Analyst ratings
26 analysts have weighed in: a Buy consensus: 13 buy calls against 0 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $171.06.
NYSE: YUM · Restaurants
Over the past week, Yum! Brands (YUM) saw about 71 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Hold. The crowd averages 48% bullish but is at odds: X runs 78% bullish while News sits at just 27%. Wall Street is roughly in line with the crowd, with 13 of 26 analysts rating YUM a buy.
There is little buzz around YUM this week and little agreement on direction, which is why it reads as a Hold.
Wall Street’s 50% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from News at 27% to X at 78%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
26 analysts have weighed in: a Buy consensus: 13 buy calls against 0 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $171.06.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits right on the neutral line, momentum is cooling and the 3 sources disagree sharply, so the read is Hold rather than a clear buy or sell.
Wall Street’s 50% buy share lands almost exactly on the crowd average of 48%. The split is inside the crowd: X reads 78% bullish while News sits at 27%, a 51-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Over the 30-day window, Yum! Brands (YUM) buzz held moderate around 43.2 while the price drifted up 2.8% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 2.4M shares. Updated Oct 10, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, YUM gained 5.9%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 33.7 and was variable, swinging between 24.4 and 45.1. Recent volume is in line with the 30-day average, reflecting steady institutional and retail participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 17 of the 21 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.
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| Adanos signal | Hold |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Buy (13 / 13 / 0) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 48% |
| Avg price target | $171.06 |
| Most bullish source | X, 78% |
| Most bearish source | News, 27% |
| Sentiment spread | 51 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 71 |
| Market cap | $39.02B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | 18.0 · 20.5 |
| EPS · Beta | $7.94 · 0.5 |
| Revenue (TTM) | $8.72B · 25% margin |
| Industry | Restaurants |
Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X and News sources, Yum! Brands (YUM) currently carries an Adanos hold signal with 68/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 48% bullish across 3 active sources. Those sources contribute 71 tracked mentions over the last 7 days. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
Reddit discussion around Yum! Brands (YUM) is fairly quiet with 20 mentions over the last 7 days; the 30-day context spans 12 tracked subreddits. The 7-day tone is 40% bullish; 3-day activity momentum is falling, suggesting cooling attention.
The crowd reads split on Yum! Brands (YUM), averaging 48% bullish across 3 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are X at 78% bullish and News at 27%, a 51-point spread. On the professional side, 13 of 26 analysts rate YUM a buy.
Of the 26 analysts covering Yum! Brands (YUM), 13 rate it a buy, 13 a hold and 0 a sell, for a buy consensus. The average price target is $171.06. That lines up with the crowd average of 48% bullish.
Yum! Brands (YUM)'s cross-source average is mixed at 48% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish and 2 sources lean bearish. Reddit reads 40% bullish, X reads 78% bullish and news coverage is the most negative at 27% bullish. The combined signal points to broad mixed pressure with 68/100 conviction.
The cross-source average is mixed for Yum! Brands (YUM) at 48% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish and 2 sources lean bearish. The most bearish reading is news at 27% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is falling across Reddit and X and News. The hold signal carries 68/100 conviction.
X is the dominant discussion channel with 36 mentions (51% of total volume). Reddit contributes 20 mentions and News contributes 15 mentions. The cross-source average is mixed at 48% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish and 2 sources lean bearish.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. YUM's hold signal at 68/100 conviction reflects a mixed cross-source average at 48% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish and 2 sources lean bearish. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.
The YUM sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.
Peers are ranked first by matching the Hold signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.
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