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Compare ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF (ARKX) vs Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Price & Performance

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Key statistics

ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF trades at $34.71, while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $149.11 (market cap $39.50B). The key difference: Yum! Brands, Inc. pays a 2.07% dividend while ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF pays none, and ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Yum! Brands, Inc. nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.

ARKXYUM
Sector
Sector/ThematicConsumer Cyclical
52-Week High
$37.74$168.16
52-Week Low
$25.46$138.21
Market Cap
$39.50B
Enterprise Value
$51.10B
Dividend Yield
2.07%

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Yum! Brands, Inc.

YUM Brands trades at $148.91, up 2.46% with recent earnings beats offset by food safety concerns. Technical indicators show bearish momentum with support at $141, while fundamentals reveal strong revenue growth to $8.21B in 2025 and net income of $1.56B. The company recently completed the $1.2B sale of Pizza Hut China, streamlining operations amid cyclospora outbreak impacts on Taco Bell sales.

YUM presents a mixed outlook with 37% analyst buy ratings and $174.60 price target suggesting 17% upside, but faces near-term headwinds from food safety investigations and consumer sentiment. Long-term growth depends on KFC/Taco Bell execution and digital strategy success amid elevated debt levels.

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About ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF

ARKX is an actively managed ETF that invests in companies leading space exploration and defense innovation. It focuses on orbital and sub-orbital aerospace, reusable rockets, and enabling technologies like AI, robotics, and satellite systems.

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About Yum! Brands, Inc.

Yum Brands is a U.S.-based restaurant operator featuring a portfolio of four brands: KFC (26,930 global units), Pizza Hut (18,380 units), Taco Bell (7,790 units), and The Habit Burger (310 units) at year-end 2021. With $58 billion in 2021 systemwide sales, the firm is the second-largest restaurant company in the world, behind McDonald's ($112.5 billion) but ahead of Restaurant Brands International ($36 billion) and Starbucks ($25 billion). Yum is 98% franchised, with the largest franchisee, Yum China, created via a 2016 spinoff transaction (after which Yum China agreed to pay 3% royalties to Yum Brands in perpetuity). Yum is the newest evolution of Tricon Brands, formerly a division of PepsiCo, and generates the bulk of its revenue from franchise royalties and marketing contributions.

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