DJ Yum! Brands Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Yum! Brands Inc. $(YUM)$ rose 1.99% to $153.48 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.01% to 6,921.46 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.55% to 49,266.11.
Yum! Brands Inc. closed 6.01% below its 52-week high of $163.30, which the company reached on March 7th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as McDonald's Corp. $(MCD)$ rose 1.55% to $308.88, Starbucks Corp. $(SBUX)$ rose 1.72% to $88.18, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. $(CMG)$ rose 0.80% to $39.18.
Trading volume (1.7 M) remained 467,960 below its 50-day average volume of 2.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 8, 2026.
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January 08, 2026 16:51 ET (21:51 GMT)
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