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Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM)

Consumer Cyclical | Restaurants | Louisville, United States | NYSE
153.86 USD +3.11 (2.063%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4:03 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 152.98 -0.88 (-0.880%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:57 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:06 a.m. EDT

Yum! Brands presents a compelling long-term investment case built on robust fundamentals and a clear strategic pivot. The company is successfully shedding legacy weight by selling Pizza Hut to refocus on its crown jewels, KFC and Taco Bell, while maintaining impressive revenue growth of over 12 percent and double-digit earnings expansion. The balance sheet remains manageable despite the debt load, supported by strong cash generation and a healthy payout ratio that allows for consistent dividend growth. While the stock is currently trading below its long-term moving averages and recent headlines highlight a short-term price correction, the underlying business quality and analyst price targets suggest the market may be overreacting to the transition. For investors willing to ride out the restructuring volatility, the trajectory is firmly upward.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.033068
MSTL0.033076
AutoARIMA0.033271
AutoTheta0.034089

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 53%
H-stat 0.21
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.185
Excess Kurtosis -0.72
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-08
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-26
Revenue per Share 31.431
Market Cap 41,988,562,944
Trailing P/E 19.38
Forward P/E 20.63
Beta 0.55
Profit Margins 25.41%
Website https://www.yum.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3:06 a.m. EDT: Speculators are pricing in significant volatility with implied volatility spiking near expiration, particularly for the August trade-off. Call positioning favors upside moves toward the $170-$195 range, creating a wall of open interest that suggests institutional bullishness on a rebound. Put buyers are hedging downside risks around the $140-$145 level, indicating a floor is expected. The imbalance in long-dated call volume versus put volume suggests a preference for eventual appreciation over protection.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.49% 1.92% 1.78% 1.81%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-05-27 0.750000 0.493356
2026-02-20 0.750000 0.459193
2025-12-02 0.710000 0.480965
2025-09-02 0.710000 0.488174
2025-05-27 0.710000 0.492748
2025-02-21 0.710000 0.477311
2024-12-02 0.670000 0.481910
2024-08-27 0.670000 0.498141
2024-05-24 0.670000 0.486742
2024-02-20 0.670000 0.500187
2023-11-27 0.605000 0.473804
2023-08-28 0.605000 0.467868
2023-05-26 0.605000 0.465886
2023-02-21 0.605000 0.463211
2022-11-23 0.570000 0.452632
2022-08-26 0.570000 0.508203
2022-05-26 0.570000 0.484035
2022-02-17 0.570000 0.461613
2021-11-24 0.500000 0.394073
2021-08-26 0.500000 0.380518
2021-05-27 0.500000 0.416354
2021-02-11 0.500000 0.474023
2020-11-24 0.470000 0.438474
2020-08-25 0.470000 0.487148
2020-05-28 0.470000 0.517336
2020-02-13 0.470000 0.447491
2019-11-20 0.420000 0.428047
2019-08-16 0.420000 0.363259
2019-05-15 0.420000 0.418493
2019-02-13 0.420000 0.450016
2018-11-23 0.360000 0.412891
2018-08-17 0.360000 0.429543
2018-05-15 0.360000 0.431965
2018-02-13 0.360000 0.462903
2017-11-14 0.300000 0.377691
2017-07-12 0.300000 0.404858
2017-04-11 0.300000 0.467654
2017-01-11 0.300000 0.465188
2016-10-17 0.366643 0.588032
2016-07-13 0.330697 0.536505
2016-04-13 0.330697 0.559951
2016-01-13 0.330697 0.666376
2015-10-14 0.330697 0.670749
2015-07-15 0.294752 0.461296
2015-04-08 0.294752 0.523627
2015-01-14 0.294752 0.567003
2014-10-15 0.294752 0.609847
2014-07-09 0.265996 0.444552
2014-04-09 0.265996 0.481709
2014-01-15 0.265996 0.505672
2013-10-09 0.265996 0.556559
2013-07-10 0.240834 0.462963
2013-04-10 0.240834 0.501798
2013-01-09 0.240834 0.516816
2012-10-10 0.240834 0.471898
2012-07-11 0.204889 0.460049
2012-04-11 0.204889 0.406505
2012-01-11 0.204889 0.467828
2011-10-12 0.204889 0.558496
2011-07-13 0.179727 0.449803
2011-04-13 0.179727 0.500201
2011-01-12 0.179727 0.508648
2010-10-13 0.179727 0.521268
2010-07-14 0.150971 0.512197
2010-04-14 0.150971 0.503840
2010-01-13 0.150971 0.585123
2009-10-14 0.150971 0.603277
2009-07-15 0.136592 0.558001
2009-04-07 0.136592 0.660179
2009-01-14 0.136592 0.662019
2008-10-15 0.136592 0.723532
2008-07-09 0.136592 0.536873
2008-04-09 0.107836 0.399148
2008-01-09 0.107836 0.392978
2007-10-10 0.107836 0.393597
2007-07-11 0.107836 0.435919
2007-03-07 0.107836 0.525762
2007-01-10 0.053918 0.255015
2006-10-11 0.053918 0.274876
2006-07-12 0.053918 0.307755
2006-04-11 0.041337 0.241089
2006-01-11 0.041337 0.235414
2005-10-12 0.041337 0.229815
2005-07-13 0.041337 0.222393
2005-04-13 0.035945 0.197042
2005-01-12 0.035945 0.217200
2004-10-13 0.035945 0.236908
2004-07-14 0.035945 0.263502
Additional Data
dividendRate 3.0
dividendYield 1.99
exDividendDate 2026-09-09
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.46
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.009684909
lastDividendValue 0.75
lastDividendDate 2026-05-27
dividendDate 2026-06-12

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.03650987
Address1 1,441 Gardiner Lane
All Time High 170.14
All Time Low 4.234813
Ask 153.91
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 5
Average Analyst Rating 2.2 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,592,370
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,577,700
Average Volume 2,577,700
Average Volume10Days 2,592,370
Beta 0.553
Bid 153.76
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 3
Book Value -26.388
City Louisville
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 4
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 153.86
Current Ratio 0.592
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 154.57
Day Low 151.445
Display Name Yum! Brands
Dividend Date 1,781,222,400
Dividend Rate 3.0
Dividend Yield 1.99
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,413,700
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,413,700
Earnings Growth 1.316
Earnings Quarterly Growth 1.281
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,709,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,709,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,709,000
Ebitda 3,068,000,000
Ebitda Margins 0.35175
Enterprise To Ebitda 17.836
Enterprise To Revenue 6.274
Enterprise Value 54,719,561,728
Eps Current Year 6.62624
Eps Forward 7.45803
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 7.94
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,788,912,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 153.2096
Fifty Day Average Change 0.6504059
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0042452035
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 3.6509871
Fifty Two Week High 170.14
Fifty Two Week High Change -16.279999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0956859
Fifty Two Week Low 137.33
Fifty Two Week Low Change 16.529999
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.12036699
Fifty Two Week Range 137.33 - 170.14
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 874,503,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.81
Float Shares 272,150,607
Forward Eps 7.45803
Forward P E 20.630112
Free Cashflow 833,249,984
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 49,000
Fullday Change 3.11
Fullday Change Percent 2.06302
Fullday Price 152.98
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.45311
Gross Profits 3,952,000,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00161
Held Percent Institutions 0.91496
Implied Shares Outstanding 272,901,085
Industry Restaurants
Industry Disp Restaurants
Industry Key restaurants
Ir Website http://www.yum.com/investors/
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,779,840,000
Last Dividend Value 0.75
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,477,958,400
Last Split Factor 1,391:1000
Long Business Summary Yum! Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises traditional and non-traditional quick service restaurants in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in four segments: KFC Division, Taco Bell Division, Pizza Hut Division, and Habit Burger & Grill Division. It also operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Habit Burger & Grill brands, which specialize in chicken, Mexican-style food and pizza categories, made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches, and other 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.
Long Name Yum! Brands, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 41,988,562,944
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_365997
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 2,216,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 41,139,838,563
Number Of Analyst Opinions 22
Open 151.64
Operating Cashflow 2,083,000,064
Operating Margins 0.32779998
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.3678
Peg Ratio 2.1
Phone 502 874 8300
Post Market Change -0.8800049
Post Market Change Percent -0.5719517
Post Market Price 152.98
Post Market Time 1,787,961,420
Previous Close 150.75
Price Eps Current Year 23.219807
Price Hint 2
Price To Book -5.8306804
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.814098
Profit Margins 0.25406998
Quick Ratio 0.33
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.23077
Region US
Regular Market Change 3.11
Regular Market Change Percent 2.06302
Regular Market Day High 154.57
Regular Market Day Low 151.445
Regular Market Day Range 151.445 - 154.57
Regular Market Open 151.64
Regular Market Previous Close 150.75
Regular Market Price 153.86
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,402
Regular Market Volume 1,539,983
Return On Assets 0.22694
Revenue Growth 0.122
Revenue Per Share 31.431
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Share Holder Rights Risk 7
Shares Outstanding 272,901,085
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0317
Shares Short 8,641,896
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 8,489,666
Short Name Yum! Brands, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.036199998
Short Ratio 3.15
Source Interval 15
State KY
Symbol YUM
Target High Price 200.0
Target Low Price 147.0
Target Mean Price 173.33636
Target Median Price 174.5
Total Cash 683,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 2.503
Total Debt 13,413,999,616
Total Revenue 8,721,999,872
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.46
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.009684909
Trailing Eps 7.94
Trailing P E 19.377834
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.0282
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 154.74435
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.88435364
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.005714933
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,539,983
Website https://www.yum.com
Zip 40,213