Yum Brands Inc. [YUM] stock prices are up 0.28% to $138.33 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The YUM shares have gain 1.50% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.71%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
3 Tiny Stocks Primed to Explode
The world's greatest investor — Warren Buffett — has a simple formula for making big money in the markets. He buys up valuable assets when they are very cheap. For stock market investors that means buying up cheap small cap stocks like these with huge upside potential.
We've set up an alert service to help smart investors take full advantage of the small cap stocks primed for big returns.
Click here for full details and to join for free
Sponsored
On 11, April 2024, KFC U.K. & Ireland & FareShare Launch Campaign To Raise Awareness of Community Kitchens and Drive More Volunteers. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Yum! Brandsby Fiona Briggs
From an analyst’s perspective:
Yum Brands Inc. [NYSE: YUM] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 10, 2024, when Argus downgraded its rating to a Hold. Previously, Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to Equal Weight on January 11, 2024, and dropped its price target to $135. On January 05, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform but maintained its price target of $154 on the stock. Stifel downgraded its rating to a Hold but stick to its price target of $135 on January 04, 2024. Barclays upgraded its rating to a Overweight and raised its price target to $146 on January 03, 2024. Redburn Atlantic downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on October 20, 2023, but kept the price target unchanged to $115. In a note dated October 19, 2023, Deutsche Bank initiated an Hold rating and provided a target price of $131 on this stock.
The stock price of Yum Brands Inc. [YUM] has been fluctuating between $115.53 and $143.24 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $142.6 within the next 12 months. Yum Brands Inc. [NYSE: YUM] shares were valued at $138.33 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 3.09% based on the average YUM price forecast.
Analyzing the YUM fundamentals
The Yum Brands Inc. [NYSE:YUM] reported sales of 7.08B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 0.84%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.49% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.33%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.26%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.23%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.26, Equity is -0.19 and Total Capital is 0.47. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at -1.42.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 137.28 points at the first support level, and at 136.23 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 139.07, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 139.81.
Yum Brands Inc. [YUM] reported earnings per share of $1.26 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $1.4/share, meaning a difference of -$0.14 and a surprise factor of -10.00%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were $1.44 per share as compared to estimates of $1.27 per share, a difference of $0.17 representing a surprise of 13.40%.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Yum Brands Inc. [NYSE:YUM]’s Current Ratio is 1.26. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.26 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.4. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.50 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 24.73.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Gibbs David W, Chief Executive Officer, that happened on Mar 15 ’24 when 7067.0 shares were sold. COO and CPO, Skeans Tracy L completed a deal on Mar 06 ’24 to sell 35363.0 shares. Meanwhile, Vice President, Controller Russell David Eric sold 9919.0 shares on Feb 09 ’24.
