DJ Yum! Brands Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Yum! Brands Inc. $(YUM)$ advanced 1.22% to $160.40 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.61% to 6,632.19 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.26% to 46,558.47.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Yum! Brands Inc. closed 5.31% short of its 52-week high of $169.39, which the company achieved on February 24th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as McDonald's Corp. $(MCD)$ rose 0.79% to $326.46, Starbucks Corp. $(SBUX)$ fell 1.03% to $99.15, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. $(CMG)$ fell 0.12% to $32.52.
Trading volume (1.1 M) remained 852,642 below its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 13, 2026.
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March 13, 2026 16:51 ET (20:51 GMT)
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