YUM Yum! Brands
Consumer Discretionary · Restaurants · close $150.51 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-06-30
Yum! Brands (YUM) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 49/100 (grade D), ranking #26 of 128 in Consumer Discretionary. Its strongest pillars are cash flow (67) and growth (66); its weakest is analyst sentiment (17). TTM revenue growth is 10.3% and operating margin 31.0%.
Data as of .
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · 17| Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%) | derived | 37 |
| 90-day net rating shift (3.8%) | derived | 22 |
Growth
weight 30.83% · 66| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 10.3% | 68 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 56.8% | 83 |
| Revenue acceleration (6.2%) | -3.0% | 29 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% · 56| Operating margin (9.9%) | 31.0% | 98 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (8.6%) | -2.4% | 8 |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% · 28| Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%) | 1.50× | 34 |
| Current ratio (4.9%) | 0.59 | 9 |
| Interest coverage (3.7%) | 4.97× | 37 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% · 67| FCF margin (6.2%) | 20.0% | 93 |
| FCF yield (6.2%) | 4.0% | 41 |
Valuation
weight 12.33% · 29| P/E (inverted) (6.2%) | 18.93× | 52 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (6.2%) | 5.21× | 5 |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 65.4 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 146.13 / 143.87 · crossed up 5d ago |
| 200-day SMA | 153.54 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 0.80× |
| 20-day return | 10.9% |
Exit-rule monitor
- EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
- WATCHTrend: close below 200-day average
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: Revenues · Gross profit: Revenue − CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestExpenseDebt · D&A: DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).
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FAQ
- What is YUM's House Rating?
- YUM scores 49 out of 100 (grade D) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #26 of 128 Consumer Discretionary stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about YUM?
- ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for YUM scores 17/100 against its sector peers, which we read as negative. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
- When does YUM report earnings next?
- YUM's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-11-03 (window 2026-10-29 to 2026-11-08), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
- Is YUM a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology