Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC Invests $552,000 in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM)

Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC acquired a new position in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 3,509 shares of the restaurant operator's stock, valued at approximately $552,000.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC bought a new stake in Yum! Brands during the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. WealthTrak Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Yum! Brands during the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Yum! Brands during the fourth quarter valued at $33,000. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. boosted its position in Yum! Brands by 436.5% during the fourth quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. now owns 279 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $37,000 after acquiring an additional 227 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LGT Financial Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Yum! Brands during the fourth quarter valued at $41,000. Institutional investors own 82.37% of the company's stock.

Yum! Brands Trading Up 0.4%

NYSE YUM traded up $0.62 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $138.98. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,956,501 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,002,795. Yum! Brands, Inc. has a 52 week low of $122.13 and a 52 week high of $163.30. The company has a market capitalization of $38.63 billion, a PE ratio of 27.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 0.74. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $145.10 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $143.35.

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The restaurant operator reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.01. Yum! Brands had a net margin of 18.42% and a negative return on equity of 20.80%. The business had revenue of $1.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.85 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.15 EPS. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 11.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts anticipate that Yum! Brands, Inc. will post 5.94 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Yum! Brands Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 27th were given a dividend of $0.71 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, May 27th. This represents a $2.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.04%. Yum! Brands's dividend payout ratio is currently 56.57%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Yum! Brands news, CEO Scott Mezvinsky sold 268 shares of Yum! Brands stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $145.97, for a total transaction of $39,119.96. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 1,755 shares of the company's stock, valued at $256,177.35. This trade represents a 13.25% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO David W. Gibbs sold 5,139 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $146.70, for a total transaction of $753,891.30. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 157,893 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $23,162,903.10. The trade was a 3.15% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 12,470 shares of company stock valued at $1,821,172 in the last 90 days. 0.33% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have commented on YUM. Citigroup upped their price target on shares of Yum! Brands from $148.00 to $151.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 15th. Robert W. Baird cut their price target on shares of Yum! Brands from $176.00 to $174.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 7th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of Yum! Brands from $147.00 to $151.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of Yum! Brands from $145.00 to $160.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, Redburn Atlantic raised shares of Yum! Brands from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $145.00 to $177.00 in a research report on Tuesday, June 10th. Fourteen analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Yum! Brands has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $158.24.

About Yum! Brands

Yum! Brands, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises quick service restaurants worldwide. The company operates through the KFC Division, the Taco Bell Division, the Pizza Hut Division, and the Habit Burger Grill Division segments. It also operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill brands, which specialize in chicken, pizza, made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches, Mexican-style food categories, and other food products.