Yum! Brands (YUM)
NYSEConsumer DiscretionaryRestaurantsSnapshot 2026-09-04
$150.71-1.20%
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NYSEConsumer DiscretionaryRestaurantsSnapshot 2026-09-04
QuarterlyIQ Insights · YUM
Price, fair value, and the multiples that frame it on the same time axis. Scroll over the price chart to zoom.
Daily closes. Earnings/event dots inline.
A consensus fair price across 11 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-09-04. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
We take the 12-month fair value above and grade our own number — how the market prices this name versus what we'd justify, and where the two diverge.
At $151 the market pays 23× p/e — above the 17× p/e peer median but in line with its own 24× history. That premium reflects a durable franchise our peer-anchored $180 fair value understates; treat the 'expensive vs peers' read with medium confidence. Analysts target $170–$185. Not investment advice.
One valuation read at a 12-month horizon, plus how price compares to peers and the company's own history.
Score 100 = cheapest in the cohort, 0 = richest. Bars are filled left-to-right based on the peer-relative score (or PEG/self-history where shown).
Each method's implied share price per horizon. Provisional rows use a projected (historical-CAGR) growth input rather than analyst or management guidance.
| Method | Horizon | Est. price | Multiple | Per-share input | EPS source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| analyst target | 12M | $177.00 | — | — | Analyst | high |
| dcf fcfe | 12M | $308.72 | — | — | Hist. CAGR | high |
| dcf fcff | 12M | $262.76 | — | — | Hist. CAGR | high |
| ddm gordon | 12M | $71.17 | — | — | TTM | high |
| Peer EV/EBITDA | 12M |
A “consensus-then vs. actual-now” overlay is on the way — what our valuation estimate said on a past date versus where the price actually landed.
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.
A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Below average on quality vs scored peers
A second lens on the 12-month fair value: for companies that score high on measured quality (profitability, balance-sheet safety, earnings stability), this read trusts more of today's profit margins instead of averaging them toward their multi-year history the way the headline number does. Shown alongside the fair value above, not in place of it. A diagnostic, not a price target or a buy/sell signal.
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
$170.00 – $185.00 (median $177.00) · 4 analysts · as of 2026-08-17
Only weak execution quality — not the full expensive x weak x turbulent stack. Regime (Mania) does not concentrate fragility.
For similar setups historically (n=20,154): about 33% saw a 20%+ drawdown, and roughly 76% of those did not recover within the year. These are historical base rates for the cohort, not a forecast of this stock.
Looks more expensive than peers.
Around its own typical valuation.
Trailing four: 2025-Q2, 2025-Q3, 2026-Q1, 2026-Q2
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
| $70.12 |
| 11.1 |
| 10.11 |
| TTM |
| high |
| Peer P/FCF | 12M | $138.90 | 22.9 | 6.06 | TTM | high |
| Peer P/E | 12M | $151.35 | 21.5 | 7.05 | ntm analyst | high |
| Peer P/S | 12M | $28.95 | 0.9 | 31.49 | TTM | high |
| PEG | 12M | $219.29 | 34.1 | 6.43 | TTM | high |
| Own P/E history | 12M | $157.45 | 24.5 | 6.43 | TTM | high |
| triangulated | 12M | $109.19 | 16.9 | 6.48 | Triangulated | high |
| Peer P/FCF | 3Y | $183.05 | 22.9 | 7.99 | Hist. CAGR(prov.) | medium |
| Peer P/E | 3Y | $170.09 | 21.5 | 7.93 | Analyst | medium |
| Peer P/S | 3Y | $33.68 | 0.9 | 36.64 | Analyst | medium |
| PEG | 3Y | $270.36 | 34.1 | 7.93 | Analyst | medium |
| Own P/E history | 3Y | $194.12 | 24.5 | 7.93 | Analyst | medium |
| Peer P/FCF | 5Y | $220.03 | 22.9 | 9.60 | Hist. CAGR(prov.) | medium |
| Peer P/E | 5Y | $187.71 | 21.5 | 8.75 | Analyst | medium |
| Peer P/S | 5Y | $37.18 | 0.9 | 40.44 | Analyst | medium |
| PEG | 5Y | $298.38 | 34.1 | 8.75 | Analyst | medium |
| Own P/E history | 5Y | $214.24 | 24.5 | 8.75 | Analyst | medium |