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YUM (Yum Brands) Forward Dividend Yield % : 1.96% (As of Dec. 14, 2024)


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What is Yum Brands Forward Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-12-14), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Yum Brands is 1.96%.

As of today (2024-12-14), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Yum Brands is 1.96%.

YUM's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
58.24% of 182 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 2.34 vs YUM: 1.96

Yum Brands's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.67.

During the past 12 months, Yum Brands's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Yum Brands was 73.80% per year. The lowest was -7.60% per year. And the median was 13.70% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.


Competitive Comparison of Yum Brands's Forward Dividend Yield %

For the Restaurants subindustry, Yum Brands's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward Dividend Yield % 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's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Yum Brands's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Yum Brands's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.



Yum Brands Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Yum Brands Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.6700002024-12-022024-12-022024-12-13Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.6700002024-08-272024-08-272024-09-06Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.6700002024-05-242024-05-282024-06-07Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.6700002024-02-202024-02-212024-03-08Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Yum Brands's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=2.68/137.00
=1.96 %

Current Share Price is $137.00.
Yum Brands's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.67 * 4 = $2.68.

Yum Brands's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=2.68/137.00
=1.96 %

Current Share Price is $137.00.
Yum Brands's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $2.68.

* 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.


Yum Brands  (NYSE:YUM) Forward Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Yum Brands Business Description

Address
1441 Gardiner Lane, Louisville, KY, USA, 40213
Yum Brands is a US-based restaurant operator featuring a portfolio of four brands: KFC (29,900 global units at year-end 2023), Pizza Hut (19,866 units), Taco Bell (8,564 units), and The Habit Burger Grill (381 units). With $64 billion in 2023 systemwide sales, the firm is the second-largest restaurant company in the world behind McDonald's ($130 billion), ahead of Restaurant Brands International ($43 billion) and Starbucks ($29 billion). Yum is 98% franchised, with the largest franchisee, wide-moat 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
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
Sabir Sami officer: Chief Executive Officer - KFC 1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
Paget Leonard Alves director SPRINT NEXTEL, 6200 SPRINT PARKWAY KSOPHF0410 - 4A403, OVERLAND PARK KS 66251
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
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
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