Yum China (NYSE:YUMC - Get Free Report) issued its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.30 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.31 by ($0.01), Zacks reports. Yum China had a net margin of 8.06% and a return on equity of 13.83%.
Yum China Trading Down 0.9 %
NYSE:YUMC traded down $0.45 on Monday, reaching $47.99. The company's stock had a trading volume of 3,606,761 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,300,379. The firm has a market cap of $18.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 0.33. 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 has a 12-month low of $28.50 and a 12-month high of $52.00. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $46.84 and a 200 day moving average price of $42.53.
Yum China Increases Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 6th will be given a $0.24 dividend. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.00%. This is a positive change from Yum China's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 6th. Yum China's dividend payout ratio is presently 41.20%.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other Yum China news, insider Duoduo (Howard) Huang sold 6,377 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $47.47, for a total transaction of $302,716.19. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 16,641 shares in the company, valued at $789,948.27. This represents a 27.70 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.30% of the company's stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Yum China from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and upped their price target for the company from $35.50 to $60.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. StockNews.com cut Yum China from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Sunday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $49.57.
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Yum China Company Profile
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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.
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