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Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC) – key numbers that make it a Strong Buy For Now

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Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE: YUMC) is 1.56% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $33.55 and a high of $64.70 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The YUMC stock was last observed hovering at around $41.82 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.27%.

Currently trading at $43.09, the stock is 3.47% and 9.34% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.23 million and changing 3.04% at the moment leaves the stock -12.49% off its SMA200. YUMC registered -26.67% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -17.40%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $1.54 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $10.67.

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The stock witnessed a 6.90% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 7.97%, and is 4.82% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.36% over the week and 2.46% over the month.

Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC) has around 430000 employees, a market worth around $17.27B and $10.98B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 21.93 and Fwd P/E is 17.25. Profit margin for the company is 7.53%. Distance from 52-week low is 28.44% and -33.40% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (9.91%).

Yum China Holdings Inc quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at $0.67 with sales reaching $3.07B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 9.98% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 9.00% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 11.00% in year-over-year returns.

Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC) Top Institutional Holders

1,068 institutions hold shares in Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC), with institutional investors hold 87.77% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 407.00M, and float is at 387.55M with Short Float at 2.36%. Institutions hold 87.52% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is Invesco Ltd. with over 34.29 million shares valued at $1.94 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 8.24% of the YUMC Shares outstanding. As of Jun 29, 2023, the second largest holder is Blackrock Inc. with 24.5 million shares valued at $1.38 billion to account for 5.89% of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc which holds 19.57 million shares representing 4.70% and valued at over $1.11 billion, while Vanguard Group Inc holds 3.89% of the shares totaling 16.17 million with a market value of $913.86 million.

Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Zhang Leila,the company’sChief Technology Officer. SEC filings show that Zhang Leila sold 1,790 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 24 ’23 at a price of $45.02 per share for a total of $80586.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 17081.0 shares.

Yum China Holdings Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 22 ’23 that Wat Joey (Chief Executive Officer) bought a total of 14,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 22 ’23 and was made at $46.26 per share for $0.65 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.27 million shares of the YUMC stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 21 ’23, Wang Warton (General Manager, KFC) disposed off 3,975 shares at an average price of $46.78 for $0.19 million. The insider now directly holds 5,108 shares of Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC).

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