Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, fast-food giant Yum! Brands
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Yum!'s business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Yum! facts
| Headquarters (Founded) | Louisville, Ky. (1997) |
| Market Cap | $28.0 billion |
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $12.1 billion |
| Management | Chairman/CEO David Novak CFO Richard Carucci |
| Return on Capital (Average, Past 3 Years) | 23.3% |
| Cash/Debt | $1.25 billion / $3.23 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 1.9% |
| Competitors |
McDonald's Wendy's |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 3,134 members who have rated Yum! believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
This past fall, one of those Fools, divinezone, tapped Yum! as a particularly tasty pick:
Truth is, fast food is a growing and popular industry; the convenience, inexpensiveness, and deliciousness of fast food is beginning to catch on globally. [Yum!'s] exposure to emerging market economies, as well as the economically uncertain times [Yum!] now operates in, both can be major catalysts for this company to continue its impressive growth.
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