DJE Kapital AG Purchases Shares of 14,200 Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC)

DJE Kapital AG purchased a new stake in Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 14,200 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $682,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Waverton Investment Management Ltd boosted its holdings in Yum China by 350.7% in the 3rd quarter. Waverton Investment Management Ltd now owns 4,203,087 shares of the company's stock valued at $189,202,000 after purchasing an additional 3,270,560 shares during the period. Janus Henderson Group PLC bought a new stake in Yum China during the third quarter valued at $2,177,000. GSA Capital Partners LLP boosted its stake in Yum China by 100.2% during the third quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP now owns 35,760 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,610,000 after buying an additional 17,898 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its stake in Yum China by 21.3% during the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 2,510,386 shares of the company's stock valued at $113,017,000 after buying an additional 441,252 shares during the period. Finally, Asset Management One Co. Ltd. grew its position in Yum China by 16.6% during the fourth quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 56,896 shares of the company's stock worth $2,794,000 after buying an additional 8,101 shares in the last quarter. 85.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other Yum China news, CEO Joey Wat sold 37,252 shares of Yum China stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $49.71, for a total value of $1,851,796.92. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 382,657 shares of the company's stock, valued at $19,021,879.47. The trade was a 8.87 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Jeff Kuai sold 3,900 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $48.21, for a total value of $188,019.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 56,602 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,728,782.42. This trade represents a 6.45 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.30% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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Yum China Price Performance

Shares of Yum China stock traded up $0.42 on Friday, hitting $49.72. 2,355,266 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,813,586. The company has a market cap of $18.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.34, a P/E/G ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.33. The company has a current ratio of 1.29, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. Yum China Holdings, Inc. has a 12-month low of $28.50 and a 12-month high of $52.00. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $46.65 and its 200 day simple moving average is $44.57.

Yum China (NYSE:YUMC - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.31 by ($0.01). Yum China had a return on equity of 13.83% and a net margin of 8.06%. Analysts expect that Yum China Holdings, Inc. will post 2.54 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Yum China Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 6th. This is an increase from Yum China's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.93%. Yum China's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 41.20%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, StockNews.com downgraded Yum China from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 25th.

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.