Yum Brands Inc (YUM) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $144.01, with 5.57 million shares of worth about $802.35 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 5.23% during that period and on February 06, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 9.72%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 280.00M shares, out of which, 278.66M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 10.16% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 10.63%. Year-to-date (YTD), YUM shares are showing a performance of 7.34% which increased to 14.00% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $122.13 but also hit the highest price of $143.20 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Yum Brands Inc shares is 1.80 million. The stock is currently trading 11.95% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 8.42% for SMA50 and it goes to 7.21% higher than SMA200.
Yum Brands Inc (NYSE: YUM) currently have 280.00M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 86.72% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $40.19B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.07. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 26.94, while it has posted earnings per share of $5.35 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.26 and has Quick Ratio of 1.37. 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 2.39% while standing at 1.99% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 11.30% while it is estimated to increase by 11.40% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 11.94% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 3.62% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Bernstein on January 22, 2025 offering a Mkt perform rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $140 and $135 to it. Coverage by Morgan Stanley stated Yum Brands Inc (YUM) stock as an Equal-weight in their note to investors on January 21, 2025, suggesting a price target of $140 for the stock. On January 10, 2025, Citigroup Downgrade their recommendations, while on December 31, 2024, Argus Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $155. Stock get a Hold rating from TD Cowen on October 16, 2024.
