DJ Yum! Brands Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day

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Shares of Yum! Brands Inc. $(YUM)$ rallied 1.07% to $162.91 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.56% to 6,881.31 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.26% to 49,662.66.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.

Yum! Brands Inc. closed 1.46% short of its 52-week high of $165.32, which the company reached on February 13th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as McDonald's Corp. $(MCD)$ rose 0.08% to $327.89, Starbucks Corp. $(SBUX)$ rose 0.39% to $95.76, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. $(CMG)$ rose 2.22% to $38.72.

Trading volume (1.7 M) remained 382,212 below its 50-day average volume of 2.1 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 18, 2026.

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February 18, 2026 16:53 ET (21:53 GMT)

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