B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG Sells 12,536 Shares of Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC)

B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG trimmed its position in shares of Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC - Free Report) by 8.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 128,489 shares of the company's stock after selling 12,536 shares during the quarter. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG's holdings in Yum China were worth $6,185,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Janus Henderson Group PLC acquired a new stake in Yum China during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $2,177,000. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of 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 during the period. Merit Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in Yum China in the 4th quarter valued at $322,000. Inspire Investing LLC acquired a new position in Yum China in the 4th quarter worth $809,000. Finally, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. bought a new position in Yum China during the 4th quarter worth about $31,836,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.58% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at Yum China

In other Yum China news, CTO Leila Zhang sold 4,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred 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 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 sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, 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 completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 56,602 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,728,782.42. The trade was a 6.45 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 45,152 shares of company stock worth $2,242,176 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.30% of the company's stock.

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Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

Yum China Stock Down 1.3 %

Shares of YUMC stock traded down $0.70 during trading on Thursday, reaching $52.59. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,415,725 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,814,985. Yum China Holdings, Inc. has a one year low of $28.50 and a one year high of $53.99. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $49.18 and a 200-day moving average price of $47.03. The company has a market cap of $19.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.32. 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 issued 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 return on equity of 13.83% and a net margin of 8.06%. Analysts anticipate that Yum China Holdings, Inc. will post 2.54 earnings per share for the current year.

Yum China Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 6th were given a dividend of $0.24 per share. This is a positive change from Yum China's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 6th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.83%. Yum China's payout ratio is 41.20%.

About Yum China

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.