Shares of Consumer Discretionary sector company Yum! Brands moved 2.4% today, and are now trading at a price of $131.2. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 1,201,704 compared to its average volume of 1,578,630. The S&P 500 index returned a 1.0% performance.
Yum! Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises quick service restaurants worldwide. The company is based in Louisville and has 36,000 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $36,775,706,624. Yum! Brands currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 0.5% per year.
21 analysts are following Yum! Brands and have set target prices ranging from $116.0 to $160.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, YUM is trading -5.0% away from its average analyst target price of $138.1 per share.
Over the last year, YUM shares have gone down by -2.4%, which represents a difference of -18.6% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $143.25 per share and its 52 week low is $115.53. With average free cash flows of $1.19 Billion that have been growing at an average rate of 3.6% over the last 6 years, Yum! Brands declining stock performance may not be reflective of the quality of its underlying business.
| Date Reported | Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) | Capital expenditures ($ k) | Free Cash Flow ($ k) | YoY Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,607,000 | 300,000 | 1,307,000 | 13.85 |
| 2022 | 1,427,000 | 279,000 | 1,148,000 | -22.22 |
| 2021 | 1,706,000 | 230,000 | 1,476,000 | 28.91 |
| 2020 | 1,305,000 | 160,000 | 1,145,000 | 2.32 |
| 2019 | 1,315,000 | 196,000 | 1,119,000 | 18.79 |
| 2018 | 1,176,000 | 234,000 | 942,000 |
