Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC) average volume reaches $3.18M: Is Wall Street expecting a rally?

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On Monday, Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE: YUMC) was 0.80% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $41.37. A 52-week range for YUMC has been $28.50 – $53.99.

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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Cyclical Sector giant was 5.64%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 9.60%. With a float of $361.27 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $378.00 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 350000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 16.72%, operating margin of 10.91%, and the pretax margin is 11.78%.

Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC) Insider Activity

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Yum China Holdings Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Yum China Holdings Inc is 3.66%, while institutional ownership is 86.20%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 14 ’25, was worth 202,359. In this transaction Chief Technology Officer of this company sold 4,000 shares at a rate of $50.59, taking the stock ownership to the 52,075 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 05 ’25, when Company’s Chief Executive Officer sold 37,252 for $49.71, making the entire transaction worth $1,851,667. This insider now owns 382,657 shares in total.

Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.6 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 9.60% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 11.40% during the next five years compared to 4.31% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE: YUMC) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.00. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.38. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 21.88.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.33, a number that is poised to hit 0.79 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.90 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC)

Looking closely at Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE: YUMC), its last 5-days average volume was 4.84 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 3.01 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 7.19%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.98.

During the past 100 days, Yum China Holdings Inc’s (YUMC) raw stochastic average was set at 5.39%, which indicates a significant decrease from 5.65% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 54.87% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 39.89% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $48.90, while its 200-day Moving Average is $43.15. However, in the short run, Yum China Holdings Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $41.96. Second resistance stands at $42.23. The third major resistance level sits at $42.70. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $41.22, it is likely to go to the next support level at $40.75. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $40.48.

Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE: YUMC) Key Stats

There are 374,997K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 15.64 billion. As of now, sales total 11,303 M while income totals 911,000 K. Its latest quarter income was 2,595 M while its last quarter net income were 115,000 K.