Q2 EPS Estimates for Yum! Brands Raised by Zacks Research

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Yum! Brands in a research report issued on Wednesday, May 14th. Zacks Research analyst H. Ray now anticipates that the restaurant operator will post earnings per share of $1.44 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.42. The consensus estimate for Yum! Brands' current full-year earnings is $5.94 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Yum! Brands' FY2025 earnings at $5.99 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $6.60 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $7.34 EPS.

YUM has been the topic of a number of other reports. TD Cowen restated a "hold" rating and issued a $140.00 price objective on shares of Yum! Brands in a report on Thursday, February 6th. Guggenheim raised their price objective on Yum! Brands from $155.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, April 8th. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on Yum! Brands from $150.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Barclays raised their price objective on Yum! Brands from $163.00 to $167.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Finally, Citigroup raised their price objective on Yum! Brands from $148.00 to $151.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Tuesday, April 15th. Sixteen analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Yum! Brands has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $156.70.

Yum! Brands Price Performance

NYSE:YUM traded up $1.68 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $149.75. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,046,090 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,999,471. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $149.76 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $142.05. Yum! Brands has a twelve month low of $122.13 and a twelve month high of $163.30. The stock has a market cap of $41.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.69, a P/E/G ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 0.77.

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The restaurant operator reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.01. Yum! Brands had a negative return on equity of 20.33% and a net margin of 19.68%. The firm had revenue of $1.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.85 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.15 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 11.8% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Yum! Brands

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. HBK Sorce Advisory LLC grew its stake in Yum! Brands by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. HBK Sorce Advisory LLC now owns 2,664 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $357,000 after purchasing an additional 69 shares in the last quarter. OLD Point Trust & Financial Services N A grew its position in shares of Yum! Brands by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. OLD Point Trust & Financial Services N A now owns 15,357 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $2,060,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC grew its position in shares of Yum! Brands by 1.1% in the 4th quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 6,605 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $886,000 after acquiring an additional 71 shares in the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Yum! Brands by 78.0% in the 1st quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 162 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 71 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Investment Partners LTD. grew its position in shares of Yum! Brands by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. Investment Partners LTD. now owns 3,231 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $433,000 after acquiring an additional 72 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.37% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Yum! Brands

In other Yum! Brands news, insider Erika Burkhardt sold 597 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.07, for a total transaction of $94,964.79. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 64 shares in the company, valued at $10,180.48. This trade represents a 90.32% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, VP David Eric Russell sold 5,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $158.66, for a total value of $793,300.00. Following the sale, the vice president now owns 11,960 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,897,573.60. This trade represents a 29.48% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 62,334 shares of company stock worth $9,734,737 in the last 90 days. 0.33% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Yum! Brands Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.71 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 27th. This represents a $2.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.90%. Yum! Brands's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 56.57%.

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.