Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund vs Yum! Brands, Inc. — how do they compare? Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund trades at $44.86, while Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $148 (market cap $40.62B). The key difference: Yum! Brands, Inc. pays a 2.04% dividend while Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund pays none, and Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund is trading nearer its 52-week high, Yum! Brands, Inc. nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| XLU | YUM | |
|---|---|---|
52-Week High | $47.73 | $168.16 |
52-Week Low | $41.31 | $138.21 |
Market Cap | — | $40.62B |
Sector | — | Consumer Cyclical |
Enterprise Value | — | $51.88B |
Dividend Yield | — | 2.04% |
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In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes securities of companies from the following industries: electric utilities; water utilities; multi-utilities; independent power and renewable electricity producers; and gas utilities. The fund is non-diversified.
Read more on XLU →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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