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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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