PPG Industries, Inc. vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? PPG Industries, Inc. trades at $117.3 (market cap $25.79B), while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $147.5 (market cap $40.56B). The key difference: Yum! Brands, Inc. is the larger of the two by market cap, and PPG Industries, Inc. pays the higher dividend (2.56%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| PPG | YUM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $25.79B | $40.56B |
Sector | Basic Materials | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $131.56 | $168.16 |
52-Week Low | $94.34 | $138.21 |
Enterprise Value | $31.90B | $51.83B |
Dividend Yield | 2.56% | 2.04% |
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Latest headlines on both assets
PPG is a global producer of coatings. The company is the world's largest producer of coatings after the purchase of selected Akzo Nobel assets. PPG's products are sold to a wide variety of end users, including the automotive, aerospace, construction, and industrial markets. The company has a footprint in many regions around the globe, with less than half of sales coming from North America in recent years. PPG is focused on its coatings and specialty products and expansion into emerging regions, as exemplified by the Comex acquisition.
Read more on PPG →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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