DJ Yum! Brands Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Yum! Brands Inc. $(YUM)$ rose 2.49% to $161.05 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.26% to 6,944.47 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.60% to 49,442.44.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Yum! Brands Inc. closed 1.38% short of 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 0.16% to $308.62, Starbucks Corp. $(SBUX)$ rose 2.34% to $93.28, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. $(CMG)$ fell 0.57% to $40.36.
Trading volume (2.1 M) remained 38,291 below its 50-day average volume of 2.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 15, 2026.
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January 15, 2026 16:51 ET (21:51 GMT)
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