13,940 Shares in Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) Bought by SVB Wealth LLC

SVB Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 13,940 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $671,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Longbow Finance SA acquired a new position in Yum China in the 4th quarter valued at $9,078,000. FourThought Financial Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Yum China in the fourth quarter valued at about $336,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its stake in shares of Yum China by 399.0% in the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 3,727,549 shares of the company's stock valued at $179,556,000 after acquiring an additional 2,980,589 shares in the last quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd bought a new position in Yum China during the fourth quarter worth about $434,000. Finally, Callan Capital LLC raised its stake in Yum China by 4.0% in the 4th quarter. Callan Capital LLC now owns 8,535 shares of the company's stock worth $411,000 after purchasing an additional 331 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.58% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

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Insider Buying and Selling at Yum China

In other news, insider Jeff Kuai sold 3,900 shares of the firm's 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 in the company, valued at approximately $2,728,782.42. This trade represents a 6.45 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Joey Wat sold 37,252 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $49.71, for a total transaction of $1,851,796.92. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 382,657 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $19,021,879.47. This represents a 8.87 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 0.30% of the company's stock.

Yum China Price Performance

Shares of YUMC traded up $0.42 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $49.72. 2,355,262 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,813,586. The company has a market cap of $18.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.34, a P/E/G ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.33. The firm's fifty day moving average is $46.65 and its 200 day moving average is $44.57. Yum China Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $28.50 and a fifty-two week high of $52.00. The company has a quick ratio of 1.15, a current ratio of 1.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01.

Yum China (NYSE:YUMC - Get Free Report) last released its 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%. On average, equities analysts anticipate 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 announced 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 of this dividend is Thursday, March 6th. This is a boost from Yum China's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.93%. Yum China's dividend payout ratio is presently 41.20%.

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.