Compare Western Union Co (WU) vs Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Price & Performance

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Western Union Co vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? Western Union Co trades at $8.9 (market cap $2.71B), while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $148 (market cap $40.62B). The key difference: Yum! Brands, Inc. is far larger — about 15× Western Union Co's market cap, and Western Union Co pays the higher dividend (10.85%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.

	WU	YUM
Market Cap	$2.71B	$40.62B
Sector	Technology	Consumer Cyclical
52-Week High	$10.28	$168.16
52-Week Low	$7.04	$138.21
Enterprise Value	$2.40B	$51.88B
Dividend Yield	10.85%	2.04%

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Western Union trades at 4.6x 2026 EPS with 11% dividend yield amid digital growth and turnaround hopes.Seeking Alpha · 4 days agoBullish View details →

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Yum! Brands faces cyclosporiasis outbreak but impact is mild with no deaths and ongoing recalls.Seeking Alpha · 15 hours agoBearish Taylor Farms recalls iceberg lettuce in 27 states over Cyclospora contamination riskCNBC · 3 days agoBearish Sweetgreen stock jumps 15% after diarrhea outbreak traced to Taco Bell, not salad chainNew York Post · 4 days agoNeutral View details →

About Western Union Co

Western Union provides domestic and international money transfers through its global network of about 500,000 outside agents. It is the largest money transfer company in the world and one of only a few companies with a truly global agent network.

About Yum! Brands, Inc.

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.