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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
MCD McDonald's	$273.12 -0.9%	$281.68	$245.73 ▼ $302.39	$198.71B	0.71	3.34 million shs	3.64 million shs
YUM Yum! Brands	$141.77 +0.1%	$137.98	$115.53 ▼ $143.24	$39.85B	1.1	1.81 million shs	1.97 million shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
MCD McDonald's	-0.90%	+0.42%	-3.16%	-6.55%	-5.74%
YUM Yum! Brands	+0.15%	+2.36%	+3.24%	+9.82%	+2.72%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
MCD McDonald's	4.7277 of 5 stars	3.4	3.0	4.2	1.1	1.7	2.5	2.5
YUM Yum! Brands	3.8917 of 5 stars	2.2	2.0	3.3	1.1	2.5	2.5	1.9

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
MCD McDonald's	2.71	Moderate Buy	$318.41	16.58% Upside
YUM Yum! Brands	2.40	Hold	$144.75	2.10% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest MCD and YUM Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/26/2024	MCD McDonald's	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$330.00 ➝ $300.00
4/23/2024	YUM Yum! Brands	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$166.00 ➝ $162.00
4/16/2024	MCD McDonald's	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$312.00 ➝ $297.00
4/12/2024	MCD McDonald's	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$327.00 ➝ $320.00
4/11/2024	MCD McDonald's	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$315.00 ➝ $300.00
4/10/2024	MCD McDonald's	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$325.00
4/10/2024	YUM Yum! Brands	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$160.00
4/10/2024	YUM Yum! Brands	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Hold
4/5/2024	MCD McDonald's	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$340.00 ➝ $335.00
4/3/2024	MCD McDonald's	Erste Group Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Hold
3/27/2024	MCD McDonald's	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$330.00

(Data available from 4/27/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
MCD McDonald's	$25.49B	7.72	$14.64 per share	18.65	($6.49) per share	-42.08
YUM Yum! Brands	$7.08B	5.64	$5.82 per share	24.37	($28.03) per share	-5.06

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
MCD McDonald's	$8.47B	$11.57	23.61	20.34	3.01	33.22%	-171.96%	16.60%	4/30/2024 (Confirmed)
YUM Yum! Brands	$1.60B	$5.59	25.36	21.98	2.23	22.57%	-17.76%	24.72%	5/1/2024 (Confirmed)

Latest MCD and YUM Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/1/2024	N/A	YUM Yum! Brands	$1.21	N/A	-$1.21	N/A	N/A	N/A
4/30/2024	N/A	MCD McDonald's	$2.71	N/A	-$2.71	N/A	N/A	N/A
2/7/2024	Q4 23	YUM Yum! Brands	$1.39	$1.26	-$0.13	$0.90	$2.11 billion	$2.04 billion
2/5/2024	12/31/2023	MCD McDonald's	$2.83	$2.95	+$0.12	$3.10	$6.45 billion	$6.41 billion

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
MCD McDonald's	$6.68	2.45%	+7.32%	57.74%	48 Years
YUM Yum! Brands	$2.68	1.89%	+8.78%	47.94%	7 Years

Latest MCD and YUM Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
2/7/2024	MCD McDonald's	quarterly	$1.67	2.32%	2/29/2024	3/1/2024	3/15/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
MCD McDonald's	N/A	1.16	1.16
YUM Yum! Brands	N/A	1.26	1.26

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
MCD McDonald's	70.29%
YUM Yum! Brands	82.37%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
MCD McDonald's	0.23%
YUM Yum! Brands	0.31%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
MCD McDonald's	150,000	721.01 million	719.35 million	Optionable
YUM Yum! Brands	35,000	281.50 million	280.63 million	Optionable

MCD and YUM Headlines

Source	Headline
	Federated Hermes Inc. Decreases Stock Holdings in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) marketbeat.com - April 27 at 5:14 AM
	KFC Fan-Favorite Menu Item in the Testing Phase—With a Twist msn.com - April 26 at 11:56 PM
	Jackson Hole Capital Partners LLC Purchases New Position in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) marketbeat.com - April 26 at 8:26 PM
	Stock Market Today: Microsoft and Google Send Nasdaq Higher msn.com - April 26 at 6:56 PM
	Yum! Brands, Inc. Completes Refinancing of Senior Secured Credit Facilities businesswire.com - April 26 at 5:17 PM
	KFC Owner Yum Beats Earnings Estimates on Online Demand; Target Price $125 in Best Case fxempire.com - April 26 at 1:55 PM
	Yum! Brands: How I Got Here: Nira Johri finanznachrichten.de - April 26 at 1:55 PM
	Taco Bell Expands Recycling Program With TerraCycle csrwire.com - April 26 at 1:55 PM
	How I Got Here: Nira Johri finance.yahoo.com - April 26 at 1:55 PM
	What Analyst Projections for Key Metrics Reveal About Yum (YUM) Q1 Earnings zacks.com - April 26 at 10:21 AM
	Yum! Brands: How I Got Here: James Watts finanznachrichten.de - April 25 at 8:58 PM
	How I Got Here: James Watts finance.yahoo.com - April 25 at 8:58 PM
	How I Got Here: Missy Schaaphok finance.yahoo.com - April 25 at 8:58 PM
	New York State Common Retirement Fund Sells 26,361 Shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) marketbeat.com - April 25 at 7:56 AM
	Earth Day 2024: How KFC is Championing Sustainability finance.yahoo.com - April 24 at 8:10 PM
	Yum Brands (YUM) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth zacks.com - April 24 at 11:07 AM
	How I Got Here: Jon Hixson finance.yahoo.com - April 24 at 10:09 AM
	Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Has $8.67 Million Stock Holdings in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) marketbeat.com - April 24 at 8:52 AM
	Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) Price Target Cut to $162.00 by Analysts at Citigroup americanbankingnews.com - April 24 at 4:54 AM
	Yum! Brands (YUM) Scheduled to Post Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday americanbankingnews.com - April 24 at 1:56 AM
	Yum! Brands: How I Got Here: Burge Diemer finanznachrichten.de - April 23 at 7:07 PM
	How I Got Here: Burge Diemer finance.yahoo.com - April 23 at 7:07 PM
	Yum Brands’ Chief Strategy Officer Gavin Felder has left the company nrn.com - April 23 at 2:04 PM
	California Public Employees Retirement System Acquires 69,703 Shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) marketbeat.com - April 23 at 11:34 AM

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Company Descriptions

McDonald's

NYSE:MCD

McDonald's Corporation operates and franchises restaurants under the McDonald's brand in the United States and internationally. It offers food and beverages, including hamburgers and cheeseburgers, various chicken sandwiches, fries, shakes, desserts, sundaes, cookies, pies, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages; and full or limited breakfast, as well as sells various other products during limited-time promotions. The company owns and operates under various structures comprising conventional franchise, developmental license, or affiliate. McDonald's Corporation was founded in 1940 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Yum! Brands

NYSE:YUM

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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