Stock Report: Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM) Report Updated: May 13, 2013 | Print This Page

YUM! Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates quick service restaurants in the United States and internationally. The company develops, operates, franchises, and licenses a system of restaurants, which prepare, package, and sell various food items, as well as operates Chinese casual dining concept restaurants. Its restaurants specialize in chicken, pizza, and Mexican-style food categories. As of October 09, 2012, the company operated 38,000 restaurants in 120 countries and territories under the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands. It also operates approximately 450 casual dining concept restaurants in China. The company was formerly known as TRICON Global Restaurants, Inc. and changed its name to YUM! Brands, Inc. in May 2002. YUM! Brands, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.