Yum! Brands Stock Forecast, Price & News

Yum! Brands' stock was trading at $80.97 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, YUM shares have increased by 20.1% and is now trading at $97.28.
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21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Yum! Brands in the last year. There are currently 13 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Yum! Brands is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 29th 2020.
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Yum! Brands will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 30th. The restaurant operator reported $0.82 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.52 by $0.30. The restaurant operator had revenue of $1.20 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.18 billion. Yum! Brands had a net margin of 18.78% and a negative return on equity of 12.42%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.93 earnings per share.
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Yum! Brands announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 13th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 26th will be given a dividend of $0.47 per share on Friday, September 11th. This represents a $1.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 25th.
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Yum! Brands declared that its board has approved a share buyback program on Thursday, November 21st 2019, which allows the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 6.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

21 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Yum! Brands' stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $121.00. On average, they anticipate Yum! Brands' stock price to reach $101.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.0% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to Yum! Brands include McDonald's (MCD), Starbucks (SBUX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Dunkin' Brands Group (DNKN), Wendys (WEN), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Papa John's International (PZZA), Brinker International (EAT), Jack in the Box (JACK), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), The Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) and Dine Brands Global (DIN).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Yum! Brands investors own include Intel (INTC), The Walt Disney (DIS), McDonald's (MCD), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), AT&T (T), Visa (V), Costco Wholesale (COST), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Walmart (WMT).

Yum! Brands trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "YUM."

Yum! Brands' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.13%), Polaris Wealth Advisory Group LLC (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.02%). Company insiders that own Yum! Brands stock include Anthony Lowings, David Eric Russell, David W Gibbs, Greg Creed, Robert D Walter, Roger G Eaton, Scott Catlett, Tanya L Domier and Tracy L Skeans.
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YUM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Polaris Wealth Advisory Group LLC, Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Nissay Asset Management Corp Japan ADV, FormulaFolio Investments LLC, Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY, Cadence Capital Management LLC, and Douglas Lane & Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold Yum! Brands company stock in the last year include Anthony Lowings, David Eric Russell, David W Gibbs, Greg Creed, and Tracy L Skeans.
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YUM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Strategic Advisors LLC, Cullinan Associates Inc., Avantax Advisory Services Inc., Regentatlantic Capital LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Busey Wealth Management, and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC.
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Shares of YUM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of YUM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $97.28.

Yum! Brands has a market capitalization of $29.32 billion and generates $5.60 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $1.29 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.55 on an earnings per share basis. Yum! Brands employs 34,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Yum! Brands is www.yum.com.

Yum! Brands' mailing address is 1441 Gardiner Lane, Louisville KY, 40213. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at 502-874-8300 or via email at [email protected]