Yum Brands Inc (YUM) recent activity suggests a positive outlook with the last week’s performance of 4.77%

Yum Brands Inc (NYSE: YUM) kicked off on Tuesday, up 2.61% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $150.23. Over the past 52 weeks, YUM has traded in a range of $122.13-$151.29.

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A company in the Consumer Cyclical sector has jumped its sales by 6.30% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 11.43%. With a float of $278.61 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $279.00 million.

In an organization with 40000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 47.48%, operating margin of 31.57%, and the pretax margin is 25.17%.

Yum Brands Inc (YUM) Insider and Institutional Ownership

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Restaurants Industry. The insider ownership of Yum Brands Inc is 0.18%, while institutional ownership is 85.87%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 10 ’25, was worth 2,639,642. In this transaction Vice President, Controller of this company sold 18,251 shares at a rate of $144.63, taking the stock ownership to the 16,960 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 10 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 18,251 for $144.64, making the entire transaction worth $2,639,776.

Yum Brands Inc (YUM) Latest Financial update

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.47 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 11.43% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 11.82% during the next five years compared to 4.75% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Yum Brands Inc (NYSE: YUM) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at Yum Brands Inc’s (YUM) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 1.47. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 5.70. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 30.04.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.22, a number that is poised to hit 1.28 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 6.72 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Yum Brands Inc (YUM)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 2.18 million. That was inferior than the volume of 2.21 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 82.15%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.02.

During the past 100 days, Yum Brands Inc’s (YUM) raw stochastic average was set at 98.04%, which indicates a significant increase from 97.46% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 40.84% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 22.60% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $135.31, while its 200-day Moving Average is $134.91. However, in the short run, Yum Brands Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $155.80. Second resistance stands at $157.45. The third major resistance level sits at $160.11. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $151.49, it is likely to go to the next support level at $148.83. The third support level lies at $147.18 if the price breaches the second support level.

Yum Brands Inc (NYSE: YUM) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 43.02 billion has total of 279,102K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 7,549 M in contrast with the sum of 1,486 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 2,362 M and last quarter income was 423,000 K.