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Yum Brands (YUM) stock, explained like you're 5
Yum Brands trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker YUM. It is a large cap company in the restaurants industry, part of the consumer cyclical sector, with a market value of about 39.5 billion dollars.
- Ticker
- YUM
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Restaurants
- Size
- Large cap, about 39.5 billion dollars
Is Yum Brands a small, medium or large cap company?
Yes. Yum Brands is a large cap stock. Its market cap, which is the total value of all its shares, is about 39.5 billion dollars.
Here is how you can tell. Multiply the share price by the number of shares to get the market cap, then compare it to the usual sizes. Micro cap is under 300 million dollars, small cap is 300 million to 2 billion, mid cap is 2 to 10 billion, large cap is 10 billion and up, and mega cap is over 200 billion. Market caps move every day with the share price, so treat the number as a recent snapshot.
How Yum Brands makes money
- Selling products and services people buy when they feel confident, like cars, travel, shopping and dining.
- Online and in store sales.
- Memberships, financing and services around the main product.
What moves YUM stock
- How confident shoppers feel and how much they spend.
- Interest rates, which affect big purchases.
- Prices, costs and competition.
In the news lately
- Yum! Brands (YUM) Stock May Be 19% Undervalued As Earnings Forecasts Slip (Yahoo Finance)
- Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) Stock Has Consensus Target Price of $59.21 (MarketBeat)
- Yum! Brands (YUM) Sets KFC U.S. Beverage Partnership Start For 2027 (Simply Wall Street)
- YUM Stock Eyes Second Straight Weekly Gain: Analyst Sees Upside From Yum Brands’ Global Expansion, Bets On Taco Bell And KFC (TradingView)
- KFC Is ditching Pepsi. Why It Fell Flat With Investors. (Barron's)
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Questions about Yum Brands stock
What does Yum Brands do?
Yum Brands trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker YUM. It is a large cap company in the restaurants industry, part of the consumer cyclical sector, with a market value of about 39.5 billion dollars.
What is the ticker symbol for Yum Brands?
Yum Brands trades under the ticker YUM on the New York Stock Exchange.
What is Yum Brands's market cap?
Yum Brands is a large cap stock with a market cap of about 39.5 billion dollars.
How does Yum Brands make money?
Selling products and services people buy when they feel confident, like cars, travel, shopping and dining. Online and in store sales. Memberships, financing and services around the main product.
What moves YUM stock?
How confident shoppers feel and how much they spend. Interest rates, which affect big purchases. Prices, costs and competition.
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