BLI Banque de Luxembourg Investments Takes Position in Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC)

BLI Banque de Luxembourg Investments bought a new position in shares of Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 387,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $18,217,000. BLI Banque de Luxembourg Investments owned approximately 0.10% of Yum China as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of YUMC. Atria Investments Inc increased its position in shares of Yum China by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 23,074 shares of the company's stock worth $1,111,000 after acquiring an additional 273 shares in the last quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC increased its holdings in Yum China by 4.7% in the 4th quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 6,180 shares of the company's stock valued at $298,000 after purchasing an additional 276 shares in the last quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management raised its position in Yum China by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management now owns 57,104 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,751,000 after purchasing an additional 307 shares during the period. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. lifted its stake in shares of Yum China by 2.2% during the fourth quarter. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. now owns 14,054 shares of the company's stock worth $677,000 after purchasing an additional 309 shares in the last quarter. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Yum China by 58.5% in the fourth quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 878 shares of the company's stock worth $42,000 after buying an additional 324 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.58% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently commented on YUMC shares. Daiwa America raised Yum China to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 9th. StockNews.com lowered shares of Yum China from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $48.70.

Insider Activity at Yum China

In related news, CEO Joey Wat sold 37,252 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.71, for a total transaction of $1,851,796.92. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 382,657 shares in the company, valued at $19,021,879.47. This represents a 8.87 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Jeff Kuai sold 3,900 shares of Yum China stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $48.21, for a total value of $188,019.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 56,602 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,728,782.42. The trade was a 6.45 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 45,152 shares of company stock valued at $2,242,176 over the last three months. 0.40% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Yum China Price Performance

Shares of NYSE YUMC opened at $44.04 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $48.19 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $47.30. Yum China Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $28.50 and a fifty-two week high of $53.99. The firm has a market cap of $16.51 billion, a PE ratio of 18.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.27. The company has a quick ratio of 1.15, a current ratio of 1.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01.

Yum China (NYSE:YUMC - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.78 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $2.98 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.13 billion. Yum China had a net margin of 8.06% and a return on equity of 13.83%. The company's revenue was up .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.71 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts expect that Yum China Holdings, Inc. will post 2.54 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Yum China Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 18th. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 28th will be paid a $0.24 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 28th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.18%. Yum China's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 40.17%.

Yum China Company Profile

Yum China Holdings, Inc owns, operates, and franchises restaurants in the People's Republic of China. The company operates through KFC, Pizza Hut, and All Other segments. It operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Lavazza, Little Sheep, and Huang Ji Huang concepts. The company also operates V-Gold Mall, a mobile e-commerce platform to sell products; and offers online food deliver services.

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