Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Shares of Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the five brokerages that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12-month price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $51.20.

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Yum China

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. International Assets Investment Management LLC grew its position in shares of Yum China by 2,069.1% in the 4th quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 17,613 shares of the company’s stock valued at $747,000 after acquiring an additional 16,801 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP grew its holdings in Yum China by 17.7% during the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 6,618 shares of the company’s stock worth $281,000 after purchasing an additional 997 shares during the period. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. increased its position in Yum China by 32.2% during the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 472,238 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,037,000 after buying an additional 115,057 shares during the last quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management raised its stake in Yum China by 15.5% in the fourth quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management now owns 37,116 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,575,000 after buying an additional 4,988 shares during the period. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its position in shares of Yum China by 13.0% in the fourth quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,766,787 shares of the company’s stock valued at $159,825,000 after buying an additional 433,411 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.58% of the company’s stock.

Yum China Stock Performance

YUMC opened at $32.99 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $12.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.58, a P/E/G ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 0.33. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $31.96 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $36.47. Yum China has a 1 year low of $28.50 and a 1 year high of $58.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 1.39 and a quick ratio of 1.24.

Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) last announced its earnings results 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. Yum China had a return on equity of 12.19% and a net margin of 7.61%. The business had revenue of $2.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.76 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.47 EPS. Yum China’s revenue for the quarter was up .9% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts expect that Yum China will post 2.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Yum China Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 17th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 27th will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 27th. Yum China’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 32.16%.

Yum China Company Profile

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.