Motley Fool Asset Management LLC Acquires 13,358 Shares of Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC)

Motley Fool Asset Management LLC lifted its position in Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC - Free Report) by 6.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 228,114 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 13,358 shares during the quarter. Motley Fool Asset Management LLC owned 0.06% of Yum China worth $10,988,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Janus Henderson Group PLC purchased a new position in shares of Yum China in the third quarter valued at about $2,177,000. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. boosted its stake 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 acquiring an additional 8,101 shares in the last quarter. Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Yum China during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $31,836,000. Merit Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in Yum China in the fourth quarter worth $322,000. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC bought a new position in shares of Yum China during the fourth quarter valued at $809,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.58% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Yum China

In other news, insider Jeff Kuai sold 3,900 shares of Yum China stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $48.21, for a total value of $188,019.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 56,602 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,728,782.42. The trade was a 6.45 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CTO Leila Zhang sold 4,000 shares of Yum China stock in a transaction on Friday, March 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.59, for a total transaction of $202,360.00. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer now directly owns 52,075 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,634,474.25. The trade was a 7.13 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 45,152 shares of company stock valued at $2,242,176. Company insiders own 0.30% of the company's stock.

Yum China Stock Performance

Shares of YUMC stock traded up $0.13 on Tuesday, reaching $45.47. The stock had a trading volume of 1,318,266 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,853,681. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a current ratio of 1.29. Yum China Holdings, Inc. has a 1 year low of $28.50 and a 1 year high of $53.99. The stock has a market cap of $17.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.32. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $49.38 and a 200 day simple moving average of $47.40.

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

Yum China Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 6th were given a dividend of $0.24 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was 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 yield of 2.11%. Yum China's payout ratio is 41.20%.

Yum China 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.