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YUM

Yum! Brands

Consumer Discretionary · Restaurants · US

$151.95

Data: 2025-12-31

✗ ETHICAL FAIL

UNKNOWN MOAT

HIGH

Data Confidence: 85.7%

Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap

$41.9B

Total market value of the company

Trailing P/E

24.50

Premium valuation

Forward P/E

20.30

Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper

Rev Growth

+15.2%

Year-over-year revenue change

Profit Margin

0.0%

How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue

ROE

N/A

Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money

Analyst Target

$174.54

+15% from current price — median analyst estimate

Recommendation

BUY

Consensus view from 24 analysts covering this stock

About Yum! Brands

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 four segments: KFC Division, Taco Bell Division, Pizza Hut Division, and Habit Burger & Grill Division. It also operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Habit Burger & Grill brands, which specialize in chicken, Mexican-style food and pizza categories, made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches, and other products. The company was formerly known as TRICON Global Restaurants, Inc. and changed its name to Yum! Brands, Inc. in May 2002. Yum! Brands, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

https://www.yum.com

Country: United States Employees: 49,000 Industry: Restaurants

Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity

PASS

Core business does not involve prohibited activities

Debt Ratio

160.9% FAIL

Debt must be below 33% of total assets

Cash Ratio

0.0% PASS

Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets

Receivables

18.9% PASS

Receivables below 49% of assets

Revenue Purity

0.0% PASS

Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification

Valuation

Fair Value Est.

$187.00

What our model estimates this business is worth per share

Margin of Safety

23.1%

Trading below fair value — margin of safety exists

Rating

AVOID

Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality

Percentile

7.2th

Ranks in the top 93% of our 13,571 screened universe

Ethical Score

10.0

Valuation Score

62.5

Quality Score

40.0

Combined

32.5

Trading at $152 against a fair value of $187, a 19% discount. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 11% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime

DISTRIBUTION

Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution

Sharpe Ratio

0.477

Positive but modest risk-adjusted returns

Kelly Fraction

0.0401

Modest edge detected — smaller position warranted

Calmar Ratio

0.577

Acceptable balance between returns and drawdown risk

Annual Return

8.3%

Historical annualised return based on price data

Max Drawdown

-14.5%

Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been

HMM State

CRISIS

Elevated risk detected — extreme caution warranted

Days in State

How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable

Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta

0.60

Less volatile than the market — more defensive

52W High

$169.39

10% below the year high

52W Low

$137.33

11% above the year low

Avg Volume

1,705,020

Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell

Short Ratio

4.1

Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded

Short % Float

2.7%

Low short interest — limited bearish positioning

Div Yield

197.0%

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price

EPS (TTM)

$6.20

Earnings per share over the last 12 months

Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity

N/A

Current Ratio

0.65

Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag

Quick Ratio

0.52

Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test

Gross Margin

45.7%

Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power

Operating Margin

31.1%

Profit from core operations before interest and tax

Free Cash Flow

$1.3B

Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends

Revenue (TTM)

$8.5B

Total revenue over the last 12 months

Net Income

$1.7B

Profitable — the bottom line is positive

Analyst Coverage

Analysts

Target High

$200.00

Target Median

$174.54

Target Low

$147.00

Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

25

SELL LEANING

Heavy insider selling. 6 sales vs 0 purchases in 90 days. This may reflect routine diversification or it may signal caution — check the filing details below.

Date	Insider	Title	Type	Shares	Value
2026-05-26	Tresvant Sean	Taco Bell, CEO, YUM CCO	Sale	3,000	$464,040
2026-05-19	Powell Aaron	CEO - Pizza Hut	Sale	6,001	$914,252
2026-05-15	Skeans Tracy L	COO, CPO	Sale	1,837	$279,224
2026-05-01	Turner Christopher Lee	CEO	Sale	250	$40,120
2026-05-01	Turner Christopher Lee	CEO, COB	Sale	250	$40,120
2026-05-01	Mezvinsky Scott	KFC Division CEO	Option Exercise	277	$44,453
2026-04-01	Mezvinsky Scott	KFC Division CEO	Option Exercise	271	$41,783
2026-04-01	Turner Christopher Lee	CEO, COB	Sale	257	$39,624
2026-03-02	Mezvinsky Scott	KFC Division CEO	Option Exercise	287	$47,725
2026-03-02	Turner Christopher Lee	CEO, COB	Sale	238	$39,577

Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at

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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2025-12-31

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