YUM · Consumer Cyclical
What a holder would want to know before buying YUM: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 7% above the lowest point of the past year and 14% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 15% of days and more expensive on 85%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 87% of days.
6% below its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more twice in 10 years. The deepest fall was 53%; the longest took 20 months to get back to its peak. Every one recovered.
Now 14% below the Feb 2026 peak.
Yum! Brands, Inc. · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants · a large company worth $39.52B
Yum! Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises traditional and non-traditional quick service restaurants in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in…
revenue profit
Sales of $8.21B in 2025, with $1.56B of profit. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 25 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Would need about 16 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.
You pay $18 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $21 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 2.10% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Sep 9.
26 analysts: 13 say buy, 13 hold, 0 sell. Their average 12-month target is $171.06 (range $147.00–$200.00).
Insiders made 0 purchases and 18 sales in the last 6 months. Executives routinely sell shares they were paid in; buying with their own money is the rarer signal.
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