Yum China Holdings, Inc. to Post Q1 2025 Earnings of $0.85 Per Share, Zacks Research Forecasts (NYSE:YUMC)

Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Yum China in a research note issued on Monday, August 19th. Zacks Research analyst H. Ray now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.85 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.80. The consensus estimate for Yum China’s current full-year earnings is $2.20 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Yum China’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.36 EPS and Q2 2026 earnings at $0.70 EPS.

Separately, Macquarie upgraded shares of Yum China from an “underperform” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $30.00 to $37.40 in a report on Tuesday, August 6th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Yum China currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $51.20.

Yum China Stock Performance

Shares of YUMC opened at $33.85 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $31.78 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $36.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 1.23. Yum China has a twelve month low of $28.50 and a twelve month high of $58.21. The firm has a market cap of $13.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.01, a PEG ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 0.33.

Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 5th. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $2.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.76 billion. Yum China had a return on equity of 12.41% and a net margin of 7.61%. Yum China’s quarterly revenue was up .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.47 EPS.

Yum China Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 17th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 27th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.89%. Yum China’s dividend payout ratio is currently 32.16%.

Insider Activity

In other Yum China news, CTO Leila Zhang purchased 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 15th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $33.36 per share, for a total transaction of $133,440.00. Following the purchase, the chief technology officer now owns 41,339 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,379,069.04. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. In other news, CTO Leila Zhang purchased 4,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 15th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $33.36 per share, for a total transaction of $133,440.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the chief technology officer now directly owns 41,339 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,379,069.04. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Warton Wang acquired 3,700 shares of Yum China stock in a transaction on Friday, August 16th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $34.67 per share, with a total value of $128,279.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 25,023 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $867,547.41. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders have acquired 18,400 shares of company stock worth $619,671 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.30% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Yum China

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of YUMC. Mather Group LLC. acquired a new stake in shares of Yum China during the 1st quarter worth $26,000. Eagle Bay Advisors LLC increased its stake in Yum China by 53.7% in the second quarter. Eagle Bay Advisors LLC now owns 1,088 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 380 shares during the last quarter. LRI Investments LLC acquired a new position in Yum China during the first quarter valued at approximately $36,000. Johnson Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in Yum China by 3,107.1% during the fourth quarter. Johnson Financial Group Inc. now owns 898 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 870 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Pathway Financial Advisers LLC bought a new position in shares of Yum China in the 1st quarter valued at $39,000. Institutional investors own 85.58% of the company’s stock.

About Yum China

Yum China Holdings, Inc owns, operates, and franchises restaurants in the People's Republic of China. The company operates through KFC, Pizza Hut, and All Other segments. It operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Lavazza, Little Sheep, and Huang Ji Huang concepts. The company also operates V-Gold Mall, a mobile e-commerce platform to sell products; and offers online food deliver services.