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Yum! Brands, Inc.

YUM

NYSE·Consumer Cyclical·Restaurants·Mkt cap $44.5B

$164.25

+1.65%

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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.

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52-Week Range

$137.33 - $169.39

P/E

26.45

Fwd P/E

24.52

Beta

0.57

Div Yield

1.81%

Avg Vol

1.9M

Shares Out

275.6M

Mkt Cap

$44.5B

Price action

Price chart

Up 7.6% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Globally recognized brands
  • Extensive franchise network
  • Diversified international market presence
  • Proven restaurant concept scalability

Bear Case

2 risks

  • Low volatility (beta 0.6).
  • Premium valuation to Restaurants & Food Service peers

Growth

Stable outlook

International market expansion

Value

Premium valuation to Restaurants & Food Service peers

Momentum

Stable

+3.5% over 3m

Quality

Strong

Excellent business quality

Dividend

Modest

1.81% yield

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Apr 28, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

APR 29, 2026

Reported EPS of $1.50 vs $1.38 consensus (+8.7% surprise). Revenue of $2.1B vs $2.0B expected (+0.7%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +8.7%
Rev beat +0.7%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+8.7%

Next: Apr 28, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

+16%

+12%

+10%

+8%

+6%

+15%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$1.8B

$1.8B

$2.4B

$1.8B

$1.9B

$2.0B

$2.5B

$2.1B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

44.7%

Operating

31.3%

Profit

21.0%

Wall Street consensus

11 analysts · 64% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

7

64%

Hold

4

36%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

$177.00

+7.8% vs $164.25

Low $168.00
Median $177.00
High $185.00

Latest: UBS · Jun 18, 2026

3 analysts covering

vs Industry

How YUM stacks vs Restaurants

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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