Vale SA vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? Vale SA trades at $14.39 (market cap $61.97B), while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $144.75 (market cap $39.50B). The key difference: Vale SA is the larger of the two by market cap, and Vale SA pays the higher dividend (8.35%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| VALE | YUM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $61.97B | $39.50B |
Sector | Basic Materials | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $17.82 | $168.16 |
52-Week Low | $9.71 | $138.21 |
Enterprise Value | $78.22B | $51.10B |
Dividend Yield | 8.35% | 2.07% |
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Vale is the world's largest iron ore miner and one of the largest diversified miners, along with BHP and Rio Tinto. Earnings are dominated by the bulk materials division, primarily iron ore and iron ore pellets, with minor contributions from iron ore proxies, including manganese and coal. The base metals division is much smaller, primarily consisting of nickel mines and smelters with a small contribution from copper.
Read more on VALE →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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