Yum Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) is 3.18% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $115.53 and a high of $143.20 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 YUM stock was last observed hovering at around $133.48 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.33%.
Currently trading at $134.81, the stock is -1.07% and 1.70% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.88 million and changing 1.00% at the moment leaves the stock 0.79% off its SMA200. YUM registered 3.99% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -2.80%.
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The stock witnessed a 1.12% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -4.75%, and is 0.23% 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 1.46% over the week and 1.44% over the month.
Yum Brands Inc. (YUM) has around 35000 employees, a market worth around $37.90B and $7.11B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 24.69 and Fwd P/E is 21.42. Profit margin for the company is 21.96%. Distance from 52-week low is 16.69% and -5.86% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (35.80%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 9.08% this year
1591.0 institutions hold shares in Yum Brands Inc. (YUM), with institutional investors hold 87.60% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 281.00M, and float is at 280.74M with Short Float at 3.23%. Institutions hold 87.48% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 33.43 million shares valued at $4.43 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.8547 of the YUM Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 23.59 million shares valued at $3.12 billion to account for 8.3642 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS which holds 19.7 million shares representing 6.9861 and valued at over $2.61 billion, while JPMORGAN CHASE & CO holds 5.8359 of the shares totaling 16.46 million with a market value of $2.18 billion.
Yum Brands Inc. (YUM) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by GRADDICK WEIR MIRIAN M, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that GRADDICK WEIR MIRIAN M sold 1,309 shares of the company’s common stock on Aug 19 ’24 at a price of $137.40 per share for a total of $0.18 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 1233.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 15 ’24, Gibbs David W (Chief Executive Officer) disposed off 7,069 shares at an average price of $137.92 for $0.97 million. The insider now directly holds 159,132 shares of Yum Brands Inc. (YUM).
