Compare Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) vs Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC) Price & Performance

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Yum! Brands, Inc. vs Yum China Holdings Inc — how do they compare? Yum! Brands, Inc. trades at $148 (market cap $40.62B), while Yum China Holdings Inc trades at $43.91 (market cap $15.09B). The key difference: Yum! Brands, Inc. is far larger — about 2.7× Yum China Holdings Inc's market cap, and Yum China Holdings Inc pays the higher dividend (2.64%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.

	YUM	YUMC
Market Cap	$40.62B	$15.09B
Sector	Consumer Cyclical	Consumer Cyclical
52-Week High	$168.16	$57.95
52-Week Low	$138.21	$40.18
Enterprise Value	$51.88B	$15.98B
Dividend Yield	2.04%	2.64%

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YUM

Yum! Brands faces cyclosporiasis outbreak but impact is mild with no deaths and ongoing recalls.Seeking Alpha · 14 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 →

YUMC

Yum China rated Hold with limited upside amid macro challenges and strategic Pizza Hut China acquisition.Seeking Alpha · 2 days agoNeutral Yum China to consider quarterly dividend declaration by July 30, 2026 board meetingPRNewsWire · 4 days agoNeutral View details →

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.

About Yum China Holdings Inc

With almost 10,600 units and USD 9.5 billion in systemwide sales in 2020, Yum China is the largest restaurant chain in China. It generates revenue through its own restaurants and franchise fees. Key concepts include KFC (7,166 units) and Pizza Hut (2,355), but the company's portfolio also includes other brands such as Little Sheep, East Dawning, Taco Bell, Huang Ji Huang, COFFii & Joy, and Lavazza (collectively representing about 985 units). Yum China is a trademark licensee of Yum Brands, paying 3% of total systemwide sales to the company it separated from in October 2016.