Yum! Brands Stock Forecast, Price & News

Yum! Brands' stock was trading at $80.97 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, YUM stock has increased by 32.3% and is now trading at $107.09.
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20 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Yum! Brands in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Yum! Brands stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in YUM, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6,978 employees have rated Yum! Brands CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among Yum! Brands' employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Yum! Brands is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 4th 2021.
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Yum! Brands will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 4th 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) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 29th. The restaurant operator reported $1.01 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.22. The restaurant operator had revenue of $1.45 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.41 billion. Yum! Brands had a net margin of 18.78% and a negative return on equity of 12.42%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 8.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.80 EPS.
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Yum! Brands declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 12th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 25th will be given a dividend of $0.47 per share on Friday, December 11th. This represents a $1.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.76%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 24th.
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Yum! Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.74%. The dividend payout ratio of Yum! Brands is 52.96%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Yum! Brands will have a dividend payout ratio of 49.09% next year. This indicates that Yum! Brands will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Yum! Brands announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, November 21st 2019, which permits the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 6.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

20 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Yum! Brands' shares. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $125.00. On average, they anticipate Yum! Brands' stock price to reach $105.22 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.7%.
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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), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), The Wendy's (WEN), 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), Dine Brands Global (DIN) and BJ's Restaurants (BJRI).
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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.18%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Cullinan Associates Inc. (0.02%), Jacobs & Co. CA (0.02%), YHB Investment Advisors Inc. (0.01%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%). Company insiders that own Yum! Brands stock include Anthony Lowings, David Eric Russell, David W Gibbs, Greg Creed, Robert D Walter, 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 Pendal Group Limited, Avantax Advisory Services Inc., Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., TCI Wealth Advisors Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, City Holding Co., Weather Gauge Advisory LLC, and M&R Capital Management Inc.. 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 TIAA FSB, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Kestra Advisory Services LLC, Meridian Wealth Management LLC, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Foster Group Inc., and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of YUM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $107.09.

Yum! Brands has a market capitalization of $32.31 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]