Yum Brands Inc (NYSE: YUM) is 5.38% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $122.13 and a high of $163.30 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 $144.93 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -3.55%.
Currently trading at $141.38, the stock is -8.88% and -5.94% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.19 million and changing -2.45% at the moment leaves the stock 2.75% off its SMA200. YUM registered 3.88% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 3.52%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $150.3008 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $137.5902.
The stock witnessed a -10.57% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 8.61%, and is -11.04% 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 4.51% over the week and 2.40% over the month.
Yum Brands Inc (YUM) has around 40000 employees, a market worth around $39.37B and $7.55B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 27.10 and Fwd P/E is 20.98. Profit margin for the company is 19.68%. Distance from 52-week low is 15.76% and -13.42% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (32.88%).
with sales reaching $1.85B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 11.74% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 7.84% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 15.49% in year-over-year returns.
Yum Brands Inc (YUM) Top Institutional Holders
1646.0 institutions hold shares in Yum Brands Inc (YUM), with institutional investors hold 86.89% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 279.00M, and float is at 278.66M with Short Float at 2.48%. Institutions hold 86.75% 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 Gibbs David W, the company’s Chief Executive Officer. SEC filings show that Gibbs David W sold 5,293 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 17 ’25 at a price of $154.24 per share for a total of $0.82 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.16 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 06 ’25, Skeans Tracy L (COO and CPO) disposed off 10,434 shares at an average price of $158.36 for $1.65 million. The insider now directly holds 0 shares of Yum Brands Inc (YUM).
