Yum Brands Inc. (YUM) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $135.33, with 4.62 million shares of worth about $624.71 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 12.90% during that period and on May 01, 2024 the price saw a loss of about -4.19%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 281.00M shares, out of which, 280.89M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -4.57% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -3.82%. Year-to-date (YTD), YUM shares are showing a performance of 3.57% which decreased to -4.85% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $115.53 but also hit the highest price of $143.24 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Yum Brands Inc. shares is 2.11 million. The stock is currently trading -2.51% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -2.08% for SMA50 and it goes to 3.56% higher than SMA200.
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Yum Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) currently have 281.00M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 85.83% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $38.07B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.07. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 23.99, while it has posted earnings per share of $5.64 in the same period. Its PEG reads 1.85 and has Quick Ratio of 1.26. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for YUM, volatility over the week remained 1.82% while standing at 1.56% over the month.
Analysts are in expectations that Yum Brands Inc. (YUM) stock would likely to be making an EPS of $1.2 in the current quarter, while forecast for next quarter EPS is $1.36 and it is $6.49 for next year. For the current quarter EPS, analysts have given the company a lowest target $1.11 which is $1.3 at the higher side of the target for the same. When we compare those targets with actual EPS, we find that company posted an EPS of $1.06 in the same quarter a year ago. Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 10.69% while it is estimated to increase by 12.27% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 12.97% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 3.62% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Coverage by Wells Fargo stated Yum Brands Inc. (YUM) stock as an Equal weight in their note to investors on January 11, 2024, suggesting a price target of $135 for the stock. On January 05, 2024, Oppenheimer Upgrade their recommendations, while on January 04, 2024, Stifel Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $135. Stock get an Overweight rating from Barclays on January 03, 2024.
