Yum Brands Inc (NYSE:YUM) Shorts Declined By 11.77%

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During Q4 2018 the big money sentiment increased to 1.02. That’s change of 0.15, from 2018Q3’s 0.87. 44 investors sold all, 244 reduced holdings as YUM! Brands, Inc. ratio improved. 202 grew stakes while 91 funds took stakes. Funds hold 222.53 million shares thus 5.77% more from 2018Q3’s 210.38 million shares.
Private Advisor Group Inc Limited Liability holds 0.07% or 31,935 shs in its capital. Old Second Commercial Bank Of Aurora stated it has 320 shs. The Kansas-based First State Bank Of Hutchinson has invested 0.14% in YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM). Lowe Brockenbrough & Communication Inc holds 0.09% or 5,914 shs in its capital. Alkeon Management Lc has 0.44% invested in YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) for 731,455 shs. Ruggie Capital holds 0% or 30 shs. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley Limited Liability Corp owns 4,137 shs. Ameriprise Fin holds 0.06% or 1.39M shs. Evercore Wealth Limited Liability Corporation has 0.01% invested in YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM). Great West Life Assurance Can accumulated 0.07% or 281,613 shs. Signaturefd Ltd Liability owns 2,391 shs for 0.02% of their capital. Cubist Systematic Strategies Ltd Liability Company holds 0% or 975 shs in its capital. Reilly Financial Limited Liability reported 480 shs or 0.01% of all its holdings. 9,854 were reported by Boys Arnold & Com. State Treasurer State Of Michigan, a Michigan-based fund reported 89,454 shs.

YUM! Brands, Inc. had 10 selling transactions and 1 buy since October 15, 2018. This’s net activity of $9.72 million. Lowings Anthony sold $259,808 worth of YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) or 2,889 shs on Tuesday, January 15. On Thursday, November 8 $4.06 million worth of YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) was sold by Eaton Roger G.. Skeans Tracy L also sold $148,611 worth of YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) shs. Domier Tanya L also bought $249,888 worth of YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) on Friday, February 8. 13,986 shs were sold by Creed Greg, worth $1.32 million on Monday, February 11. 745 shs were sold by Catlett Scott, worth $67,050.

Change of 11.77% for Yum Brands Inc (NYSE:YUM)’s shares shorted was reported. In April was announced YUM’s total 5.53M shares shorted by FINRA. That’s 11.77% down from 6.27 million shares. Previous YUM’s position will need 3 days to restore. It has 2.01 million average volume. Yum Brands Inc float short is 1.81%.

YUM hit $100.11 during the last trading session after $0.43 change.YUM! Brands, Inc. has volume of 404,619 shares. Since April 4, 2018 YUM has risen 19.37% and is uptrending. The stock outperformed the S&P500 by 15.00%.

YUM! Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises quick service restaurants worldwide.The firm is valued at $30.68 billion. It operates in three divisions: the KFC Division, the Pizza Hut Division, and the Taco Bell Division.21.35 is the P/E ratio. The firm operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands, which specialize in chicken, pizza, and Mexican-style food categories.

YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) Ratings Coverage

Total analysts of 9 have positions in Yum Brands (NYSE:YUM) as follows: 3 rated it a “Buy”, 2 with “Sell” and 4 with “Hold”. The positive are 33%. Since October 10, 2018 according to StockzIntelligence Inc Yum Brands has 11 analyst reports. On Tuesday, March 19 the stock has “Buy” rating by Argus Research. On Wednesday, October 10 the firm has “Buy” rating by BTIG Research given. On Thursday, October 18 Evercore downgraded YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) to “In-Line” rating. In Friday, January 11 report Goldman Sachs downgraded the stock to “Sell” rating. On Wednesday, March 20 the rating was downgraded by Mizuho to “Sell”. The stock rating was downgraded by Stifel Nicolaus to “Hold” on Wednesday, October 24. On Thursday, November 29 Oppenheimer maintained YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) with “Buy” rating. In Tuesday, March 19 report J.P. Morgan downgraded it to “Hold” rating and $94 target.

For more YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) news brought out briefly go to: Bizjournals.com, Schaeffersresearch.com, Investorplace.com, Benzinga.com or Investorplace.com. The titles are as follows: “Private equity firm buys 73 Taco Bell restaurants – Dallas Business Journal” brought out on March 29, 2019, “Options Traders Score Tasty Victory With YUM Stock – Schaeffers Research” on March 21, 2019, “Domino’s Pizza Stock Looks Too Cheap – Investorplace.com” with a publish date: March 21, 2019, “Benzinga’s Top Upgrades, Downgrades For March 19, 2019 – Benzinga” and the last “MCD Stock Keeps Popping Because McDonald’s Keeps Innovating – Investorplace.com” with publication date: March 28, 2019.

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