NYSE:YUM Yum! Brands (YUM) Stock Price, News & Analysis $141.89 -2.11 (-1.46%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$141.92 +0.03 (+0.02%) As of 07:48 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock About Yum! Brands Stock (NYSE:YUM) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get Yum! Brands alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$141.52▼$144.8850-Day Range$140.67▼$150.4952-Week Range$122.13▼$163.30Volume1.71 million shsAverage Volume2.01 million shsMarket Capitalization$39.44 billionP/E Ratio27.18Dividend Yield2.00%Price Target$158.24Consensus RatingHold Company OverviewYum! 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.Read More… Yum! Brands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks90th Percentile Overall ScoreYUM MarketRank™: Yum! Brands scored higher than 90% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 74th out of 217 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion3.2 / 5Analyst RatingHold Consensus RatingYum! Brands has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.36, and is based on 8 buy ratings, 14 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Amount of Analyst CoverageYum! Brands has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.Read more about Yum! Brands' stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation1.3 / 5Proj. Earnings Growth11.78% Earnings GrowthEarnings for Yum! Brands are expected to grow by 11.78% in the coming year, from $5.94 to $6.64 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Yum! Brands is 27.18, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.11.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Yum! Brands is 27.18, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 24.13.Price to Earnings Growth RatioYum! Brands has a PEG Ratio of 2.31. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Read more about Yum! Brands' valuation and earnings. Short Interest4.0 / 5Short Interest LevelHealthy Percentage of Shares Shorted1.52% of the float of Yum! Brands has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverYum! Brands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Yum! Brands has recently decreased by 3.66%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving. Dividend3.3 / 5Dividend StrengthStrong Dividend YieldYum! Brands pays a meaningful dividend of 1.98%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthYum! Brands has been increasing its dividend for 8 years.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Yum! Brands is 56.57%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Yum! Brands will have a dividend payout ratio of 42.77% next year. This indicates that Yum! Brands will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.Read more about Yum! Brands' dividend. Sustainability and ESG1.1 / 5Environmental Score-3.13 Percentage of Shares Shorted1.52% of the float of Yum! Brands has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverYum! Brands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Yum! Brands has recently decreased by 3.66%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving. News and Social Media2.8 / 5News Sentiment0.97 News SentimentYum! Brands has a news sentiment score of 0.97. 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 0.85 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 25 news articles for Yum! Brands this week, compared to 20 articles on an average week.Search InterestOnly 11 people have searched for YUM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -8% compared to the previous 30 days.MarketBeat FollowsOnly 4 people have added Yum! Brands to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days. Company Ownership2.5 / 5Insider TradingSelling Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn 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 $2,637,564.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 0.33% of the stock of Yum! Brands is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions82.37% of the stock of Yum! Brands is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about Yum! Brands' insider trading history. Receive YUM Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Yum! Brands and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address YUM Stock News HeadlinesYum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) CEO Scott Mezvinsky Sells 268 SharesJune 5, 2025 | insidertrades.comDavid W. Gibbs Sells 7,063 Shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) StockMay 16, 2025 | insidertrades.comAnother market crash is coming - here's whenMagnificent 7 Wipeout: What's Next? The first quarter stock crash and quick recovery has many people confused. And the coming months are critical. You need a big-picture plan... and you need to take specific actions starting TODAY. 50-year Wall Street veteran Marc Chaikin recently published his full big-picture plan, which lays out – based on more than 100 years of data – exactly what you can expect in the markets this year (and in 2026, too).June 16, 2025 | Chaikin Analytics (Ad)Yum Brands CEO David Gibbs sells $1.01 million in stockJune 16 at 3:49 PM | investing.comIs the Market Bullish or Bearish on Yum Brands?June 13 at 5:59 PM | benzinga.comRedburn Atlantic Upgrades Yum! Brands (YUM)June 12, 2025 | msn.comHow Yum! Brands Maximizes Franchise Operating CapabilityJune 12, 2025 | finance.yahoo.comABM Appoints Carol Clements to Board of Directors, Strengthening Focus on Technology and InnovationJune 12, 2025 | quiverquant.comSee More Headlines YUM Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have YUM shares performed this year? Yum! Brands' stock was trading at $134.16 at the start of the year. Since then, YUM stock has increased by 5.8% and is now trading at $141.8930. View the best growth stocks for 2025 here. How were Yum! Brands' earnings last quarter? Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 30th. The restaurant operator reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.01. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 11.8% compared to the same quarter last year. How will Yum! Brands' stock buyback program work? Yum! Brands' Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 15th 2024, which authorizes the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could reacquire up to 5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued. Does Yum! Brands have any subsidiaries? Yum! Brands subsidiaries include these companies: Dragontail Systems, tictuk technologies, Kvantum, Heartstyles, The Habit Burger Grill, Little Sheep, A&W Restaurants, and others. Who are Yum! Brands' major shareholders? Top institutional investors of Yum! Brands include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.25%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (7.24%), T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (3.34%) and Sustainable Growth Advisers LP (1.27%). Insiders that own company stock include David W Gibbs, Scott Catlett, David Eric Russell, Mark James King, Scott Mezvinsky, Weir Mirian M Graddick, Sabir Sami, Erika Burkhardt and Paget Leonard Alves. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of Yum! Brands? Shares of YUM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. What other stocks do shareholders of Yum! Brands own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Yum! Brands investors own include Comcast (CMCSA), Chevron (CVX), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Charles Schwab (SCHW), McKesson (MCK), Edwards Lifesciences (EW) and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD). Company Calendar Last Earnings4/30/2025Record date for 6/6 Dividend5/27/2025Ex-Dividend for 6/6 Dividend5/27/2025Dividend Payable6/06/2025Today6/16/2025Next Earnings (Estimated)8/05/2025Fiscal Year End12/31/2025Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNYSE SectorRetail/Wholesale Industry Eating places Sub-IndustryRestaurants Current SymbolNYSE:YUM CIK1041061 Webwww.yum.com Phone(502) 874-8300Fax502-874-8323Employees36,000Year Founded1997Price Target and Rating Average Stock Price Target$158.24 High Stock Price Target$185.00 Low Stock Price Target$135.00 Potential Upside/Downside+9.6%Consensus RatingHold Rating Score (0-4)2.36 Research Coverage22 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$5.02 Trailing P/E Ratio27.66 Forward P/E Ratio24.30 P/E Growth2.31Net Income$1.49 billion Net Margins19.68% Pretax Margin25.17% Return on Equity-20.33% Return on Assets24.19% Debt Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A Current Ratio1.47 Quick Ratio1.37 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$7.74 billion Price / Sales5.18 Cash Flow$5.95 per share Price / Cash Flow24.27 Book Value($27.40) per share Price / Book-5.27Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares277,965,000Free Float278,207,000Market Cap$40.12 billion OptionableOptionable Beta0.74 Social Links Options Trading Made Easy - Download NowLearn the basics of options trading and how to use them to boost returns and manage risk with this free report from MarketBeat. 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