DJ Yum! Brands Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Yum! Brands Inc. $(YUM)$ rose 1.18% to $163.69 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.25% to 6,716.09 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.10% to 46,993.26.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains.
Yum! Brands Inc. closed 3.37% below its 52-week high of $169.39, which the company reached on February 24th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as McDonald's Corp. $(MCD)$ fell 0.11% to $326.30, Starbucks Corp. $(SBUX)$ fell 0.26% to $97.57, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. $(CMG)$ rose 0.97% to $34.41.
Trading volume (2.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 17, 2026.
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March 17, 2026 16:51 ET (20:51 GMT)
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