Why Yum! Brands Looks Yummy Long-Term
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, fast-food giant Yum! Brands has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Yum! and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Yum!facts
Headquarters (founded) | Louisville, Ky. (1997) |
Market Cap | $29.3 billion |
Industry | Restaurants |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $13.6 billion |
Management | Chairman/CEO David Novak CFO Patrick Grismer |
Return on Capital (average, past 3 years) | 24.1% |
Cash/Debt | $942.0 million / $3.0 billion |
Dividend Yield | 2% |
Competitors | McDonald's Wendy's |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 3,293 members who have rated Yum! believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, InvestorDeb, tapped the stock's recent slide -- due to bad publicity stemming from a Chinese government safety review of chicken suppliers -- as tasty bargain opportunity:
[Yum!] has secured new suppliers , and the company has taken decisive action to address the issues. Growth in China may be slow for a few quarters, but that does not change the long-term story. International growth remains robust, driven by store expansion, new product innovation and improving demographics.
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