Compare Nucor Corporation (NUE) vs Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Price & Performance

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Nucor Corporation vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? Nucor Corporation trades at $230.8 (market cap $52.55B), while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $148 (market cap $40.62B). The key difference: Nucor 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.

	NUE	YUM
Market Cap	$52.55B	$40.62B
Sector	Basic Materials	Consumer Cyclical
52-Week High	$266.35	$168.16
52-Week Low	$131.78	$138.21
Enterprise Value	$57.19B	$51.88B
Dividend Yield	0.97%	2.04%

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About Nucor Corporation

Nucor Corp manufactures steel and steel products. The company also produces direct reduced iron for use in its steel mills. The operations include international trading and sales companies that buy and sell steel and steel products manufactured by the company and others. The operating business segments are: steel mills, steel products and raw materials, the steel mills segment derives maximum revenue.

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.