Northrop Grumman Corporation vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? Northrop Grumman Corporation trades at $512 (market cap $74.42B), while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $148 (market cap $40.62B). The key difference: Northrop Grumman Corporation is the larger of the two by market cap, and Yum! Brands, Inc. pays the higher dividend (2.04%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NOC | YUM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $74.42B | $40.62B |
Sector | Industrials | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $768.02 | $168.16 |
52-Week Low | $496.02 | $138.21 |
Enterprise Value | $88.65B | $51.88B |
Dividend Yield | 1.79% | 2.04% |
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Northrop Grumman is a defense contractor that is diversified across short-cycle and long-cycle businesses. The firm's segments include aeronautics, mission systems, defense services, and space systems. The company's aerospace segment creates the fuselage for the massive F-35 program and produces various piloted and autonomous flight systems. Mission systems creates a variety of sensors and processors for defense hardware. The defense systems segment is a long-range missile manufacturer. Finally, the company's space systems segment produces various space structures, sensors, and satellites.
Read more on NOC →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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