Riot Platforms Inc vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? Riot Platforms Inc trades at $16.92 (market cap $6.32B), while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $144.69 (market cap $39.02B). The key difference: Yum! Brands, Inc. is far larger — about 6.2× Riot Platforms Inc's market cap, and Yum! Brands, Inc. pays a 2.1% dividend while Riot Platforms Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals — on Pluang, investors hold Riot Platforms Inc for 16 Days and Yum! Brands, Inc. for 132 Days on average.
| RIOT | YUM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $6.32B | $39.02B |
Volume | 30,571,756 | 2,597,636 |
Sector | Financials | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $28.67 | $168.16 |
52-Week Low | $11.83 | $135.77 |
Typical Hold Time | 16 Days | 132 Days |
Enterprise Value | $6.73B | $50.63B |
Dividend Yield | — | 2.1% |
Signals from Pluang's Aura AI — not financial advice
RIOT stock trades at $16.95, down 8.58% over 24 hours, reflecting bearish technical signals despite a bullish analyst consensus. The company reported a net loss of $663.18 million in 2025, with negative profit margins and cash flow, but is pivoting to AI data center leasing with $9.8 billion in contracted revenue through 2048, per Seeking Alpha on 2026-10-01.
The outlook hinges on execution of the AI strategy, offering significant upside to the $31.64 consensus price target, but high execution risk and persistent losses pose threats to near-term shareholder value amid volatile market conditions.
YUM stock trades at $145.15, up 3.42% today, with a bullish technical signal and strong support at $141. Revenue grew to $8.21B in 2025, with net income of $1.56B and a 25.4% net margin. The company recently sold Pizza Hut for $1.5B, focusing on KFC and Taco Bell, and declared a $0.75 dividend payable September 18, 2026.
Outlook is positive with a consensus price target of $170.44, though high debt and competitive pressures pose risks. Earnings beat expectations in two of the last three quarters, and cash flow from operations is robust at $2.01B, supporting shareholder returns amid a hold-heavy analyst rating.
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Riot Platforms, Inc. is a Bitcoin mining company that focuses on building, operating, and expanding large-scale infrastructure for digital asset mining in North America. The company's operations include Bitcoin mining, data center hosting, and engineering solutions. Riot's strategy emphasizes vertical integration to maximize efficiency and scale its mining capacity, aiming to be a leader in the global Bitcoin and digital infrastructure industry.
Read more on RIOT →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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