Yum! Brands, Inc. is an American fast food corporation listed on the Fortune 1000. Yum! operates the brands KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, The Habit Burger Grill, and WingStreet worldwide, except in China, where the brands are operated by a separate company, Yum China.
| Revenue (TTM) | $8.49B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $3.88B |
| EBITDA | $2.99B |
| Operating Margin | 31.10% |
| Return on Equity | 0.00% |
| Return on Assets | 23.30% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $30.50 |
| Book Value | $-26.44 |
| Price-to-Book | 212.08 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 5.37 |
| EV/Revenue | 6.72 |
| EV/EBITDA | 19.70 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 72.20% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 15.20% |
| Shares Outstanding | $275.62M |
| Float | $274.87M |
| % Insiders | 0.16% |
| % Institutions | 89.45% |
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