Yum! Brands (YUM) to Release Earnings on Wednesday

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM - Get Free Report) is anticipated to announce its Q1 2025 earnings results before the market opens on Wednesday, April 30th. Analysts expect Yum! Brands to post earnings of $1.29 per share and revenue of $1.85 billion for the quarter.

Yum! Brands Stock Up 3.3 %

Shares of Yum! Brands stock opened at $145.09 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $40.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.79, a P/E/G ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 0.90. Yum! Brands has a twelve month low of $122.13 and a twelve month high of $163.30. The company's fifty day moving average is $152.00 and its 200 day moving average is $140.27.

Yum! Brands Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 21st were given a $0.71 dividend. This represents a $2.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 21st. This is a positive change from Yum! Brands's previous quarterly dividend of $0.67. Yum! Brands's payout ratio is 54.41%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Yum! Brands news, CEO David W. Gibbs sold 30,604 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.46, for a total value of $4,880,113.84. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 160,296 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $25,560,800.16. This represents a 16.03 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Erika Burkhardt sold 597 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.07, for a total transaction of $94,964.79. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 64 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $10,180.48. This trade represents a 90.32 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 55,271 shares of company stock valued at $8,706,576. Corporate insiders own 0.33% of the company's stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Yum! Brands

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Yum! Brands stock. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM - Free Report) by 8.0% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 7,861 shares of the restaurant operator's stock after purchasing an additional 583 shares during the quarter. Brighton Jones LLC's holdings in Yum! Brands were worth $1,055,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.37% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently commented on YUM. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Yum! Brands from $138.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, March 20th. Guggenheim upped their price objective on shares of Yum! Brands from $155.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th. Citigroup increased their price objective on shares of Yum! Brands from $148.00 to $151.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 15th. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered shares of Yum! Brands from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating and dropped their target price for the company from $140.00 to $135.00 in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Finally, Barclays decreased their price target on Yum! Brands from $165.00 to $163.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. Sixteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $152.62.

Yum! Brands Company Profile

Yum! Brands, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises quick service restaurants worldwide. The company operates through the KFC Division, the Taco Bell Division, the Pizza Hut Division, and the Habit Burger Grill Division segments. It also operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill brands, which specialize in chicken, pizza, made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches, Mexican-style food categories, and other food products.

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