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Company snapshot — Yum! Brands Inc

YUM in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Yum! Brands develops, operates and franchises quick-service restaurants, running the KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill chains across chicken, Mexican-style food, pizza and chargrilled-burger categories in the United States, China and other markets. It is based in Louisville, Kentucky.
Where it sits in the stack
Yum! Brands sits outside our AI build-out coverage; in our universe it is classified under Consumer Cyclical, in the Restaurants sector, alongside other franchised quick-service operators.
Who it is priced against
The comparison the market draws is with the other large franchised restaurant groups, such as McDonald's.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a seat in the S&P 500 within our index coverage, but it holds no Closelook score and no peer group or quotes have been recorded for it yet.
What the diary watches
Whether franchise unit growth across the KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut divisions holds up as international expansion continues.

Yum! Brands Inc (YUM) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for YUM, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 3 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Baird, 2026-09-16

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for YUM from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Baird — target 165 from 174 Target cut to $165 from $174 (+17.2% to spot) 2026-09-16
  • Price target Seaport Research — target 162 Target set to $162 (+15.1% to spot) 2026-09-16
  • Initiation Seaport Global — at Buy Initiated to Buy 2026-09-16

3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation, 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Restaurants · United States · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Restaurants · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against YUM on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.18%, quarterly · last 0.75 USD on 2026-09-09

Dividends and capital return

What YUM pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.96 USD per share · a 2.18% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +5.2% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.81 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.75 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-09
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.61 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.68 USD · 2025: 2.85 USD · 2026: 2.25 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-27

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Yum! Brands Inc (YUM)?

Yum! Brands Inc trades as YUM on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is YUM in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Yum! Brands Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does YUM trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -9.5% vs the 50-day and -11.7% vs the 200-day average, 20.2% below the 52-week high and +0.3% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 28 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Yum! Brands Inc do?

Yum! Brands develops, operates and franchises quick-service restaurants, running the KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill chains across chicken, Mexican-style food, pizza and chargrilled-burger categories in the United States, China and other markets. It is based in Louisville, Kentucky. The comparison the market draws is with the other large franchised restaurant groups, such as McDonald's.

Where does Yum! Brands Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Yum! Brands sits outside our AI build-out coverage; in our universe it is classified under Consumer Cyclical, in the Restaurants sector, alongside other franchised quick-service operators. It carries a seat in the S&P 500 within our index coverage, but it holds no Closelook score and no peer group or quotes have been recorded for it yet.

Does Yum! Brands Inc pay a dividend?

Yum! Brands Inc has paid 2.96 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.18% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.75 USD on 2026-09-09. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Yum! Brands Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Yum! Brands Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Baird on 2026-09-16 (target 165 from 174). 3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation, 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for YUM, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Restaurants, then Consumer Cyclical. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.