Yum! Brands Ownership | Who Owns Yum! Brands?

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Yum! Brands Ownership Summary

Yum! Brands is owned by 18.21% institutional investors, 0.15% insiders, and 81.64% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 12.63% of YUM shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.18% of its assets in Yum! Brands shares.

YUM Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Yum! Brands	18.21%	0.15%	81.64%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	33.14%	14.17%	52.68%
Industry	Restaurants Stocks	35.64%	11.34%	53.03%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	35.10M	12.63%	$5.31B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	26.00M	9.35%	$3.93B
Blackrock	23.59M	8.36%	$3.12B
Jpmorgan chase	20.05M	7.21%	$3.03B
Capital investors	19.42M	6.99%	$2.94B
T. rowe price investment management	15.71M	5.63%	$2.39B
State street	13.04M	4.67%	$1.98B
Geode capital management	8.80M	3.17%	$1.33B
Norges bank	4.67M	1.68%	$706.80M
Morgan stanley	4.47M	1.61%	$676.39M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Camrose capital investment partners llp	291.98K	10.30%	$44.38M
Platinum investment management	434.28K	4.27%	$66.01M
Magellan asset management	1.99M	3.66%	$300.76M
Junto capital management lp	876.65K	2.73%	$133.25M
Sustainable growth advisers, lp	2.50M	2.62%	$377.81M
Gallacher capital management	42.88K	2.51%	$6.49M
Paralel advisors	425.00K	2.50%	$64.29M
Candlestick capital management lp	660.92K	2.44%	$100.46M
Pavion blue capital	37.34K	2.35%	$5.65M
Lipe & dalton	27.61K	2.06%	$4.18M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
T. rowe price investment management	15.71M	1.46%	4.93M
Norges bank	4.67M	0.08%	4.67M
Jpmorgan chase	20.05M	0.19%	4.12M
Capital investors	19.42M	0.46%	3.24M
Junto capital management lp	876.65K	2.73%	876.65K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Soroban capital partners lp	-	-	-1.64M
Hs management partners	-	-	-874.81K
Amundi	681.50K	0.03%	-630.35K
Marshall wace, llp	-	-	-572.00K
Balyasny asset management	-	-	-527.23K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	4.67M	0.08%	4.67M	$706.80M
Junto capital management lp	876.65K	2.73%	876.65K	$133.25M
Amf tjanstepension ab	166.36K	0.16%	166.36K	$25.17M
Ofi invest asset management	154.68K	0.28%	154.68K	$19.92M
Cinctive capital management lp	141.56K	1.03%	141.56K	$21.52M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Total investment management	-1.00
Koesten, hirschmann & crabtree	-2.00
Tfo-tdc	-2.00
New millennium group	-2.00
Mendota financial group	-2.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	684	-49.82%	50,618,683	-77.91%	18	0.27%	294	-46.74%	197	-56.32%
Sep 30, 2025	797	-41.78%	77,265,201	-65.82%	27	0.42%	307	-48.14%	259	-36.05%
Jun 30, 2025	1,356	-1.88%	234,013,126	2.01%	83	1.25%	586	-0.68%	402	-14.29%
Mar 31, 2025	1,366	5.32%	228,776,404	-3.27%	81	1.16%	584	8.55%	462	9.74%
Dec 31, 2024	1,173	-7.49%	219,783,547	-6.25%	77	1.13%	478	-0.62%	382	-14.54%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	8.88M	3.18%	-54.76K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	8.74M	3.16%	33.52K
American Funds Washington Mutual A	8.71M	3.15%	1.18M
Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp	8.71M	3.15%	1.18M
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	7.94M	2.86%	56.68K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	7.07M	2.56%	44.40K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	6.01M	2.18%	-31.46K
T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation	5.21M	1.89%	-1.10M
JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF	3.86M	1.40%	8.26K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	3.54M	1.28%	616.70K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Mar 02, 2026	Mezvinsky Scott	KFC Division CEO	Sell	$47.73K
Mar 02, 2026	Turner Christopher Lee	CEO, Chairman of Board	Sell	$39.58K
Feb 26, 2026	Mezvinsky Scott	KFC Division CEO	Sell	$47.15K
Feb 26, 2026	Turner Christopher Lee	CEO, Chairman of Board	Sell	$40.18K
Feb 17, 2026	Skeans Tracy L	COO and CPO	Sell	$855.41K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q3	-	-
2024 Q3	-	14
2024 Q2	-	8
2024 Q1	-	8
2023 Q4	-	4

YUM Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Yum! Brands?

Yum! Brands shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 18.21%, followed by 0.15% insiders and 81.64% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Yum! Brands's industry, Restaurants Stocks , is 35.64%, which Yum! Brands falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Yum! Brands?

Yum! Brands’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (35.1M shares, 12.63%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (26M shares, 9.35%), and Blackrock (23.59M shares, 8.36%). Together, they hold 30.34% of Yum! Brands’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Yum! Brands?

Yes, BlackRock owns 8.36% of Yum! Brands, totaling 23.59M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.07% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 3.12B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 48.66K shares, a 0.21% change.

Who is Yum! Brands’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Camrose capital investment partners llp is Yum! Brands’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 10.30% of its assets in 291.98K Yum! Brands shares, valued at 44.38M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Yum! Brands shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Yum! Brands shares, with 3.18% of its total shares outstanding invested in 8.88M Yum! Brands shares.

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