Yum Brands Inc (NYSE: YUM) on Tuesday, plunged -5.10% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $147.0. Within the past 52 weeks, YUM’s price has moved between $122.13 and $163.30.
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A company in the Consumer Cyclical sector has jumped its sales by 4.75% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 12.25%. With a float of $277.54 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $278.00 million.
In an organization with 40000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 53.26%, operating margin of 47.92%, and the pretax margin is 24.42%.
Yum Brands Inc (YUM) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Observing investor behavior towards Restaurants industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Yum Brands Inc is 0.15%, while institutional ownership is 85.30%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jul 15 ’25, was worth 1,043,352. In this transaction Chief Executive Officer of this company sold 7,117 shares at a rate of $146.60, taking the stock ownership to the 102,893 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jul 15 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 7,117 for $146.60, making the entire transaction worth $1,043,352.
Yum Brands Inc (YUM) Latest Financial update
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 12.25% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 11.84% 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
Yum Brands Inc (YUM) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.40 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 5.01. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 26.72.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.02, a number that is poised to hit 1.51 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 6.74 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 2.94 million. That was better than the volume of 2.16 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 33.29%.
During the past 100 days, Yum Brands Inc’s (YUM) raw stochastic average was set at 6.42%, which indicates a significant increase from 1.77% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 2.92 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 2.93 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $145.61, while its 200-day Moving Average is $142.73.
