Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) Receives $46.18 Consensus PT from Brokerages

Shares of Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the four ratings firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $46.18.

Separately, Macquarie raised shares of Yum China from an “underperform” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $30.00 to $37.40 in a research report on Tuesday, August 6th.

Yum China Stock Up 3.4 %

Shares of NYSE YUMC opened at $45.33 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 1.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. Yum China has a 52 week low of $28.50 and a 52 week high of $56.64. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $33.71 and its 200 day moving average is $35.33. The company has a market cap of $17.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.78, a PEG ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 0.34.

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 analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.47 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $2.68 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.76 billion. Yum China had a net margin of 7.61% and a return on equity of 12.41%. The company’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. On average, equities research analysts expect that Yum China will post 2.22 earnings per share for the current year.

Yum China Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 17th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 27th were given a $0.16 dividend. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, August 27th. Yum China’s dividend payout ratio is presently 32.16%.

Insider Transactions at Yum China

In other Yum China news, Director Robert Blaine Aiken, Jr. bought 3,000 shares of Yum China stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 16th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $33.74 per share, with a total value of $101,220.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 12,088 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $407,849.12. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. In other news, Director Robert Blaine Aiken, Jr. purchased 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 16th. The shares were bought at an average price of $33.74 per share, for a total transaction of $101,220.00. Following the purchase, the director now directly owns 12,088 shares in the company, valued at approximately $407,849.12. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CTO Leila Zhang purchased 4,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 purchase, the chief technology officer now owns 41,339 shares in the company, valued at $1,379,069.04. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders have acquired 18,400 shares of company stock valued at $619,671 in the last three months. 0.30% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Yum China

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Intech Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Yum China by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 14,785 shares of the company’s stock valued at $627,000 after acquiring an additional 268 shares during the last quarter. Industrial Alliance Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Yum China by 4.4% during the 1st quarter. Industrial Alliance Investment Management Inc. now owns 6,802 shares of the company’s stock valued at $271,000 after acquiring an additional 286 shares during the last quarter. Blair William & Co. IL boosted its holdings in shares of Yum China by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 25,639 shares of the company’s stock valued at $791,000 after acquiring an additional 302 shares during the last quarter. Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Yum China by 12.1% in the second quarter. Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc. now owns 3,338 shares of the company’s stock worth $103,000 after buying an additional 360 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Eagle Bay Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Yum China by 53.7% in the second quarter. Eagle Bay Advisors LLC now owns 1,088 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,000 after buying an additional 380 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other 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.