MGO One Seven LLC Makes New $319,000 Investment in Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC)

MGO One Seven LLC acquired a new position in Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 6,615 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $319,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in Yum China by 32.2% in the fourth quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 10,397,321 shares of the company's stock worth $500,841,000 after purchasing an additional 2,531,518 shares during the period. FMR LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Yum China by 138.5% during the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 8,558,050 shares of the company's stock worth $412,241,000 after acquiring an additional 4,969,073 shares during the period. William Blair Investment Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Yum China during the 4th quarter worth about $243,901,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its position in shares of Yum China by 117.8% during the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 4,751,662 shares of the company's stock valued at $228,890,000 after acquiring an additional 2,570,419 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP raised its position in Yum China by 95.6% in the fourth quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 4,580,430 shares of the company's stock worth $220,644,000 after purchasing an additional 2,238,720 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.58% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Jeff Kuai sold 3,900 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $48.21, for a total value of $188,019.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 56,602 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,728,782.42. This represents a 6.45 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CTO Leila Zhang sold 4,000 shares of Yum China stock in a transaction on Friday, March 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.59, for a total value of $202,360.00. Following the sale, the chief technology officer now directly owns 52,075 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,634,474.25. This trade represents a 7.13 % 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 worth $2,242,176 over the last three months. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. StockNews.com downgraded Yum China from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, February 25th. Daiwa America upgraded Yum China to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 9th. One investment 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 company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Yum China presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $48.70.

Yum China Price Performance

NYSE YUMC traded up $0.71 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $44.04. 3,063,399 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,936,189. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $48.19 and a 200-day moving average of $47.33. Yum China Holdings, Inc. has a one year low of $28.50 and a one year high of $53.99. The stock 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 current ratio of 1.29, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01.

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

Yum China Announces Dividend

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 issued a $0.24 dividend. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.18%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 28th. Yum China's dividend payout ratio is 40.17%.

About Yum China

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.