Yum Brands Inc’s recent filing unveils that its KFC Division CEO Mezvinsky Scott unloaded Company’s shares for reported $41962.0 on Oct 01 ’25. In the deal valued at $152.59 per share,275 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Mezvinsky Scott now holds 1,755 shares worth roughly $0.25 million.
Then, Scott Mezvinsky bought 275 shares, generating $41,962 in total proceeds.
Before that, Gibbs David W sold 7,176 shares. Yum Brands Inc shares valued at $1,074,965 were divested by the Chief Executive Officer at a price of $149.80 per share. As a result of the transaction, Gibbs David W now holds 102,893 shares, worth roughly $14.45 million.
RBC Capital Mkts initiated its Yum Brands Inc [YUM] rating to a Sector perform in a research note published on October 09, 2025; the price target was $165. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Piper Sandler’s analysts, who remained covering the stock and in early October has reiterated a ‘”a Neutral”‘ rating for it. Melius began covering YUM with “Buy” recommendation on July 14, 2025. JP Morgan revised its rating on June 25, 2025. It rated YUM as “an Overweight” which previously was an “a Neutral”.
Price Performance Review of YUM
On Monday, Yum Brands Inc [NYSE:YUM] saw its stock fall -0.81% to $140.47. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -5.59%. Yum Brands Inc shares have risen nearly 4.24% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 4.70% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Yum Brands Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Yum Brands Inc stocks on 2025-09-30, dropping by -0.92 million shares to a total of 6.24 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-08-29 was 7.16 million shares. There was a decline of -14.67%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
