Yum! Brands (YUM) Expected to Announce Earnings on Thursday

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUMGet Free Report) is expected to issue its quarterly earnings data before the market opens on Thursday, February 6th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $1.60 per share and revenue of $2.34 billion for the quarter. Individual that are interested in registering for the company’s earnings conference call can do so using this link.

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUMGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, November 5th. The restaurant operator reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.41 by ($0.04). Yum! Brands had a net margin of 21.13% and a negative return on equity of 18.93%. The company had revenue of $1.83 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.90 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.44 EPS. Yum! Brands’s revenue was up 6.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect Yum! Brands to post $5 EPS for the current fiscal year and $6 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Yum! Brands Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE YUM opened at $129.31 on Thursday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $132.84 and a 200 day moving average price of $133.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $36.09 billion, a PE ratio of 24.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 1.11. Yum! Brands has a 52 week low of $122.13 and a 52 week high of $143.20.

Yum! Brands Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 13th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 2nd were issued a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.07%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 2nd. Yum! Brands’s payout ratio is presently 50.09%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Yum! Brands

In related news, CEO David W. Gibbs sold 7,059 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $135.94, for a total value of $959,600.46. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 149,385 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,307,396.90. The trade was a 4.51 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Insiders own 0.31% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Argus raised shares of Yum! Brands from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $155.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, December 31st. Loop Capital dropped their target price on shares of Yum! Brands from $143.00 to $140.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Sanford C. Bernstein cut Yum! Brands from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $140.00 to $135.00 in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Citigroup restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $141.00 price objective (down previously from $153.00) on shares of Yum! Brands in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Finally, TD Cowen reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $145.00 target price on shares of Yum! Brands in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Thirteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $144.89.

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Yum! Brands Company Profile

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Yum! Brands, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises quick service restaurants worldwide. The company operates through the KFC Division, the Taco Bell Division, the Pizza Hut Division, and the Habit Burger Grill Division segments. It also operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill brands, which specialize in chicken, pizza, made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches, Mexican-style food categories, and other food products.

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