Micron Technology, Inc. vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? Micron Technology, Inc. trades at $985 (market cap $977.44B), while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $148 (market cap $40.62B). The key difference: Micron Technology, Inc. is far larger — about 24.1× Yum! Brands, Inc.'s market cap, and Yum! Brands, Inc. pays the higher dividend (2.04%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| MU | YUM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $977.44B | $40.62B |
Sector | Technology | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $1.21K | $168.16 |
52-Week Low | $104.88 | $138.21 |
Enterprise Value | $957.80B | $51.88B |
Dividend Yield | 0.06% | 2.04% |
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Micron historically focused on designing and manufacturing DRAM for PCs. The firm then expanded into the NAND flash memory market. It increased its DRAM scale with the purchase of Elpida (completed in mid-2013) and Inotera (completed in December 2016). The firm's DRAM and NAND products tailored to PCs, data centers, smartphones, game consoles, automotives, and other computing devices.
Read more on MU →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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