCD, and BYND Company Descriptions

Beyond Meat NASDAQ:BYND

$0.60 +0.03 (+5.12%)

As of 10:11 AM Eastern

Beyond Meat, Inc., a plant-based meat company, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells plant-based meat products in the United States and internationally. The company sells a range of plant-based meat products across the platforms of beef, pork, and poultry. It sells its products through grocery, mass merchandiser, club stores, and natural retailer channels, as well as various food-away-from-home channels, including restaurants, foodservice outlets, and schools. The company was formerly known as Savage River, Inc. and changed its name to Beyond Meat, Inc. in September 2018. Beyond Meat, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.

McDonald's NYSE:MCD

$273.21 +2.57 (+0.95%)

As of 10:11 AM Eastern

McDonald's Corp. engages in the operation and franchising of restaurants. It operates through the following segments: U.S., International Operated Markets, and International Developmental Licensed Markets and Corporate. The U.S. segment focuses its operations on the United States. The International Operated Markets segment consists of operations and the franchising of restaurants in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the U.K. The International Developmental Licensed Markets and Corporate segment consists of developmental licensee and affiliate markets in the McDonald’s system. The firm's products include Big Mac, Quarter Pounder with Cheese, Filet-O-Fish, several chicken sandwiches, Chicken McNuggets, wraps, McDonald's Fries, salads, oatmeal, shakes, McFlurry desserts, sundaes, soft serve cones, pies, soft drinks, coffee, McCafe beverages, and other beverages. The company was founded by Raymond Albert Kroc on April 15, 1955, and is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL.

Yum! Brands NYSE:YUM

$154.79 +1.51 (+0.98%)

As of 10:11 AM 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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