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Yum! Brands Inc.

(YUM) is in the Food Industry

Market Cap:$16.1B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$11.2B
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, is the world?s largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants, with more than 35,000 restaurants in over 100 countries and territories. The company is ranked #253 on the Fortune 500 List, with revenues in excess of $10 billion in 2007. Four of the company?s restaurant brands ? KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Long John Silver?s ? are the global leaders of the chicken, pizza, Mexican-style food and quick-service seafood categories, respectively. Outside the United States, the Yum! Brands system opened about four new restaurants each day of the year, making it the largest retail developer in the world. The company has consistently been recognized for its reward and recognition culture, diversity leadership, community giving, and consistent shareholder returns. Since its spin-off as a publicly traded company in 1997, its stock has quintupled. Last year, the company launched the world?s largest private sector hunger relief effort, in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme and other hunger relief agencies. This effort helped save over 1.6 million people from starvation in remote corners of the world, where hunger is most prevalent.

Number of Employees 50,400
Contact Information

1441 Gardiner Ln

Louisville, Kentucky 40213-1914

www.yum.com

(502) 874-8300

NAICS Code Limited-Service Restaurants: 722211

Recent Events

  • Competitive Watch: McDonald's November Same-Store Sales Dip

    12/08/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • A Restaurant Ready to Shine

    11/24/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Here's a Dollar: Go Lose Some Weight

    11/24/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Yum Brands Declares Quarterly Dividend

    11/23/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story

  • This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades

    11/05/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • JMS Starts Several Restaurant Stocks: BKC, YUM at Buy, MCD, CAKE, PFCB at Neutral

    11/04/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • RBC Capital Upgrades Yum! Brands YUM to Outperform

    11/02/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Upgrades & Downgrades: Analysts Shopping at Nordstrom

    11/02/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • UPDATE: Yum 3Q Profit Surges On US, China Strength

    10/06/09 - Planned Site Openings - View Story

  • Yum! Brands To Report Q3 Results: Earnings Preview

    10/06/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Earnings Preview: Yum Brands Inc. reports Tuesday

    10/05/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Yum Brands' Q3 profit beats forecasts, up 18 pct

    10/11/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Yum Brands Increases Quarterly Dividend

    10/01/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story

  • Wireless Ronin shares soar after Feltl and Co upgrade

    8/21/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Financials Drive Down the Dow

    8/12/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Yum Positions Taco Bell For Global Expansion

    7/15/09 - Planned Site Openings - View Story

  • McDonald's stock tumbles as same-store sales disappoint

    7/23/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

retail and yum! brands inc. - All News and Analysis

  • Yum Confirms 2009 Earnings Outlook

    Seeking Alpha - 2009-12-09

    Zacks.com submits: Yum! Brands Inc. YUM, the parent of the KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut fast-food chains, reiterated its fiscal 2009 earnings per share growth forecast of 12%, excluding one-time items, helped by commodity deflation, lower effective tax rate and the addition of 1,400 new units in...

    Tags: Retail, Zacks.com, Yum! Brands Inc.

  • Yum Brands Preparing for Move into Indian Market

    Seeking Alpha - 2009-11-12

    Zacks.com submits: Even in the midst of an economic crisis, Yum! Brands Inc. YUM, the operator of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell fast-food chains, remains largely unruffled by the slowdown and plans to accelerate its expansion in India with an investment plan of about $150 million. ...

    Tags: Retail, Zacks.com, Yum! Brands Inc.

  • Yum Brands Expands Globally and Beats Earnings

    Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-06

    Ockham Research submits: For investors who follow Yum Brands YUM, the title may sound like a broken record; its pretty much the same thing every quarter. Amidst fresh warnings from an analyst at Citi C regarding softer same store sales performance, Yum announced third quarter results (PR). ...

    Tags: Retail, Ockham Research, Yum! Brands Inc.

  • Earnings Preview: Yum! Brands

    Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-05

    Yum! Brands YUM is expected to report Q3 earnings after the market close on Tuesday, October 6 with a conference call scheduled for Wednesday at 9:15 am ET. Guidance Analysts are looking for a profit of 58c on revenue of $2.79B. The consensus range is 52c-62c for EPS, and...

    Tags: Retail, theflyonthewall.com, Yum! Brands Inc.

  • The Chinese Consumer and Yum Brands

    Seeking Alpha - 2009-07-16

    Trader Mark submits: Lost in Intel-palooza Wednesday was the earnings report of Yum Brands YUM. This report was interesting on many levels - first, the stock is down despite doing everything all the other companies we are "green shooting" are doing - beating estimates, cutting expenses, and relying on Asian...

    Tags: Retail, Trader Mark, Yum! Brands Inc.

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     YUM $34.58 -0.01 (-0.03% )
Intraday | 3 Month | 6 Month | 1 Year
Average Volume 5,284,750
Shares Outstanding 467.70M
Market Cap 16.2B
Year High 36.96
Year Low 23.37
Earnings Per Share 2.21
P/E Ratio 15.65
Dividend 0.84
Yield 2.43
IndustryTop Rated

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