Royal Bank of Canada vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? Royal Bank of Canada trades at $210.83 (market cap $292.32B), while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $144.75 (market cap $39.50B). The key difference: Royal Bank of Canada is far larger — about 7.4× Yum! Brands, Inc.'s market cap, and Royal Bank of Canada pays the higher dividend (2.37%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| RY | YUM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $292.32B | $39.50B |
Sector | Financials | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $217.87 | $168.16 |
52-Week Low | $134.80 | $138.21 |
Dividend Yield | 2.37% | 2.07% |
Enterprise Value | — | $51.10B |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Royal Bank of Canada is one of the two largest banks in Canada. It is a diversified financial services company, offering personal and commercial banking, wealth-management services, insurance, corporate banking, and capital markets services. The bank is concentrated in Canada, with additional operations in the U.S. and other countries.
Read more on RY →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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