DJ Yum! Brands Inc. Stock Rises Friday, Still Underperforms Market
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Shares of Yum! Brands Inc. $(YUM)$ rallied 1.14% to $162.93 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.97% to 6,932.30 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 2.47% to 50,115.67.
This was the stock's seventh consecutive day of gains.
Yum! Brands Inc. closed 0.41% below its 52-week high of $163.60, which the company reached on February 5th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as McDonald's Corp. $(MCD)$ rose 1.14% to $327.16, Starbucks Corp. $(SBUX)$ rose 3.52% to $99.45, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. $(CMG)$ rose 2.44% to $39.39.
Trading volume (1.4 M) remained 750,848 below its 50-day average volume of 2.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 6, 2026.
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February 06, 2026 16:52 ET (21:52 GMT)
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