NYSE:YUM - Yum! Brands Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Yum! Brands declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 21st will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share on Friday, December 6th. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.59%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 20th. View Yum! Brands' Dividend History.

Yum! Brands declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Thursday, November 21st 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 6.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The restaurant operator reported $0.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.14. The restaurant operator had revenue of $1.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.35 billion. Yum! Brands had a negative return on equity of 11.69% and a net margin of 20.88%. The firm's revenue was down 3.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.04 earnings per share. View Yum! Brands' Earnings History.

Yum! Brands is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Yum! Brands.

20 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Yum! Brands' stock. Their forecasts range from $84.00 to $138.00. On average, they anticipate Yum! Brands' stock price to reach $112.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Yum! Brands.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Yum! Brands in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 13 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Yum! Brands.

News headlines about YUM stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Yum! Brands earned a coverage optimism score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Yum! Brands.

Yum! Brands saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,100,000 shares, an increase of 14.3% from the December 15th total of 4,460,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,010,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Yum! Brands' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Yum! Brands include Mcdonald's (MCD), Starbucks (SBUX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Dunkin Brands Group (DNKN), Wendys (WEN), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), Jack in the Box (JACK), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Brinker International (EAT) and Dine Brands Global (DIN).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Yum! Brands investors own include Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Mcdonald's (MCD), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Visa (V), AT&T (T), NVIDIA (NVDA), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Starbucks (SBUX).

Yum! Brands' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Heritage Investors Management Corp (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Nachman Norwood & Parrott Inc (0.02%) and Cullinan Associates Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own Yum! Brands stock include Anthony Lowings, Brian R Niccol, David Eric Russell, David W Gibbs, Greg Creed, Robert D Walter, Roger G Eaton, Scott Catlett, Tanya L Domier and Tracy L Skeans. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Yum! Brands.

YUM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Cullinan Associates Inc., Private Trust Co. NA, CenturyLink Investment Management Co, IFP Advisors Inc, Coastline Trust Co and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have sold Yum! Brands company stock in the last year include David Eric Russell, David W Gibbs, Greg Creed, Robert D Walter, Scott Catlett and Tracy L Skeans. View Insider Buying and Selling for Yum! Brands.

YUM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, First Hawaiian Bank, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, City Holding Co., DNB Asset Management AS, New England Professional Planning Group Inc., Alpine Global Management LLC and Merit Financial Group LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Yum! Brands.

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 $105.40.

Yum! Brands has a market capitalization of $31.88 billion and generates $5.69 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $1.54 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.17 on an earnings per share basis. Yum! Brands employs 34,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Yum! Brands.

The official website for Yum! Brands is http://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]