Compare Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) vs Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Price & Performance

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Ross Stores, Inc. vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? Ross Stores, Inc. trades at $233.99 (market cap $75.63B), while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $148 (market cap $40.62B). The key difference: Ross Stores, Inc. 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.

	ROST	YUM
Market Cap	$75.63B	$40.62B
Sector	Consumer Cyclical	Consumer Cyclical
52-Week High	$240.13	$168.16
52-Week Low	$134.02	$138.21
Enterprise Value	$76.23B	$51.88B
Dividend Yield	0.75%	2.04%

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Ross Stores, Inc.

No Aura AI signal available yet.

Yum! Brands, Inc.

YUM trades at $147.10, down 0.55% amid a cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to Taco Bell lettuce. Technicals are bearish with key support at $145, while fundamentals show steady revenue growth to $8.21B in 2025 and a net margin of 20.48%. The company maintains strong cash flow from operations of $2.01B but carries high long-term debt of $11.25B.

Despite near-term headwinds from food safety concerns, YUM's diversified brand portfolio and consistent profitability support a positive long-term outlook. Analyst consensus price target of $177 suggests 20% upside, but investors should monitor outbreak resolution and Q2 2026 earnings due soon.

Aura AI is an analytical signal, not financial advice — do your own research.

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ROST

Ross Stores opens 47 new stores, aiming for 110 openings in 2026 to expand market reach and community impact.PRNewsWire · 1 day agoBullish View details →

YUM

Yum! Brands faces cyclosporiasis outbreak but impact is mild with no deaths and ongoing recalls.Seeking Alpha · 16 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 Ross Stores, Inc.

Ross Stores is a leading American off-price apparel and home fashion retailer, operating over 1,920 stores (at the end of fiscal 2021) across the Ross Dress for Less and dd's Discounts banners. Ross offers a variety of name-brand products and targets undercutting conventional retailers' regular prices by 20%-70%. The company uses an opportunistic, flexible merchandising approach

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.