Yum Brands Inc’s recently made public that its KFC Division CEO Mezvinsky Scott unloaded Company’s shares for reported $42275.0 on Dec 01 ’25. In the deal valued at $153.17 per share,276 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Mezvinsky Scott now holds 0 shares worth roughly $0.0.
Then, Skeans Tracy L sold 24,332 shares, generating $3,627,901 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $149.10, the COO and CPO now owns 0 shares.
Before that, Tracy Skeans bought 24,332 shares. Yum Brands Inc shares valued at $3,628,051 were divested by the officer at a price of $149.11 per share.
Gordon Haskett upgraded its Yum Brands Inc [YUM] rating to a Buy from a a Hold in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Oppenheimer’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in early January from “an Outperform” to “a Perform”. TD Cowen also remained covering YUM and has increased its forecast on November 17, 2025 with a “Buy” recommendation from previously “Hold” rating. Evercore ISI revised its rating on November 05, 2025. It rated YUM as “an Outperform” which previously was an “an In-line”.
Price Performance Review of YUM
On Monday, Yum Brands Inc [NYSE:YUM] saw its stock jump 0.90% to $156.92. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 4.41%. Yum Brands Inc shares have risen nearly 22.84% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 3.73% 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 2025-12-31, growing by 2.19 million shares to a total of 8.98 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 6.8 million shares. There was a rise of 24.33%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on October 09, 2025 when RBC Capital Mkts began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Sector perform”‘ rating along with a $165 price target.
