Synopsys, Inc. vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? Synopsys, Inc. trades at $390 (market cap $72.47B), while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $148 (market cap $40.62B). The key difference: Synopsys, Inc. is the larger of the two by market cap, and Yum! Brands, Inc. pays a 2.04% dividend while Synopsys, Inc. pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SNPS | YUM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $72.47B | $40.62B |
Sector | Technology | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $645.59 | $168.16 |
52-Week Low | $378.46 | $138.21 |
Enterprise Value | $80.82B | $51.88B |
Dividend Yield | — | 2.04% |
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Synopsys is a provider of electronic design automation software, intellectual property, and software integrity products. EDA software automates the chip design process, enhancing design accuracy, productivity, and complexity in a full-flow end-to-end solution. The firm's growing SI business allows customers to continuously manage and test the code base for security and quality. Synopsys' comprehensive portfolio is benefiting from a mutual convergence of semiconductor companies moving up-stack toward systems-like companies, and systems companies moving down-stack toward in-house chip design. The resulting expansion in EDA customers alongside secular digitalization of various end markets benefits EDA vendors like Synopsys.
Read more on SNPS →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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