Yum! Brands

YUM

Market cap $42.6B

Yum Brands' shares fell as much as 4.5% on Tuesday after the Washington Post reported federal and state health officials were investigating whether lettuce served at Taco Bell may ​have been associated with an outbreak of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal illness.

Shares of Yum Brands were down nearly 4% on Tuesday.

New Throwback Value Menu Features the Hut Originals You Know and Love along with First-Time Offerings of Triple Cheese Mac and S'mores Sticks Dinner Service NY Streetwear Collaboration and "Back to the Hut" Bring to Life Fan-Favorite Brand Icons in Wearable Collection and Nostalgic Experience PLANO, Texas, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of Pizza Hut's Hut Originals platform, the brand is giving fans another reason to revisit their favorites with the debut of the new Throwback Value Menu*. Available starting today for a limited time, the menu brings together iconic Pizza Hut classics and new additions, all at a great value.

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McDonald's and Yum! Brands are expanding digital, value and global growth strategies as investors compare restaurant stock opportunities.

Yum! Brands was seeing an improvement in sales even before announcing this sale. Meanwhile, McDonald's is closing in on 50 straight years of dividend increases.

Yum! Brands is selling Pizza Hut in two separate transactions. Yum! authorized a $4 billion share repurchase.

After experiencing underwhelming to outright poor performance recently, several big names in the consumer discretionary sector are loading up on buyback capacity. All three of these moves signal management's confidence in their ability to turn the tide, but each also comes with a unique set of circumstances.

Yum! Brands is selling its Pizza Hut business in two transactions totaling $2.7 billion. The deal allows Yum!