Charter Communications Inc vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? Charter Communications Inc trades at $157.8 (market cap $18.81B), while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $144.75 (market cap $39.50B). The key difference: Yum! Brands, Inc. is far larger — about 2.1× Charter Communications Inc's market cap, and Yum! Brands, Inc. pays a 2.07% dividend while Charter Communications Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CHTR | YUM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $18.81B | $39.50B |
Sector | Media | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $282.74 | $168.16 |
52-Week Low | $123.31 | $138.21 |
Enterprise Value | $115.01B | $51.10B |
Dividend Yield | — | 2.07% |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Charter is the product of the 2016 merger of three cable companies, each with a decades-long history in the business: Legacy Charter, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks. The firm now holds networks capable of providing television, internet access, and phone services to roughly 54 million U.S. homes and businesses, around 40% of the country. Across this footprint, Charter serves 29 million residential and 2 million commercial customer accounts under the Spectrum brand, making it the second-largest U.S. cable company behind Comcast. The firm also owns, in whole or in part, sports and news networks, including Spectrum SportsNet (long-term local rights to Los Angeles Lakers games), SportsNet LA (Los Angeles Dodgers), SportsNet New York (New York Mets), and Spectrum News NY1.
Read more on CHTR →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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