DJ Yum! Brands Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Yum! Brands Inc. $(YUM)$ rallied 1.04% to $155.48 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.11% to 49,071.56 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.13% to 6,969.01.
Yum! Brands Inc. closed 4.79% below its 52-week high of $163.30, which the company achieved on March 7th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as McDonald's Corp. $(MCD)$ rose 0.87% to $315.51, Starbucks Corp. $(SBUX)$ fell 1.35% to $93.88, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. $(CMG)$ fell 0.15% to $39.10.
Trading volume (2.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.1 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 29, 2026.
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January 29, 2026 16:52 ET (21:52 GMT)
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