Yum Brands (YUM)

Restaurants increase convenience and give many people a place to unwind. But it’s not all sunshine and rainbows as they’re notoriously hard to run thanks to perishable ingredients, labor shortages, or volatile consumer spending. These factors have weighed on the industry over the past six months as its 5% return has fallen short of the S&P 500’s 25.5% gain.

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Since April 2025, Yum! Brands has been in a holding pattern, posting a small return of 2.6% while floating around $148.72. The stock also fell short of the S&P 500’s 33.2% gain during that period.

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Yum Brands Inc's (NYSE: YUM) short interest as a percent of float has fallen 21.43% since its last report. According to exchange reported data, there are now 5.63 million shares sold short, which is 2.31% of all regular shares that are available for trading.

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