Compare MP Materials (MP) vs Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Price & Performance

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MP Materials vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? MP Materials trades at $46.15 (market cap $8.22B), while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $144.69 (market cap $39.02B). The key difference: Yum! Brands, Inc. is far larger — about 4.7× MP Materials's market cap, and Yum! Brands, Inc. pays a 2.1% dividend while MP Materials pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals — on Pluang, investors hold MP Materials for 11 Days and Yum! Brands, Inc. for 132 Days on average.

	MP	YUM
Market Cap	$8.22B	$39.02B
Volume	5,457,792	2,597,636
Sector	Basic Materials	Consumer Cyclical
52-Week High	$98.65	$168.16
52-Week Low	$38.10	$135.77
Typical Hold Time	11 Days	132 Days
Enterprise Value	$7.70B	$50.63B
Dividend Yield	—	2.1%

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Aura AI Summary

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MP Materials

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Yum! Brands, Inc.

YUM stock trades at $145.15, up 3.42% today, with a bullish technical signal and strong support at $141. Revenue grew to $8.21B in 2025, with net income of $1.56B and a 25.4% net margin. The company recently sold Pizza Hut for $1.5B, focusing on KFC and Taco Bell, and declared a $0.75 dividend payable September 18, 2026.

Outlook is positive with a consensus price target of $170.44, though high debt and competitive pressures pose risks. Earnings beat expectations in two of the last three quarters, and cash flow from operations is robust at $2.01B, supporting shareholder returns amid a hold-heavy analyst rating.

Aura AI is an analytical signal, not financial advice — do your own research.

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Avg holding period · 11 Days

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Top news

Latest headlines on both assets

Critical metals stocks fall again; builders like USA Rare Earth drop sharply, producers like MP Materials hold better.24/7 Wall Street · 1 day agoBearish Rare earth stocks drop 3-5% amid sector-wide selloff without company-specific news.24/7 Wall Street · 2 days agoBearish Pentagon invests $400M in MP Materials to break China's rare earth magnet monopoly, GM first to receive non-China magnets.24/7 Wall Street · 4 days agoBullish View details →

YUM

Domino’s outperforms Yum Brands in dividend growth but lags in share price stability for retirees.24/7 Wall Street · 2 days agoNeutral View details →

About MP Materials

MP Materials mines, refines, and manufactures rare earth materials and magnets in the United States. Its products are used in transportation, energy, robotics, defense, and aerospace applications.

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.