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

Company Overview

Yum! Brands, Inc. is a global restaurant company that operates and franchises quick-service restaurants under the KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill brands. Its restaurants serve customers through dine-in, takeout, delivery and digital ordering channels.

The company’s brands offer a range of products, including KFC’s chicken meals, Taco Bell’s Mexican-inspired food, Pizza Hut’s pizzas and related items, and Habit Burger & Grill’s chargrilled burgers and sandwiches. Yum! Brands’ business relies heavily on franchised restaurants, alongside locations it operates directly.

Yum! Brands was formed in 1997 when PepsiCo spun off its restaurant business as Tricon Global Restaurants; the company adopted the Yum! Brands name in 2002. Its restaurant network spans markets around the world, with operations conducted through a mix of company-owned locations and franchise partners.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $159.41 to $162.27
• 50-Day Range: $135.98 to $166.32
• 52-Week Range: $134.26 to $170.14
• Volume: 716,746 shs
• Average Volume: 2.19 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $43.71 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.87
• Dividend Yield: 1.87%
• Price Target: $175.67
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Yum! Brands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Yum! Brands scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 99th out of 470 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Yum! Brands has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.48, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 14 buy ratings, 12 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Yum! Brands is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Yum! Brands has been the subject of 14 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 5.77%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Yum! Brands are expected to grow by 5.77% in the coming year, from $6.41 to $6.78 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Yum! Brands is 12.95, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.34.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Yum! Brands is 12.95, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 26.36.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Yum! Brands has a PEG Ratio of 2.52. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.32% 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 4.76.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Yum! Brands has recently decreased by 5.11%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Yum! Brands pays a meaningful dividend of 1.81%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Yum! Brands has been increasing its dividend for 8 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Yum! Brands is 24.08%. 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 44.25% next year. This indicates that Yum! Brands will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.55

News Sentiment

Yum! Brands has a news sentiment score of 0.55. 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 is a higher news sentiment than the 0.40 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 68 news articles for Yum! Brands this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 26 people have searched for YUM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -40% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

8 people have added Yum! Brands to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

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 $666,149.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.14% 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.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 9/18 Dividend: 9/09/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/18 Dividend: 9/09/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/18/2026
• Last Earnings: 11/03/2026
• Today: 11/09/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants
• Current Symbol: NYSE:YUM
• CIK: 1041061
• Web: www.yum.com
• Phone: (502) 874-8300
• Fax: 502-874-8323
• Employees: 49,000
• Year Founded: 1997

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Yum! Brands: $175.67
• High Price Target: $193.00
• Low Price Target: $150.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +9.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.48
• Research Coverage: 27 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $12.46
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.87
• Forward P/E Ratio: 23.63
• P/E Growth: 2.52
• Net Income: $1.56 billion
• Net Margins: 39.14%
• Pretax Margin: 43.79%
• Return on Equity: -25.54%
• Return on Assets: 21.03%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.96
• Quick Ratio: 0.59

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $8.80 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.97
• Cash Flow: $6.82 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 23.47
• Book Value: ($26.38) per share
• Price / Book: -6.07

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 272,901,000
• Free Float: 272,519,000
• Market Cap: $43.71 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.53