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Yum Brands (Yum Brands) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 29.84 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), Yum Brands's share price is $138.15. Yum Brands's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.63. Hence, Yum Brands's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 29.84.

The historical rank and industry rank for Yum Brands's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

YUM' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 15.22   Med: 29.8   Max: 86.2
Current: 29.85

During the past 13 years, Yum Brands's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 86.20. The lowest was 15.22. And the median was 29.80.

YUM's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
75.2% of 254 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 15.01 vs YUM: 29.85

Yum Brands's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.21. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $4.63.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Yum Brands was 16.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 7.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 8.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 11.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, Yum Brands's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 56.10% per year. The lowest was -15.10% per year. And the median was 16.10% per year.


Yum Brands Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Yum Brands's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Yum Brands Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 28.18 29.10 28.41 32.35 28.25

Yum Brands Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 32.35 31.05 31.09 27.34 28.25

Competitive Comparison

For the Restaurants subindustry, Yum Brands's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Yum Brands Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Yum Brands's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Yum Brands's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Yum Brands Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Yum Brands's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=138.15/4.63
=29.84

Yum Brands's Share Price of today is $138.15.
Yum Brands's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4.63.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Yum Brands  (NYSE:YUM) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Yum Brands (Yum Brands) Business Description

Address
1441 Gardiner Lane, Louisville, KY, USA, 40213
Yum Brands is a U.S.-based restaurant operator featuring a portfolio of four brands: KFC (27,760 global units at year-end 2022), Pizza Hut (19,034 units), Taco Bell (8,203 units), and The Habit Burger Grill (346 units). With $59 billion in 2022 systemwide sales, the firm is the second-largest restaurant company in the world behind McDonald's ($116 billion), ahead of Restaurant Brands International ($39 billion) and Starbucks ($27 billion). Yum is 98% franchised, with the largest franchisee, Yum China, spun out in 2016 (after which Yum China agreed to pay 3% royalties to Yum Brands in perpetuity). Yum is the newest evolution of Tricon, formerly a division of PepsiCo, and generates the bulk of its revenue from franchise royalties and marketing contributions.
Executives
David W Gibbs director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 7100 CORPORATE DRIVE, PLANO TX 75024
Mark James King officer: CEO - Taco Bell 1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
M. Brett Biggs director 702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Susan Doniz director C/O THE BOEING COMPANY, 100 RIVERSIDE PLAZA, MC 5003-1001, CHICAGO IL 60606-1596
Graddick Weir Mirian M director 2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
Scott Catlett officer: General Counsel and Corp. Sec. 1441GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
Tracy L Skeans officer: Chief People Officer 1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
David Eric Russell officer: Vice President, Controller 1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
Sabir Sami officer: Chief Executive Officer - KFC 1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
Anthony Lowings officer: CEO, KFC Division 1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
Aaron Powell officer: CEO - Pizza Hut P.O. BOX 619100, DALLAS TX 75261-9100
Lauren R Hobart director 345 COURT STREET, CORAOPOLIS PA 15275
Greg Creed officer: President Taco Bell 1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
Scrivner Annie Young director 2401 UTAH AVE. S. SUITE 800, SEATTLE WA 98134
Keith Barr director BROADWATER PARK, DENHAM, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE X0 UB9 5HR