YUM options flow: unusual options activity in YUM Brands Inc.

Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET

Over the last week the tape recorded 5 unusual options prints in YUM Brands Inc. (YUM), $176K of tracked premium, leaning firmly bullish. Bullish premium was $176K against $0 bearish; $145K went into calls and $31K into puts, a put call ratio of 0.21. The largest print was $62K of YUM 15 Jan 2027 $160 calls on 25 September 2026, swept at ask. The last session with prints, 25 September 2026, added 4 prints and $145K of premium. YUM closed at $138.63 on 25 September 2026, up 0.9%.

This week's unusual flow

Prints from 23 September 2026 to 25 September 2026, 2 sessions. Delayed tier: every print is shown twenty minutes after it executed, and the page is rebuilt after each session.

Net premium is bullish minus bearish premium. The put call ratio is put premium divided by call premium, weighted by money rather than by contract count. Sweeps is the share of prints executed across several exchanges at once. Read the guide: Reading the Pulse.

Largest prints of the week

Size above open interest means the trade opened a position larger than everything that existed in the contract the night before. Above ask and below bid are the most aggressive executions. Read the guide: Size versus open interest.

Where the money is aimed

The most premium, $145K, is aimed at the 15 Jan 2027 expiry; the nearest expiry with unusual prints is 16 Oct 2026.

A print in a contract expiring this week is a view about the next few days, often about a known event; a print months out is a different kind of statement. Read the guide: 0DTE options flow.

The last session, 25 September 2026

Every print in YUM with its full detail, the live tape, one tap filters and saved screeners: open YUM in Options Sentiment Screener.

Price

The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open YUM in Options Sentiment Screener.

Analysts

The most recent analyst targets on file, from 9 firms, have a median of $175, 26.2% above the last close. The last 90 days brought 1 upgrade and 1 downgrade.

Calls bought at a strike above the average target are a bet that the analysts are too cautious; puts far below the price in a name they like are protection or a strong disagreement. Read the guide: Reading one ticker's flow.

About YUM Brands Inc.

Exchange

NYSE

Sector

Consumer Discretionary

Industry

Restaurants, Hotels, Motels

Headquarters

Louisville, Kentucky

Website

yum.com

YUM! Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises quick service restaurants. The company operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill brands. As of December 31, 2021, it had 26,934 KFC units; 18,381 Pizza Hut units; 7,791 Taco Bell units.

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Learn

• What unusual options activity means
• Reading one ticker's flow
• Sweeps, blocks and where a trade printed
• Size versus open interest
• Bullish or bearish, how a print's sentiment is inferred
• The conviction score and whale prints