Yum! Brands (YUM) News Today

Toronto Dominion Bank reduced its holdings in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) by 27.7% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 83,998 shares of the restaurant operator's stock after selling

CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co lowered its stake in shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) by 7.2% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 295,059 shares of the restaurant operator's stock aft

Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) by 24.0% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 29,012,969 shares of the restaurant operator's stock after acquiring an addition

Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on shares of Yum! Brands from $135.00 to $130.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research note on Monday.

Intech Investment Management LLC lowered its stake in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) by 24.4% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 41,113 shares of the restaurant op

Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its holdings in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) by 20.7% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 334,984 shares of the restaurant op

BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. trimmed its stake in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) by 1.3% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 365,647 shares of the resta

Entropy Technologies LP decreased its position in shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) by 63.2% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 5,895 shares of the restaurant operator's stock after sellin

QRG Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) by 6.1% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 99,909 shares of the restaurant operator's stock after acquiring an ad

Morgan Stanley cut their target price on shares of Yum! Brands from $155.00 to $153.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday.

Evercore ISI downgraded shares of Yum! Brands from an "outperform" rating to an "inline" rating and cut their price target for the company from $160.00 to $145.00 in a report on Tuesday.

Swiss National Bank lowered its stake in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) by 4.2% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 839,500 shares of the restaurant operator's stock after selling 36,700 shares during the quarter. Swiss National

SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) by 51.9% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 45,932 shares of the restaurant operator's

Mediolanum International Funds Ltd acquired a new position in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 14,845 shares of the restaurant operator's stock, valued at

Central Pacific Bank Trust Division acquired a new stake in shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 6,128 shares of the restaurant operator's stock, valued at approximate

FORA Capital LLC boosted its stake in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) by 15.4% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 46,573 shares of the restaurant operator's stock after purchasing an additional 6,217 shares during the period. FORA Capital

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Get Free Report) has been given an average recommendation of "Hold" by the sixteen ratings firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and six have given a buy recommendation to

BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its stake in shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) by 73.3% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 413,567 shares of the restaurant operator's stoc

Norden Group LLC bought a new position in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 24,626 shares of the restaurant operator's stock, valued at approximately $3,415,000. A num

Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC boosted its position in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) by 21.8% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 42,993 shares of the restaurant operator's stock a

Oak Thistle LLC lowered its stake in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) by 66.5% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 4,408 shares of the restaurant operator's stock after selling 8,763 share

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 10,260,000 shares, an increase of 28.7% from the May 31st total of 7,970,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,980,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.2 days. Currently, 3.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Lloyd Advisory Services LLC. acquired a new position in shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund acquired 9,075 shares of the restaurant operator's stock, valued at approximately $1,259,000. Several other

Los Angeles Capital Management LLC trimmed its position in shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) by 3.2% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 423,005 shares of the r

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Get Free Report) CEO David W. Gibbs sold 7,061 shares of Yum! Brands stock in a transaction on Monday, June 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $136.43, for a total value of $963,332.23. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 165,630 shares in the company, valued at approximately $22,596,900.90. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link.

HighPoint Advisor Group LLC bought a new position in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 6,567 shares of the restaurant operator's stock, valued at approximately $884,000. Several other h