Lowe`s Companies Inc vs Yum China Holdings Inc — how do they compare? Lowe`s Companies Inc trades at $203.85 (market cap $114.78B), while Yum China Holdings Inc trades at $43.91 (market cap $15.09B). The key difference: Lowe`s Companies Inc is far larger — about 7.6× Yum China Holdings Inc's market cap, and Yum China Holdings Inc pays the higher dividend (2.64%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LOW | YUMC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $114.78B | $15.09B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $287.39 | $57.95 |
52-Week Low | $204.76 | $40.18 |
Enterprise Value | $156.54B | $15.98B |
Dividend Yield | 2.44% | 2.64% |
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Latest headlines on both assets
Lowe's is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world, operating 1,969 stores and servicing around 230 dealer-owned stores throughout the United States and Canada. The firm's stores offer products and services for home decorating, maintenance, repair, and remodeling, with maintenance and repair accounting for two thirds of products sold. Lowe's targets retail do-it-yourself (around 75% of sales) and do-it-for-me customers as well as commercial and professional business clients (around 25% of sales). We estimate Lowe's captures a low-double-digit share of the domestic home improvement market, based on U.S. Census data and management's estimates for market size.
Read more on LOW →With almost 10,600 units and USD 9.5 billion in systemwide sales in 2020, Yum China is the largest restaurant chain in China. It generates revenue through its own restaurants and franchise fees. Key concepts include KFC (7,166 units) and Pizza Hut (2,355), but the company's portfolio also includes other brands such as Little Sheep, East Dawning, Taco Bell, Huang Ji Huang, COFFii & Joy, and Lavazza (collectively representing about 985 units). Yum China is a trademark licensee of Yum Brands, paying 3% of total systemwide sales to the company it separated from in October 2016.
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