Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE: YUMC) Not A Good Play Anymore?

Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $43.31, with 4.92 million shares of worth about $213.12 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -0.73% during that period and on April 30, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -7.22%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 378.00M shares, out of which, 361.27M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of -7.48% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -16.81%. Year-to-date (YTD), YUMC shares are showing a performance of -10.09% which increased to 9.23% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $28.50 but also hit the highest price of $53.99 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Yum China Holdings Inc shares is 3.27 million. The stock is currently trading -5.39% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -10.75% for SMA50 and it goes to -0.82% lower than SMA200.

Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE: YUMC) currently have 378.00M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 90.51% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $16.24B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.25. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 18.61, while it has posted earnings per share of $2.33 in the same period. Its PEG reads 1.62 and has Quick Ratio of 1.00 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for YUMC, volatility over the week remained 2.92% while standing at 4.30% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 9.77% while it is estimated to increase by 13.06% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 11.52% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 4.31% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Coverage by JP Morgan stated Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC) stock as an Overweight in their note to investors on November 06, 2024, suggesting a price target of $60 for the stock. On August 06, 2024, Macquarie Upgrade their recommendations, while on December 19, 2023, Deutsche Bank Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $58. Stock get a Buy rating from Jefferies on September 22, 2023.

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