Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Stock

About Yum! Brands, Inc.

YUM! Brands, Inc. (YUM) is a leading global quick-service restaurant enterprise that focuses on the creation, management, and franchising of its restaurant concepts internationally. Its business is organized into four main divisions: KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and The Habit Burger Grill. The company operates establishments under these well-known brands, offering diverse food categories such as chicken, pizza, Mexican-style dishes, and made-to-order chargrilled burgers and sandwiches, among other food products. As of December 31, 2021, YUM! Brands boasted a significant worldwide presence, comprising 26,934 KFC outlets, 18,381 Pizza Hut locations, 7,791 Taco Bell restaurants, and 318 The Habit Burger Grill units, spread across roughly 157 countries and territories. The company, which maintains its headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, was established in 1997. It was formerly known as TRICON Global Restaurants, Inc., before officially adopting the name YUM! Brands, Inc. in May 2002.

Yum! Brands, Inc. is led by CEO Christopher Lee Turner, employs 49,000 people, headquartered in Louisville, US, publicly traded since 1997.

Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) stock trades at $149.00 with a market capitalization of $41.07B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.84, price-to-book of -5.67, price-to-sales of 4.84. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $137.33 and $170.14, and currently trades 12.4% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.01%.

On profitability, Yum! Brands, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of -23.33%, return on capital employed of 52.42%, an operating margin of 30.80%, a net profit margin of 20.48%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Yum! Brands, Inc. reported annual revenue of $8.2B, net profit of $1.6B, revenue has compounded at 7.8% a year over the last five years, profit at 11.5% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of -1.64 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 1.35, total assets of $8.2B, $709.0M in cash and equivalents.

YUM has an average daily trading volume of 2,377,285 shares, a beta of 0.56 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.yum.com