Yum Brands Inc (NYSE: YUM) is 18.08% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $122.13 and a high of $158.27 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 $156.93 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.48%.
Currently trading at $158.41, the stock is 6.86% and 15.49% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.97 million and changing 0.94% at the moment leaves the stock 17.03% off its SMA200. YUM registered 14.44% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 17.12%.
The stock witnessed a 21.39% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 13.69%, and is 2.76% 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 2.00% over the week and 2.10% over the month.
Yum Brands Inc (YUM) has around 40000 employees, a market worth around $44.21B and $7.55B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 30.37 and Fwd P/E is 23.53. Profit margin for the company is 19.68%. Distance from 52-week low is 29.71% and 0.09% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (32.88%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 11.61% this year.
Yum Brands Inc (YUM) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 279.00M, and float is at 278.61M with Short Float at 2.63%.
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
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Yum Brands Inc (YUM) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times. The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Russell David Eric,the company’sVice President, Controller. SEC filings show that Russell David Eric sold 18,251 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 10 ’25 at a price of $144.63 per share for a total of $2.64 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 16960.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 10 ’25, Skala Justin (Director) disposed off 1,523 shares at an average price of $145.28 for $0.22 million. The insider now directly holds 13,794 shares of Yum Brands Inc (YUM).
Yum Brands Inc (YUM): Who are the competitors?
The company’s main competitors (and peers) include McDonald’s Corp. (MCD) that is trading 4.38% up over the past 12 months. Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) that is 22.27% higher over the same period.
