Yum! Brands, Inc.

YUM stock score: 63/100

$151.60 · +1.18% · Scored Oct 20, 2026

Technical
60
Fundamental
65
News
52

The reading

Yum! Brands (YUM) scores 63 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 87% of Consumer Cyclical stocks and 84% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 60, fundamentals 65.

Among the fundamentals, Fund Ownership at 100 and Operating Margins at 99 score highest, while Earnings Estimates at 18 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 65 and contrarian oscillators 29 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 52; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 23, 2026 the composite has ranged from 44 to 64, and it is up 16 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward YUM’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

65

Pulling it up

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • Operating Margins99

    Operating margins measure profitability after operating expenses.

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)99

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

Holding it back

  • Earnings Estimates18

    Earnings estimates score evaluates analyst projections for future profitability.

  • Current Ratio25

    Current ratio measures ability to pay short-term liabilities with current assets.

  • Quick Ratio25

    Quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet short-term obligations with liquid assets.

37 weighted scorers; 4 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

59

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • Stochastic (14)100

    Stochastic Oscillator (14-period) compares the current price to its range over 14 periods.

Holding it back

  • Williams %R (28)4

    Williams %R (28-period) places the close within the last 28 periods' high-low range.

  • Williams %R (14)4

    Williams %R (14-period) measures where the current price sits within the recent high-low range.

  • Bollinger Bands (20)7

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Social Sentiment (1W)
54
Social Sentiment (3D)
54
Global News
49

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly561
Daily593
Weekly582
Monthly642
Quarterly622

Composite score, last 90 days

05010063Jul 23, 2026Oct 20, 2026Jul 23, 2026: 47Jul 24, 2026: 47Jul 25, 2026: 47Jul 26, 2026: 47Jul 27, 2026: 44Jul 28, 2026: 45Jul 29, 2026: 45Jul 30, 2026: 51Jul 31, 2026: 60Aug 2, 2026: 56Aug 3, 2026: 56Aug 4, 2026: 56Aug 5, 2026: 57Aug 6, 2026: 57Aug 7, 2026: 58Aug 8, 2026: 58Aug 9, 2026: 58Aug 10, 2026: 55Aug 11, 2026: 55Aug 12, 2026: 56Aug 13, 2026: 60Aug 14, 2026: 57Aug 15, 2026: 58Aug 16, 2026: 57Aug 17, 2026: 56Aug 18, 2026: 55Aug 19, 2026: 58Aug 20, 2026: 61Aug 22, 2026: 61Aug 23, 2026: 61Aug 24, 2026: 64Aug 25, 2026: 63Aug 26, 2026: 62Aug 27, 2026: 58Aug 28, 2026: 62Aug 29, 2026: 61Aug 30, 2026: 61Aug 31, 2026: 62Sep 1, 2026: 62Sep 2, 2026: 61Sep 3, 2026: 61Sep 4, 2026: 59Sep 5, 2026: 60Sep 6, 2026: 60Sep 7, 2026: 60Sep 8, 2026: 59Sep 9, 2026: 56Sep 10, 2026: 55Sep 11, 2026: 54Sep 12, 2026: 55Sep 13, 2026: 55Sep 14, 2026: 57Sep 15, 2026: 55Sep 16, 2026: 53Sep 17, 2026: 53Sep 18, 2026: 53Sep 19, 2026: 54Sep 20, 2026: 54Sep 21, 2026: 55Sep 22, 2026: 56Sep 23, 2026: 57Sep 24, 2026: 55Sep 25, 2026: 54Sep 26, 2026: 54Sep 27, 2026: 54Sep 28, 2026: 54Sep 29, 2026: 54Sep 30, 2026: 53Oct 1, 2026: 54Oct 2, 2026: 53Oct 3, 2026: 54Oct 4, 2026: 54Oct 5, 2026: 55Oct 6, 2026: 57Oct 7, 2026: 57Oct 8, 2026: 59Oct 9, 2026: 59Oct 10, 2026: 59Oct 11, 2026: 59Oct 12, 2026: 60Oct 13, 2026: 60Oct 14, 2026: 60Oct 15, 2026: 63Oct 16, 2026: 63Oct 17, 2026: 62Oct 18, 2026: 62Oct 19, 2026: 61Oct 20, 2026: 63
Show the daily numbers
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Key facts

Market cap
$41.4B
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Industry
Restaurants
Beta
0.55
Risk grade (1–10)
4
Next earnings
Nov 3, 2026

Restaurants peers

CompanyMarket capScore
SBUX Starbucks$113.3B55
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill$37.5B52
QSR Restaurant Brands International$34.4B62
DRI Darden Restaurants$24.7B63
YUMC Yum China$15.2B58
TXRH Texas Roadhouse$11.1B56

Questions

What is YUM's stock score today?

YUM scores 63/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 20, 2026: technical 60, fundamental 65, and news sentiment 52, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is YUM a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 63 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the YUM score calculated?

99 weighted scorers feed it today: 37 fundamental, scored against Consumer Cyclical ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.