Yum Brands Inc (YUM) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $157.65, with 2.5 million shares of worth about $394.25 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 17.83% during that period and on March 27, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -0.65%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 279.00M shares, out of which, 278.66M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -0.15% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 4.06%. Year-to-date (YTD), YUM shares are showing a performance of 17.51% which increased to 17.11% 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 $163.30 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Yum Brands Inc shares is 2.12 million. The stock is currently trading 0.25% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 7.91% for SMA50 and it goes to 15.13% higher than SMA200.
Yum Brands Inc (NYSE: YUM) currently have 279.00M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 85.86% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $44.00B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.90. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 30.22, while it has posted earnings per share of $5.22 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.52 and has Quick Ratio of 1.47. 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 1.54% while standing at 1.83% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 11.84% while it is estimated to increase by 12.04% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 11.99% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 4.75% 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.
