Is Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) a Stock to Watch After Gaining 2.82% This Week?

The market has been high on Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) stock recently. YUM gets a Bullish score from InvestorsObserver Stock Sentiment Indicator.

Yum! Brands, Inc. has a Bullish sentiment reading. Find out what this means for you and get the rest of the rankings on YUM!

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What is Stock Sentiment?

Sentiment is a very short-term indicator that is entirely technical. There is no information about the health of profitability of the underlying company in our sentiment score. As a technical indicator, news about the stock, or company, such as an earnings release or other event, could move the stock counter to the recent trend. Sentiment is how investors, or the market, feels about a stock. There are lots of ways to measure sentiment. At the core, sentiment is pretty easy to understand. If a stock is going up, investors must be bullish, while if it is going down, sentiment is bearish. InvestorsObserver’s Sentiment Indicator looks at price trends over the past week and also considers changes in volume. Increasing volume can mean a trend is getting stronger, while decreasing volume can mean a trend is nearing a conclusion. For stocks that have options, our system also considers the balance between calls, which are often bets that the price will go up, and puts, which are frequently bets that the price will fall.

What's Happening With YUM Stock Today?

Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) stock has risen 1.04% while the S&P 500 is down -0.28% as of 2:47 PM on Monday, Apr 1. YUM has gained $1.44 from the previous closing price of $138.63 on volume of 1,002,037 shares. Over the past year the S&P 500 has risen 27.03% while YUM has gained 5.15%. YUM earned $5.60 a per share in the over the last 12 months, giving it a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.99. To screen for more stocks like Yum! Brands, Inc. click here.

More 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 billion) but ahead of Restaurant Brands International ($35 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. Click Here to get the full Stock Report for Yum! Brands, Inc. stock.