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As of the end of 2025, Yum Brands generated over $68 billion in systemwide sales from more than 63,000 restaurants across 155 markets, making it the world's second-largest restaurant firm by dollar sales. Its portfolio includes KFC (33,897 stores), Pizza Hut (19,974), Taco Bell (9,030), and Habit Burger (384), with 72% of locations in international markets. As 97% of its portfolio is franchised, Yum's business model is tilted toward recurring franchise royalties and marketing contributions (64% of revenue), with the balance derived from sales at company-owned locations. The company traces its roots to a 1997 spinoff of PepsiCo's restaurant assets.
Yum Brands trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol YUM.
As of April 17, 2026, YUM stock price climbed to $162.79 with 1,148,120 million shares trading.
YUM has a beta of 0.35, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. YUM has a correlation of 0.05 to the broad based SPY ETF.
YUM has a market cap of $45.18 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.
Last quarter Yum Brands reported $3 billion in Revenue and $1.73 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $56 million and missed earnings estimates by -$.04.
In the last 3 years, YUM traded as high as $169.39 and as low as $115.53.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that YUM belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, VO, JEPI, IVV.
YUM has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +16.2% while the SPY ETF gained +36.5%. YUM has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning +2.0% and +4.3%, respectively, while the SPY returned +2.9% and +8.3%, respectively.
YUM support price is $157.44 and resistance is $161.60 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that YUM shares will trade within this expected range on the day.