Wheaton Precious Metals Corp vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? Wheaton Precious Metals Corp trades at $103.33 (market cap $46.54B), while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $148 (market cap $40.62B). The key difference: Wheaton Precious Metals Corp and Yum! Brands, Inc. are close in size by market cap, and Yum! Brands, Inc. pays the higher dividend (2.04%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| WPM | YUM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $46.54B | $40.62B |
Sector | Basic Materials | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $165.72 | $168.16 |
52-Week Low | $91.00 | $138.21 |
Enterprise Value | $44.39B | $51.88B |
Dividend Yield | 0.75% | 2.04% |
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Wheaton Precious Metals Corp is a precious metal streaming company. The company has entered into over 20 long-term purchase agreements with 17 different mining companies, for the purchase of precious metals and cobalt. It has streaming agreements covering approximately 19 operating mines and 9 development stage projects. The company's projects include Vale's Salobo mine and silver streams on Glencore's Antamina mine and Goldcorp's Penasquito mine.
Read more on WPM →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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