Yum Brands Inc (YUM) stock
Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $44.03BP/E 13.0Yield 1.76%
Yum Brands Inc grew revenue 9.1% to $8.80B over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026. Operating income rose 74.6% to $4.35B, moving the operating margin from 30.9% to 49.5%. Free cash flow was $1.62B, up 3.5% from a year earlier. At the latest close the market valued the company at $44.03B, 13.0 times its earnings.
Key statistics
Valuation at the latest close; fundamentals over the trailing twelve months, balances at Sep 30, 2026
Valuation
- Market cap
- $44.03B
- P/E ratio
- 13.0
- Price to sales
- 5.00
- Price to book
- –
- Dividend yield
- 1.76%
- Free cash flow yield
- 3.68%
Fundamentals
- Revenue
- $8.80B
- Net income
- $3.44B
- EPS, diluted
- $12.45
- Free cash flow
- $1.62B
- Book value per share
- -$22.50
- Diluted shares
- 274M
Trading
- Next earnings
- Feb 3, 2027 (estimated, before the open)
- Previous close
- $159.34
- Open
- $160.76
- Day's range
- $160.05 – $163.10
- Volume
- 1,779,723
- Average volume (20 days)
- 2,492,694
- Index membership
- S&P 500, Russell 1000, Russell 3000
- Beta (5 years)
- 0.50
- 52-week range
- $134.26 – $170.14
- RSI (14 days)
- 63.9
- Volatility (1 year)
- 24.5%
- Relative volume
- 0.71×
- WACC
- 7.3%
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Index membership is inferred from the holdings of funds that track each index (VOO, IVV, SPYM, IWB, IWV), as reported to the SEC for Jun 30, 2026. Join dates come from quarterly fund reports since 2019, so they are accurate to the quarter.
Market cap history
Month-end market cap since 2009, using shares outstanding reported at the time
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 13, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | YUM | S&P 500 | Difference | YUM per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +9.7% | -3.0% | +12.7 pts | ||
| 3 months | +7.5% | -2.8% | +10.3 pts | ||
| Year to date | +8.2% | +11.5% | −3.3 pts | ||
| 1 year | +9.8% | +13.5% | −3.6 pts | ||
| 3 years | +36.4% | +77.7% | −41.3 pts | +10.9% | +21.1% |
| 5 years | +41.7% | +72.6% | −30.9 pts | +7.2% | +11.5% |
| 10 years | +217.5% | +308.2% | −90.7 pts | +12.2% | +15.1% |
Fifteen years at a glance
Fiscal years 2011 to 2025 and trailing twelve months, USD
Revenue
Gross profit
Operating income
Net income
EPS, diluted
Free cash flow
Press releases
Releases Yum Brands filed with the SEC as exhibits to Form 8-K or 6-K
- Results
- Update
- Update
- Results
- Update
- Results
About Yum Brands
Retail-Eating Places
The company develops, franchises, and operates quick-service restaurant concepts through its primary divisions: KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and The Habit Burger Grill. Its operations encompass dining concepts centered on chicken, Mexican-inspired menu items, pizza, and chargrilled burgers. In addition to preparing and selling food and beverage products directly at company-operated locations, the business grants franchise agreements, licenses proprietary restaurant concepts and trademarks, and provides operational and advertising services to independent franchisees. The organization serves end consumers across global retail markets through restaurant sales and supports a large network of franchise partners.
Company profile, executives and historyYum Brands stock: common questions
What is Yum Brands's stock price?
YUM closed at $161.33 on Nov 13, 2026, up 1.25% on the day. Over the past 52 weeks it traded between $134.26 and $170.14.
What is Yum Brands's market cap?
Yum Brands was worth $44.03B at the close on Nov 13, 2026: the share price times the diluted shares outstanding.
What is YUM's P/E ratio?
YUM trades at 13.0 times earnings, based on diluted earnings per share of $12.45 over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026.
How much revenue does Yum Brands make?
Yum Brands reported revenue of $8.80B for the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, up 9.1% from a year earlier.
Does Yum Brands pay a dividend?
Yes. Yum Brands paid $2.84 per share over the last twelve months, a yield of 1.76% at the latest price, and has raised its annual dividend 8 years in a row.
When does Yum Brands report earnings next?
Yum Brands is expected to report Q4 FY2026 results on Feb 3, 2027, before the open. The date is estimated from its past reporting pattern until the company confirms it.
How has YUM stock performed over the past year?
Including dividends, YUM returned +9.8% over the past year, against +13.5% for the S&P 500.
How many YUM shares are sold short?
13M shares were sold short at the latest FINRA report, 4.61% of the float, or 5.7 days of average trading volume.
Who are Yum Brands's competitors?
Companies most similar to Yum Brands by business, industry and size include YUMC, QSR, QSP, TXRH, EAT.
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