Yum! Brands, Inc.

SWX:YUM Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 32.9b

Yum! Brands Valuation

Is YUM undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of YUM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: YUM (CHF124.08) is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value (CHF123.18)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: YUM is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for YUM?

Key metric: As YUM is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for YUM. This is calculated by dividing YUM's market cap by their current earnings.
What is YUM's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio23.5x
EarningsUS$1.74b
Market CapUS$40.77b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does YUM's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for YUM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25x
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill
30.4x11.47%US$44.2b
QSR Restaurant Brands International
24.1x13.33%US$34.2b
CPG Compass Group
26.6x10.64%US$53.7b
DRI Darden Restaurants
18.7x5.48%US$22.7b
YUM Yum! Brands
23.5x5.85%CHF 40.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: YUM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.5x) compared to the peer average (25x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does YUM's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Hospitality Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
YUM 23.5xIndustry Avg. 17.9xNo. of Companies16PE01224364860+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: YUM is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.5x) compared to the European Hospitality industry average (17.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is YUM's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

YUM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio23.5x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate YUM's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst YUM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 124.08
CHF 140.73
+13.42%
7.38%CHF 161.45CHF 118.67n/a21
Jul ’27CHF 128.62
CHF 141.19
+9.78%
7.26%CHF 162.56CHF 119.48n/a21
Jun ’27CHF 116.19
CHF 135.80
+16.87%
7.12%CHF 156.09CHF 114.72n/a22
May ’27CHF 125.16
CHF 136.34
+8.93%
7.28%CHF 156.34CHF 114.91n/a24
Apr ’27CHF 123.01
CHF 137.46
+11.75%
6.98%CHF 159.91CHF 117.54n/a24
Mar ’27CHF 128.99
CHF 132.75
+2.92%
7.14%CHF 154.59CHF 113.62n/a24
Feb ’27CHF 118.93
CHF 128.86
+8.35%
7.65%CHF 153.82CHF 111.52n/a24
Jan ’27CHF 121.22
CHF 131.74
+8.68%
7.85%CHF 159.15CHF 114.59n/a25
Dec ’26n/a
CHF 133.72
0%
7.85%CHF 161.54CHF 116.31n/a25
Nov ’26n/a
CHF 129.84
0%
8.44%CHF 160.93CHF 114.26n/a25
Oct ’26n/a
CHF 128.21
0%
8.97%CHF 160.01CHF 113.61n/a24
Sep ’26n/a
CHF 129.29
0%
8.97%CHF 161.37CHF 114.57n/a24
Aug ’26n/a
CHF 130.32
0%
8.73%CHF 161.02CHF 112.71n/a24
Jul ’26n/a
CHF 128.19
0%
7.68%CHF 148.87CHF 112.66CHF 128.6224
Jun ’26n/a
CHF 130.31
0%
7.65%CHF 152.21CHF 115.18CHF 116.1924
May ’26n/a
CHF 131.00
0%
7.57%CHF 153.47CHF 116.14CHF 125.1624
Apr ’26n/a
CHF 137.70
0%
8.33%CHF 163.52CHF 121.98CHF 123.0124
Mar ’26n/a
CHF 135.23
0%
5.90%CHF 148.97CHF 124.59CHF 128.9924
Feb ’26n/a
CHF 128.09
0%
6.34%CHF 146.10CHF 117.24CHF 118.9324
Jan ’26n/a
CHF 127.51
0%
5.91%CHF 140.03CHF 115.22CHF 121.2224
Dec ’25n/a
CHF 126.71
0%
5.76%CHF 139.36CHF 114.67n/a24
Nov ’25n/a
CHF 126.22
0%
5.97%CHF 140.24CHF 112.54n/a24
Oct ’25n/a
CHF 123.47
0%
5.81%CHF 135.22CHF 109.87n/a24
Sep ’25n/a
CHF 125.78
0%
5.95%CHF 138.02CHF 112.14n/a24
Aug ’25CHF 107.86
CHF 127.19
+17.92%
5.47%CHF 138.30CHF 111.88n/a24
Jul ’25CHF 107.86
CHF 130.90
+21.36%
6.20%CHF 144.47CHF 113.96n/a24
CHF 146.24
Fair Value
15.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
21
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/19 08:12
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/17 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Yum! Brands, Inc. is covered by 49 analysts. 19 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John StaszakArgus Research Company
David TarantinoBaird
Jeffrey BernsteinBarclays