Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM)
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- symbol YUM
- Rev/Share 27.7474
- Book/Share -26.3298
- PB -5.659
- Debt/Equity -1.5395
- CurrentRatio 1.6941
- ROIC 0.3012
- MktCap 41372449424.0
- FreeCF/Share 5.4947
- PFCF 26.4192
- PE 29.6583
- Debt/Assets 1.6063
- DivYield 0.0188
- ROE -0.187
- Rating B-
- Score 2
- Recommendation Sell
- P/E Score 2
- DCF Score 4
- P/B Score 1
- D/E Score 1
Recent Analyst Ratings
| Type | Ticker | Analyst Firm | Previous Rating | Current Rating | Previous Price Target | Current Price Target | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upgrade | YUM | TD Cowen | Hold | Buy | -- | -- | Nov. 17, 2025 |
| Upgrade | YUM | Evercore ISI | In-line | Outperform | -- | $180 | Nov. 5, 2025 |
| Initiation | YUM | RBC Capital Mkts | -- | Sector Perform | -- | $165 | Oct. 9, 2025 |
| Reiterated | YUM | Piper Sandler | -- | Neutral | $155 | $157 | Oct. 2, 2025 |
| Initiation | YUM | Melius | -- | Buy | -- | $200 | July 14, 2025 |
| Upgrade | YUM | JP Morgan | Neutral | Overweight | -- | $162 | June 25, 2025 |
| Upgrade | YUM | Redburn Atlantic | Neutral | Buy | -- | $177 | June 10, 2025 |
| Upgrade | YUM | Goldman | Neutral | Buy | -- | $167 | June 4, 2025 |
| Downgrade | YUM | Bernstein | Outperform | Market Perform | $140 | $135 | Jan. 22, 2025 |
| Downgrade | YUM | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Equal Weight | $158 | $140 | Jan. 21, 2025 |
News
KFC® Says Cluck Turkey and Get a Better Bird This Holiday Season with a $25 Extra Crispy Festive Feast* and Brand-New Gravy Flight**
Published: November 17, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral
The iconic brand invites fans to get a better bird this Thanksgiving and celebrate the season with bold flavor, extra crispy comfort, and a gravy trio worth gathering for PLANO, Texas , Nov. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The holidays can do the most, that's why KFC is here to crisp them up. Whether you're surrounded by family or sneaking a moment for yourself, nothing hits like hot, crunchy comfort that tastes amazing, feels indulgent, and doesn't break the bank.
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Why Yum Brands (YUM) is a Top Growth Stock for the Long-Term
Published: November 12, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
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Yum! Brands: Tasty Fundamentals, But Valuation And Technicals Are Unappetizing
Published: November 10, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive
Yum! Brands, Inc. remains fundamentally strong, with robust performance from KFC and Taco Bell offsetting inflationary pressures and supporting stable revenue growth. YUM's solid cash flow, prudent debt management, and potential Pizza Hut divestiture could further strengthen margins and liquidity, enhancing shareholder value. Despite these strengths, YUM appears overvalued, trading above historical P/E averages and offering limited upside, with technicals signaling early bearish trends.
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Here's What Key Metrics Tell Us About Yum (YUM) Q3 Earnings
Published: November 06, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
The headline numbers for Yum (YUM) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended September 2025, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.
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Wall Street Still Pounding the Table Over Tesla, Yum, Alphabet and Nvidia
Published: November 05, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Neutral
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YUM! Brands Q3 Earnings & Revenues Surpass Estimates, Rise Y/Y
Published: November 04, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
YUM's Q3 earnings and revenues top estimates, fueled by solid KFC and Taco Bell gains, while a Pizza Hut review signals a focus on long-term growth.
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Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Published: November 04, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral
Yum! Brands, Inc. ( YUM ) Q3 2025 Earnings Call November 4, 2025 8:15 AM EST Company Participants Matthew Morris - Head of Investor Relations Christopher Turner - CEO & Director Ranjith Roy - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants David Palmer - Evercore ISI Institutional Equities, Research Division Dennis Geiger - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Danilo Gargiulo - Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC.
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Yum! Brands Explores Sale of Pizza Hut. The Stock Rises.
Published: November 04, 2025 by: Barrons
Sentiment: Positive
Pizza Hut sales are down in the U.S., where it faces rising costs and competition among fast-food pizza businesses.
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KFC® Goes Big While Other Chicken Joints Stay Home on National Fried Chicken Sandwich Day
Published: November 03, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral
KFC Celebrates with Free Nationwide Sandwich Offer and 'Sundays' Pop-Up to Celebrate National Fried Chicken Sandwich Day on November 9 PLANO, Texas , Nov. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- This year's National Fried Chicken Sandwich Day falls on a Sunday, and while some chicken places will take the day off, KFC isn't one of them. To make up for where others fall short (and small), KFC is opening 'Sundays By KFC,' a one-day-only pop-up restaurant in NYC on, you guessed it, Sunday, November 9.
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Third-quarter earnings are indicating a divided economy
Published: November 03, 2025 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Neutral
Quarterly earnings reports from consumer companies are increasingly showing how consumers are diverging in their spending. Commonly called a "K-shaped" economy, companies are seeing wealthier Americans spend more while lower-income Americans are paring back.
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YUM Gears Up for Q3 Earnings: What's in Store for the Stock?
Published: October 31, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
YUM! Brands' third-quarter results may showcase growth fueled by global expansion, digital strength and new menu innovations across its leading brands.
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Stay Ahead of the Game With Yum (YUM) Q3 Earnings: Wall Street's Insights on Key Metrics
Published: October 31, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral
Evaluate the expected performance of Yum (YUM) for the quarter ended September 2025, looking beyond the conventional Wall Street top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining some of its key metrics for better insight.
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Yum! Brands: A Check-In On The Value-Oriented Consumer Ahead Of Earnings
Published: October 30, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive
Yum! Brands heads into Q3 FY25 earnings with expectations for steady growth, trading around $140, and reflecting modest near-term growth. Key watch points include Taco Bell and Pizza Hut momentum, KFC international expansion, digital efficiency gains from 'Byte by Yum!', and margin resilience. YUM's valuation is in line with peers, with upside potential hinging on digital execution or international outperformance, but risks include margin pressure and global headwinds.
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PIZZA HUT CELEBRATES "HALLO-WINGS" BY SCARING THE COMPETITION
Published: October 29, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral
Pizza Hut Haunts Wingstop by Deploying a Fleet of Out-of-Home Locations at Wingstop Headquarters and Stores Designed to Remind the World Pizza Hut is an Authority in Both Pizza and Wings PLANO, Texas , Oct. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, Pizza Hut is turning Halloween into Hallo-WINGS as it deploys various spooky tactics to scare the competition and remind wing lovers of its Wing Wednesday deal: 20 'Lil Wings for $10. Today in Dallas, Pizza Hut dropped out-of-home placements with messages designed to frighten the competition.
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Taco Bell tries to woo younger customers with Live Más Café's flashy beverages
Published: October 24, 2025 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Positive
Taco Bell is rolling out Live Más Cafés inside existing restaurants with special beverages ranging from frozen coffees to lemonades and energy drinks. By the end of the year, Taco Bell is projecting that it will have 30 Live Más Cafés in its portfolio, across Southern California, Dallas and Houston.
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Pizza Hut UK to close 68 restaurants, 1,210 jobs to go
Published: October 20, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Negative
Pizza Hut UK will shut 68 restaurants and 11 delivery sites, resulting in the loss of 1,210 jobs, after the company behind its British venues entered administration, according to administrator FTI Consulting.
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ANDERSON .PAAK EARNS HIS PHD (PIZZA HUT DEGREE) IN NEW COLLABORATION WITH PIZZA HUT CELEBRATING THE LAUNCH OF CRAFTED FLATZZ™
Published: September 30, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral
Pizza Hut Invites Fans to Score their Own PHD from Anderson .Paak and a Free Crafted Flatzz™ PLANO, Texas , Sept. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pizza Hut is teaming up with 9x GRAMMY® award-winning artist and entertainer Anderson .Paak to launch a campaign in celebration of their latest menu innovation: Crafted Flatzz™.
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Yum! Brands: Trends At Taco Bell And KFC Remain Encouraging
Published: September 19, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive
Like many restaurant stocks, shares of Yum! Brands haven't been the best performers recently, returning around 6% since my last piece in November. Same-store sales growth hasn't been too bad, driven by the continued strength of Taco Bell at home and KFC abroad. These shares continue to trade on a circa mid-20s multiple of consensus EPS. Given Yum's growth prospects and asset-light business model, today's buyer can still do OK from that.
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KFC U.S. Names Melissa Cash as Chief Marketing Officer, Bolstering Powerhouse Leadership Team Poised to Accelerate Brand's Comeback
Published: September 15, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral
Other recent executive appointments include Francis "Rico" Arrastia, Chief Digital & Technology Officer; Tiffany Furman, Chief Growth Officer; Sarah Crow, Chief Legal Officer PLANO, Texas , Sept. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- KFC U.S. today announced Melissa Cash has been named Chief Marketing Officer, effective Sept.
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Yum! Brands, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.71 Per Share
Published: August 21, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yum! Brands, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.71 Per Share.
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3 Fast Food Stocks Defying the Odds
Published: August 21, 2025 by: MarketBeat
Sentiment: Negative
Earnings from Q2 are in, and fast food continues to fade from American eaters' appetites. For most of the post-pandemic era, fast-casual establishments have been stealing market share from Quick-Serve Restaurants (QSRs), and that trend accelerated again in Q2.
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Fast Food Is Hungry for Sales.The Latest Play: Beverages
Published: August 15, 2025 by: Barrons
Sentiment: Positive
The big fast-food chains are rolling out often-elaborate drink offerings, hoping to increase margins and capture more sales through the day. No strategy is foolproof, however.
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Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Published: August 05, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral
Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call August 5, 2025 8:15 AM ET Company Participants Christopher Lee Turner - Chief Financial & Franchise Officer David W. Gibbs - CEO & Director Matthew Robert Morris - Head of Investor Relations Conference Call Participants Brian James Harbour - Morgan Stanley, Research Division Brian John Bittner - Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Research Division David E.
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YUM! Brands Q2 Earnings Miss, Revenues Beat Estimates, Stock Down
Published: August 05, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative
YUM misses second-quarter earnings estimates but beats on revenues as Taco Bell and KFC drove global system sales growth.
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Yum! Brands Stock Takes A Hit After Lackluster Q2 Report
Published: August 05, 2025 by: Schaeffers Research
Sentiment: Negative
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Yum! Brands misses Q2 earnings estimates as US sales slide at KFC, Pizza Hut
Published: August 05, 2025 by: Proactive Investors
Sentiment: Negative
Yum! Brands Inc (NYSE:YUM) reported sales and profits below expectations for the second quarter as it saw declines in US same store sales at Pizza Hut and KFC, sending its shares lower on Tuesday.
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Yum Brands is cooking up more than fast food. It's preparing the industry's next CEOs
Published: August 05, 2025 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Positive
Yum Brands has quietly become an incubator for future restaurant industry leaders. CEOs like Brian Niccol, Kevin Hochman and Julie Felss Masino spent years at Yum before leaving to lead other restaurant companies.
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Yum (YUM) Q2 Earnings on the Horizon: Analysts' Insights on Key Performance Measures
Published: August 01, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral
Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of Yum (YUM) for the quarter ended June 2025 by going beyond Wall Street's top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.
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YUM Gears Up for Q2 Earnings: Taco Bell, KFC Strength to Aid Results
Published: August 01, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
Taco Bell, KFC and digital upgrades are expected to fuel YUM! Brands' second-quarter results, with EPS rising 7.4% year over year.
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Is Yum (YUM) a Solid Growth Stock? 3 Reasons to Think "Yes"
Published: July 31, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
Yum (YUM) possesses solid growth attributes, which could help it handily outperform the market.
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About Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM)
- IPO Date 1997-09-17
- Website https://www.yum.com
- Industry Restaurants
- CEO Christopher Lee Turner
- Employees 40000