Marqeta Inc vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? Marqeta Inc trades at $17.22 (market cap $1.85B), while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $148 (market cap $40.62B). The key difference: Yum! Brands, Inc. is far larger — about 22× Marqeta Inc's market cap, and Yum! Brands, Inc. pays a 2.04% dividend while Marqeta Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| MQ | YUM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $1.85B | $40.62B |
Sector | Technology | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $27.32 | $168.16 |
52-Week Low | $15.04 | $138.21 |
Enterprise Value | $1.15B | $51.88B |
Dividend Yield | — | 2.04% |
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Headquartered in Oakland, California, and founded in 2010, Marqeta provides its clients with a card-issuing platform that offers the infrastructure and tools necessary to offer digital, physical, and tokenized payment options without the need for a traditional bank. The company's open APIs are designed to allow third parties like DoorDash, Klarna, and Block to rapidly develop and deploy innovative card-based products and payment services without the need to develop the underlying technology. The company generates revenue primarily through processing and ATM fees for cards issued on its platform.
Read more on MQ →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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