Jackson Hole Capital Partners LLC Purchases New Position in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM)

Jackson Hole Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 5,887 shares of the restaurant operator's stock, valued at approximately $769,000.

Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Naples Money Management LLC bought a new stake in Yum! Brands during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Bfsg LLC bought a new stake in Yum! Brands during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Fortitude Family Office LLC bought a new stake in shares of Yum! Brands in the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. Bruce G. Allen Investments LLC bought a new stake in shares of Yum! Brands in the 4th quarter worth approximately $34,000. Finally, Legacy Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Yum! Brands in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $40,000. 82.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Yum! Brands Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:YUM traded up $0.21 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $141.77. The company had a trading volume of 1,972,316 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,934,513. The company has a market cap of $39.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.36, a PEG ratio of 2.23 and a beta of 1.10. Yum! Brands, Inc. has a 12-month low of $115.53 and a 12-month high of $143.24. The company has a fifty day moving average of $137.83 and a two-hundred day moving average of $130.69.

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 7th. The restaurant operator reported $1.26 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.39 by ($0.13). The company had revenue of $2.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.11 billion. Yum! Brands had a negative return on equity of 17.76% and a net margin of 22.57%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.31 earnings per share. Research analysts expect that Yum! Brands, Inc. will post 5.73 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Yum! Brands news, VP David Eric Russell sold 9,919 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $129.63, for a total transaction of $1,285,799.97. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president now owns 18,661 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,419,025.43. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. In other Yum! Brands news, CEO David W. Gibbs sold 7,078 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $138.37, for a total transaction of $979,382.86. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 172,128 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $23,817,351.36. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, VP David Eric Russell sold 9,919 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $129.63, for a total transaction of $1,285,799.97. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 18,661 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,419,025.43. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 24,064 shares of company stock valued at $3,228,698. Company insiders own 0.31% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently commented on YUM. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a "hold" rating and issued a $135.00 price target on shares of Yum! Brands in a research report on Thursday, January 4th. Guggenheim upped their price objective on Yum! Brands from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, March 7th. Citigroup lowered their price objective on Yum! Brands from $166.00 to $162.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. Wells Fargo & Company cut Yum! Brands from an "overweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $150.00 to $135.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 11th. Finally, Barclays lowered their price objective on Yum! Brands from $146.00 to $144.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 8th. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $144.75.

Yum! Brands Company 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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