Compare Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO) vs Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Price & Performance

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Novo Nordisk A/S vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? Novo Nordisk A/S trades at $49.35 (market cap $220.53B), while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $148 (market cap $40.62B). The key difference: Novo Nordisk A/S is far larger — about 5.4× Yum! Brands, Inc.'s market cap, and Novo Nordisk A/S pays the higher dividend (3.63%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.

	NVO	YUM
Market Cap	$220.53B	$40.62B
Sector	Health	Consumer Cyclical
52-Week High	$71.70	$168.16
52-Week Low	$35.29	$138.21
Enterprise Value	$239.49B	$51.88B
Dividend Yield	3.63%	2.04%

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NVO

Novo Nordisk sues Eli Lilly over misleading GLP-1 drug ads claiming superior weight-loss results.Proactive Investors · 10 hours agoBearish Novo Nordisk sues Eli Lilly over misleading ads on obesity and diabetes drug efficacy.CNBC · 13 hours agoBearish Novo Nordisk shares jump 27% on strong sales of oral Wegovy and market expansion.Seeking Alpha · 1 day agoBullish View details →

YUM

Yum! Brands faces cyclosporiasis outbreak but impact is mild with no deaths and ongoing recalls.Seeking Alpha · 14 hours agoBearish Taylor Farms recalls iceberg lettuce in 27 states over Cyclospora contamination riskCNBC · 3 days agoBearish Sweetgreen stock jumps 15% after diarrhea outbreak traced to Taco Bell, not salad chainNew York Post · 4 days agoNeutral View details →

About Novo Nordisk A/S

With almost 50% market share by volume of the global insulin market, Novo Nordisk is the leading provider of diabetes-care products in the world. Based in Denmark, the company manufactures and markets a variety of human and modern insulins, injectable diabetes treatments, and oral antidiabetic agents. Novo also has a biopharmaceutical segment (constituting roughly 15% of revenue) that specializes in protein therapies for hemophilia and other disorders.

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.