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 31.3% and is now trading at $106.34.
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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, February 4th 2021.
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Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 29th. The restaurant operator reported $1.01 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.22. The restaurant operator had revenue of $1.45 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.41 billion. Yum! Brands had a negative return on equity of 12.42% and a net margin of 18.78%. The firm's revenue was up 8.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.80 EPS.
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Yum! Brands announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 12th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.47 per share on Friday, December 11th. This represents a $1.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 24th.
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Yum! Brands declared that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Thursday, November 21st 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 6.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

21 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Yum! Brands' stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $121.00. On average, they anticipate Yum! Brands' stock price to reach $101.72 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.3%.
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Yum! Brands saw a decline in short interest in October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,480,000 shares, a decline of 17.3% from the October 15th total of 4,210,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,530,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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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), 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), The Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.04%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (5.37%), State Street Corp (4.43%), Sustainable Growth Advisers LP (2.07%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.94%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.92%). 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 BlackRock Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Squarepoint Ops LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., State Street Corp, and Cubist Systematic Strategies 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Candlestick Capital Management LP, Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Sustainable Growth Advisers LP, Morgan Stanley, and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ.
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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 $106.34.

Yum! Brands has a market capitalization of $32.08 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]