Yum! Brands (YUM)

• Market cap: $41B
• 1 day: 1.02%
• 5 days: 7.89%
• 1 month: 1.64%
• 3 months: 4.6%
• 6 months: -0.24%
• Year to date: 11.65%
• 1 year: 8.8%
• 5 years: 46.22%
• 10 years: 200.65%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Restaurants

About: Yum Brands is a US-based restaurant operator featuring a portfolio of four brands: KFC (31,981 global units at year-end 2024), Pizza Hut (20,225 units), Taco Bell (8,757 units), and Habit Burger & Grill (nearly 400 units). With more than $65 billion in 2024 systemwide sales, the firm is the second-largest restaurant company in the world behind McDonald's ($131 billion). Yum is 98% franchised, with the largest franchisee, Yum China, spun out in 2016, after which Yum China agreed to pay 3% royalties to Yum Brands in perpetuity. Yum is the newest evolution of Tricon, formerly a division of PepsiCo, and generates the bulk of its revenue from franchise royalties and marketing contributions.

Employees: 40,000