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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	$273.28 -0.4%	$280.07	$245.73 ▼ $302.39	$197.04B	0.71	3.33 million shs	3.08 million shs
YUM Yum! Brands	$135.02 -0.2%	$138.25	$115.53 ▼ $143.20	$38.10B	1.07	2.17 million shs	2.43 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	-0.39%	-0.84%	-1.61%	-8.04%	-7.43%
YUM Yum! Brands	-0.23%	-4.62%	-4.04%	+4.87%	-1.67%

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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	4.7708 of 5 stars	3.4	3.0	4.2	1.1	2.2	2.5	2.5
YUM Yum! Brands	4.0783 of 5 stars	2.2	2.0	3.3	1.1	2.3	2.5	2.5

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
MCD McDonald's	2.71	Moderate Buy	$317.74	16.27% Upside
YUM Yum! Brands	2.38	Hold	$144.44	6.97% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest YUM and MCD Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
5/2/2024	MCD McDonald's	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$325.00 ➝ $315.00
5/2/2024	MCD McDonald's	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$337.00 ➝ $320.00
5/2/2024	YUM Yum! Brands	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$144.00 ➝ $148.00
5/2/2024	YUM Yum! Brands	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$133.00 ➝ $135.00
5/1/2024	MCD McDonald's	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$300.00 ➝ $290.00
5/1/2024	MCD McDonald's	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$315.00 ➝ $310.00
5/1/2024	MCD McDonald's	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$305.00 ➝ $300.00
5/1/2024	MCD McDonald's	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$335.00 ➝ $330.00
5/1/2024	YUM Yum! Brands	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$160.00 ➝ $160.00
4/30/2024	MCD McDonald's	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$305.00
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

(Data available from 5/3/2021 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	7.73	$14.80 per share	18.47	($6.49) per share	-42.11
YUM Yum! Brands	$7.08B	5.37	$5.79 per share	23.30	($27.55) per share	-4.90

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	$11.78	23.20	20.35	2.98	33.36%	-180.54%	16.57%	7/25/2024 (Estimated)
YUM Yum! Brands	$1.60B	$5.64	23.94	20.97	2.13	22.92%	-18.64%	24.65%	8/7/2024 (Estimated)

Latest YUM and MCD Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/1/2024	Q1 2024	YUM Yum! Brands	$1.20	$1.15	-$0.05	$1.20	$1.71 billion	$1.60 billion
4/30/2024	Q1 24	MCD McDonald's	$2.71	$2.70	-$0.01	$2.74	$6.16 billion	$6.17 billion
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	2.44%	+7.32%	56.71%	48 Years
YUM Yum! Brands	$2.68	1.98%	+8.78%	47.52%	7 Years

Latest YUM and MCD 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	1.49	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

YUM and MCD Headlines

Source	Headline
	Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) Rating Reiterated by TD Cowen americanbankingnews.com - May 3 at 3:30 AM
	Balanced Risk/Reward: Hold Rating on Yum! Brands Amid Mixed Financial Performance and Growth Prospects markets.businessinsider.com - May 2 at 10:18 PM
	Hold Rating on Yum! Brands Amidst Sales Decline and Competitive Pressures markets.businessinsider.com - May 2 at 5:17 PM
	Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) Given New $148.00 Price Target at Barclays marketbeat.com - May 2 at 3:38 PM
	Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) Issues Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.05 EPS marketbeat.com - May 2 at 2:38 PM
	Yum! Brands First Quarter 2024 Earnings: Misses Expectations finance.yahoo.com - May 2 at 12:12 PM
	Yum! Brands: Can Digital Strength Offset Same-Store Declines? marketbeat.com - May 2 at 7:14 AM
	Yum! Brands: Can Digital Strength Offset Same-Store Declines? marketbeat.com - May 2 at 7:14 AM
	KFC Owner’s Sales Fall for First Time Since 2020 bloomberg.com - May 2 at 7:10 AM
	Yum Brands Inc (YUM) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript Highlights: Strategic Growth and Digital ... finance.yahoo.com - May 2 at 7:10 AM
	Yum! Brands net income rise 4.6% to $314m in Q1 2024 verdictfoodservice.com - May 2 at 7:10 AM
	Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC Sells 6,791 Shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) marketbeat.com - May 2 at 7:04 AM
	Q1 2024 Yum! Brands Inc Earnings Call Transcript gurufocus.com - May 2 at 1:01 AM
	Yum Stock Falls as KFC, Pizza Hut Feel Pinch From Tighter Restaurant Budgets wsj.com - May 1 at 6:01 PM
	Yum! Brands Stock Price Slides as Sales at Pizza Hut and KFC Fall investopedia.com - May 1 at 1:46 PM
	Victory Capital Management Inc. Sells 332,476 Shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) marketbeat.com - May 1 at 1:43 PM
	Yum Brands Q1 Earnings Show Digital Sales Surge Amid Broader Challenges pymnts.com - May 1 at 1:09 PM
	YUM Stock Earnings: Yum Brands Misses EPS, Misses Revenue for Q1 2024 investorplace.com - May 1 at 1:02 PM
	Why Yum! Brands (YUM) Shares Are Trading Lower Today finance.yahoo.com - May 1 at 1:00 PM
	Yum! Brands (YUM) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript fool.com - May 1 at 1:00 PM
	Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) Stock Rating Reaffirmed by TD Cowen marketbeat.com - May 1 at 12:38 PM
	YUM! Brands' (YUM) Stock Down on Q1 Earnings & Revenues Miss zacks.com - May 1 at 12:16 PM
	Taco Bell parent Yum Brands’ stock slides on first-quarter earnings and revenue miss marketwatch.com - May 1 at 12:05 PM
	Yum (YUM) Q1 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates zacks.com - May 1 at 10:35 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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