Dividend Stock Idea of the Day – Yum Brands (NYSE:YUM)

Dividend Stock Ideas by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital Investment. Our Dividend Idea of the day is restaurant franchise operator Yum Brands (NYSE:YUM). The current dividend yield amounts to 1.8 percent.

YUM! Brands, Inc. (YUM) is a quick service restaurant (QSR) company, with more than 37,000 units in more than 110 countries and territories. YUM through its five concepts of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver’s (LJS) and A&W All-American Food Restaurants (A&W) (the Concepts), the Company develops, operates, franchises and licenses a worldwide system of restaurants, which prepare, package and sell a menu of competitively priced food items. Units are operated by a Concept or by independent franchisees or licensees under the terms of franchise or license agreements. In addition, the Company owns non-controlling interests in entities in China who operate similar to franchisees of KFC and a non-controlling interest in Little Sheep, a Hot Pot concept. Through its Concepts, YUM develops, operates, franchises and licenses a worldwide system of both traditional and non-traditional QSR restaurants. (More on Reuters).

Here are some Fundamental Figures:

Sales	11.42 Bil
Income	1.18 Bil
Net Profit Margin	10.51%
Return on Equity	83.58%
Debt/Equity Ratio	2.01
Revenue/Share	23.52
Earnings/Share	2.43
Book Value/Share	3.82
Dividend Rate	1
Payout Ratio	39.00%

Here are some Pricing Figures:

Price/Earnings	22.9
Price/Book	14.5
Price/Sales	2.4
Price/Cash Flow	13
Dividend Yield %	1.8
Forward Price/Earnings	17.3
PEG Ratio	1.7
PEG Payback (Yrs)	9.5

Here are some Trading Figures:

Last Price	55.58
52-Wk High	57
52-Wk Low	39
Volume	NA
Avg Daily Vol (13 Wks)	3.51 Mil
50-Day Moving Average	54.75
200-Day Moving Average	51.04
Volatility (beta)	0.99

Sales and Income of Yum Brands (Click to enlarge)

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