How to buy Yum! Brands (YUM) stocks

Yum! Brands is a restaurants business based in the US. Yum! Brands shares (YUM) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $132.36 – a decrease of 4.53% over the previous week. Yum! Brands employs 35,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $7.2 billion.

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Yum! Brands stock price (NYSE: YUM)

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Yum! Brands stocks at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$132.36
52-week range	$123.29 - $141.11
50-day moving average more info button	$135.33
200-day moving average more info button	$135.57
Wall St. target price	$143.87
PE ratio more info button	24.572
Dividend yield more info button	$0.67 (2.04%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$5.35

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Yum! Brands price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $132.36 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-13)	-3.39%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-2.15%
3 months (2024-09-20)	2.04%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-1.44%

1 year (2023-12-21)	1.83%
2 years (2022-12-22)	6.78%
3 years (2021-12-21)	5.12%
5 years (2019-12-20)	44.44%

Is Yum! Brands stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Yum! Brands stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Yum! Brands's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Yum! Brands's P/E ratio

Yum! Brands's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 25x. In other words, Yum! Brands shares trade at around 25x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're under-valued.

Yum! Brands's PEG ratio

Yum! Brands's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.3096. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Yum! Brands's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Yum! Brands's EBITDA

Yum! Brands's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $2.6 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Yum! Brands's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Yum! Brands financials

Revenue TTM	$7.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	34.45%
Gross profit TTM	$3.3 billion
Return on assets TTM	24.33%
Return on equity TTM	0%
Profit margin	21.13%
Book value	$-27.41
Market Capitalization more info button	$36.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Yum! Brands's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Yum! Brands.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Yum! Brands's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 16.14

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Yum! Brands's overall score of 16.14 (as at 12/31/2018) is excellent – landing it in it in the 13rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Yum! Brands is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Yum! Brands's environmental score

Environmental score: 0.16/100

Yum! Brands's social score

Social score: 8.54/100

Yum! Brands's governance score

Governance score: 1.95/100

Yum! Brands's controversy score

Controversy score: 3/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Yum! Brands scored a 3 out of 5 for controversy – a middle-of-the-table result reflecting that Yum! Brands hasn't always managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Yum! Brands Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	16.14
Total ESG percentile	12.8
Environmental score	0.16
Social score	8.54
Governance score	1.95
Level of controversy	3

Yum! Brands stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 52.24% of net profits

Recently Yum! Brands has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Yum! Brands shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Yum! Brands's case, that would currently equate to about $0.67 per share.

Yum! Brands's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Yum! Brands's most recent dividend payout was on 12 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 1 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Yum! Brands's stocks ever split?

Yum! Brands's stocks were split on a 1391:1000 basis on 31 October 2016 . So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1391 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Yum! Brands stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 28.1% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Yum! Brands stocks, which in turn could have impacted Yum! Brands's stock price.

Yum! Brands stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Yum! Brands's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $123.2865 up to $141.1085. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Yum! Brands's is 1.095. This would suggest that Yum! Brands's stocks are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Yum! Brands overview

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.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Yum! Brands is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.138% of Yum! Brands stocks are held by insiders and 87.151% by institutions. How many people work for Yum! Brands?
Latest data suggests 35,000 work at Yum! Brands. When does the fiscal year end for Yum! Brands?
Yum! Brands's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Yum! Brands based?
Yum! Brands's address is: 1441 Gardiner Lane, Louisville, KY, United States, 40213 What is Yum! Brands's ISIN number?
Yum! Brands's international securities identification number is: US9884981013 What is Yum! Brands's CUSIP number?
Yum! Brands's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 895953107

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