Kraft Heinz Co vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? Kraft Heinz Co trades at $25.9 (market cap $30.66B), while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $148 (market cap $40.62B). The key difference: Yum! Brands, Inc. is the larger of the two by market cap, and Kraft Heinz Co pays the higher dividend (6.19%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| KHC | YUM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $30.66B | $40.62B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $28.94 | $168.16 |
52-Week Low | $21.21 | $138.21 |
Enterprise Value | $47.71B | $51.88B |
Dividend Yield | 6.19% | 2.04% |
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In July 2015, Kraft merged with Heinz to create the third-largest food and beverage manufacturer in North America behind PepsiCo and Nestle and the fifth-largest player in the world. Beyond its namesake brands, the combined firm's portfolio includes Oscar Mayer, Velveeta, and Philadelphia. Outside North America, the firm's global reach includes a distribution network in Europe and emerging markets that drive around one fifth of its consolidated sales base, as its products are sold in more than 190 countries and territories.
Read more on KHC →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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