NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF trades at $53.42, while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $148 (market cap $40.62B). The key difference: Yum! Brands, Inc. pays a 2.04% dividend while NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF pays none, and NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Yum! Brands, Inc. nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SPYI | YUM | |
|---|---|---|
Sector | Income / Options Overlay | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $54.07 | $168.16 |
52-Week Low | $47.98 | $138.21 |
Market Cap | — | $40.62B |
Enterprise Value | — | $51.88B |
Dividend Yield | — | 2.04% |
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SPYI is an actively managed ETF designed to generate high monthly income through a data-driven call option strategy on the S&P 500 Index. Unlike traditional covered call funds that often forfeit significant upside, SPYI utilizes a 'call spread' approach—selling near-the-money calls while buying out-of-the-money calls—to capture a portion of equity appreciation in rising markets. It prioritizes tax efficiency by utilizing Section 1256 contracts and tax-loss harvesting to provide investors with high-yield monthly distributions.
Read more on SPYI →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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