DJ Yum! Brands Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Yum! Brands Inc. $(YUM)$ slipped 2.80% to $159.10 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.36% to 6,624.70 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.63% to 46,225.15.
The stock's fall snapped a four-day winning streak.
Yum! Brands Inc. closed 6.07% short of its 52-week high of $169.39, which the company reached on February 24th.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as McDonald's Corp. $(MCD)$ fell 3.24% to $315.73, Starbucks Corp. $(SBUX)$ fell 5.03% to $92.66, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. $(CMG)$ fell 5.14% to $32.64.
Trading volume (1.7 M) remained 321,334 below its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 18, 2026.
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March 18, 2026 16:53 ET (20:53 GMT)
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