Win Advisors Inc. Buys Shares of 5,430 Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM)

Win Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 5,430 shares of the restaurant operator's stock, valued at approximately $854,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. HBK Sorce Advisory LLC grew its holdings in shares of Yum! Brands by 2.7% during the fourth quarter. HBK Sorce Advisory LLC now owns 2,664 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $357,000 after purchasing an additional 69 shares in the last quarter. OLD Point Trust & Financial Services N A boosted its stake in Yum! Brands by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. OLD Point Trust & Financial Services N A now owns 15,357 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $2,060,000 after buying an additional 70 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC boosted its stake in Yum! Brands by 1.1% in the fourth quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 6,605 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $886,000 after buying an additional 71 shares in the last quarter. Investment Partners LTD. boosted its stake in Yum! Brands by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Investment Partners LTD. now owns 3,231 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $433,000 after buying an additional 72 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lakeshore Capital Group Inc. boosted its stake in Yum! Brands by 2.1% in the first quarter. Lakeshore Capital Group Inc. now owns 3,614 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $569,000 after buying an additional 74 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.37% of the company's stock.

Yum! Brands Stock Performance

NYSE:YUM opened at $141.44 on Tuesday. Yum! Brands, Inc. has a one year low of $122.13 and a one year high of $163.30. The stock has a market cap of $39.31 billion, a PE ratio of 28.18, a P/E/G ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 0.74. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $145.01 and a 200 day moving average price of $143.42.

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

Yum! Brands Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 27th were issued a $0.71 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, May 27th. This represents a $2.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.01%. Yum! Brands's dividend payout ratio is presently 56.57%.

Insider Activity at Yum! Brands

In other Yum! Brands news, CEO Scott Mezvinsky sold 268 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $145.97, for a total transaction of $39,119.96. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 1,755 shares in the company, valued at $256,177.35. This represents a 13.25% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO David W. Gibbs sold 7,063 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $145.57, for a total value of $1,028,160.91. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 157,893 shares in the company, valued at approximately $22,984,484.01. This trade represents a 4.28% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 12,470 shares of company stock worth $1,821,172. 0.33% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have weighed in on YUM. TD Securities reiterated a "hold" rating and issued a $158.00 price objective on shares of Yum! Brands in a research report on Wednesday, April 30th. Cowen reiterated a "hold" rating on shares of Yum! Brands in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. Robert W. Baird lowered their price objective on Yum! Brands from $176.00 to $174.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 7th. Evercore ISI boosted their price objective on Yum! Brands from $160.00 to $170.00 and gave the company an "in-line" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Yum! Brands from $160.00 to $170.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, May 5th. Fourteen analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $158.24.

Yum! Brands Profile

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.

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