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Why Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC) Stock Could See Much Higher Prices Ahead

Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE: YUMC) is 4.15% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $28.50 and a high of $53.88 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 $46.83 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -2.64%.

Currently trading at $44.19, the stock is 0.31% and 16.58% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.87 million and changing -5.64% at the moment leaves the stock 19.20% off its SMA200. YUMC registered -17.77% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of 19.59%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $37.904 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $37.07095.

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The stock witnessed a 27.98% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 41.50%, and is -6.16% down 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 3.24% over the week and 3.40% over the month.

Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC) has around 430000 employees, a market worth around $16.93B and $11.04B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 21.36 and Fwd P/E is 17.94. Profit margin for the company is 7.61%. Distance from 52-week low is 55.05% and -17.98% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (10.93%).

with sales reaching $3.05B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 10.24% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.80% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 4.70% in year-over-year returns.

Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC) Top Institutional Holders

997.0 institutions hold shares in Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC), with institutional investors hold 86.32% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 407.00M, and float is at 367.94M with Short Float at 3.80%. Institutions hold 86.05% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is JPMORGAN CHASE & CO with over 19.62 million shares valued at $605.06 million. The investor’s holdings represent 4.8926% of the YUMC Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 17.37 million shares valued at $535.79 million to account for 4.3325 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 15.39 million shares representing 3.838% and valued at over $474.64 million, while INVESCO LTD. holds 3.7768 of the shares totaling 15.14 million with a market value of $467.07 million.

Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Aiken Robert Blaine Jr, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Aiken Robert Blaine Jr bought 3,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Aug 16 ’24 at a price of $33.74 per share for a total of $0.1 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 12088.0 shares.

Yum China Holdings Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Aug 16 ’24 that Wang Warton (General Manager, KFC) bought a total of 3,700 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Aug 16 ’24 and was made at $34.67 per share for $0.13 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 25023.0 shares of the YUMC stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 14 ’24, Wat Joey (Chief Executive Officer) acquired 3,800 shares at an average price of $33.98 for $0.13 million. The insider now directly holds 272,944 shares of Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC).

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