As of today (2024-02-21), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Yum Brands is 1.86%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Yum Brands's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
YUM' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.31 Med: 1.88 Max: 3.51
Current: 1.86
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Yum Brands was 3.51%. The lowest was 1.31%. And the median was 1.88%.
YUM's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
53.25% of 169 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 1.88 vs YUM: 1.86
Yum Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.48.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Yum Brands was 0.77. The lowest was 0.41. And the median was 0.49.
As of today (2024-02-21), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Yum Brands is 2.00%.
Yum Brands's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.61.
During the past 12 months, Yum Brands's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.10% 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.
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Yum Brands Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Yum Brands's Dividend Yield % 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 | |
| Dividend Yield % | 1.67 | 1.73 | 1.44 | 1.75 | 1.85 | ||||||
| Yum Brands Quarterly Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mar19 | Jun19 | Sep19 | Dec19 | Mar20 | Jun20 | Sep20 | Dec20 | Mar21 | Jun21 | Sep21 | Dec21 | Mar22 | Jun22 | Sep22 | Dec22 | Mar23 | Jun23 | Sep23 | Dec23 | |
| Dividend Yield % | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1.70 | 1.91 | 1.85 | |||||||||||||||
Competitive Comparison
For the Restaurants subindustry, Yum Brands's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and 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 Dividend Yield % Distribution
For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Yum Brands's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Yum Brands's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Yum Brands 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 0.670 | 2024-02-20 | 2024-02-21 | 2024-03-08 | Cash Dividend | quarterly | USD:USD 1.000000 |
| USD 0.605 | 2023-11-27 | 2023-11-28 | 2023-12-08 | Cash Dividend | quarterly | USD:USD 1.000000 |
| USD 0.605 | 2023-08-28 | 2023-08-29 | 2023-09-08 | Cash Dividend | quarterly | USD:USD 1.000000 |
| USD 0.605 | 2023-05-26 | 2023-05-30 | 2023-06-09 | Cash Dividend | quarterly | USD: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 Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | = | Most Recent Full Year Dividend | / | Current Share Price |
| = | 2.485 | / | 133.95 | |
| = | 1.86 % |
Current Share Price is $133.95.
Yum Brands's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $2.485.
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 | / | 133.95 | |
| = | 2.00 % |
Current Share Price is $133.95.
Yum Brands's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.67 * 4 = $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) 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 (NYSE:YUM) Business Description
Industry
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Address
1441 Gardiner Lane, Louisville, KY, USA, 40213
Website
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 |
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