As of May, 1 Analysts See $0.80 EPS for YUM! Brands, Inc. (YUM)

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During 2018 Q4 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 rose positions while 91 funds acquired positions. Funds hold 222.53 million shares thus 5.77% more from 2018Q3’s 210.38 million shares.
The Georgia-based Benedict Fin has invested 0.16% in YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM). American Mngmt reported 80 shs. Paloma Prtnrs Com holds 31,793 shs or 0.09% of its capital. The New York-based Community Financial Bank Na has invested 0.01% in YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM). 32,850 were reported by Teachers Retirement Systems Of The State Of Kentucky. 23 were accumulated by Fil Limited. Vident Advisory Limited owns 0.03% invested in YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) for 6,633 shs. Mogy Joel R Inv Counsel owns 9,680 shs for 0.14% of their capital. Qs accumulated 32,233 shs. Moreover, Barrett Asset Limited Liability Company has 0% invested in YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) for 100 shs. Argent Tru holds 0.06% in YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) or 5,114 shs. Evermay Wealth Mngmt Limited Liability Com, Virginia-based fund reported 4,671 shs. New York-based Tower Cap Ltd Liability Company (Trc) has invested 0.08% in YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM). Johnson Counsel has invested 0.03% in YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM). Hoertkorn Richard Charles stated it has 372 shs.

YUM! Brands, Inc. registered $9.72 million net activity with 1 insider purchase and 10 sales since October 15, 2018. Catlett Scott sold 745 shs worth $67,050. On Monday, February 11 Creed Greg had sold 13,986 shs worth $1.32M. On Monday, December 17 6,446 shs were sold by Gibbs David W, worth $588,004. $259,808 worth of YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) was sold by Lowings Anthony on Tuesday, January 15. Eaton Roger G. sold $4.06M worth of YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) on Thursday, November 8. Skeans Tracy L sold $148,611 worth of stock or 1,681 shs.

YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM)’s earnings report is expected on May, 1., according to RTT. Analysts forecast $0.80 earnings per share, which is $0.10 down or 11.11 % from 2018’s $0.9 earnings per share. The profit will be $245.13M for YUM if $0.80 earnings per share becomes true. Last quarter $0.40 earnings per share was reported. Analysts forecasts 100.00 % EPS growth this quarter. Ticker’s shares touched $99.59 during the last trading session after 0.37% change.Currently YUM! Brands, Inc. is uptrending after 19.37% change in last April 9, 2018. YUM has also 1.34M shares volume. YUM outperformed the S&P 500 by 15.00%.

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

In total 10 analysts cover Yum Brands (NYSE:YUM). “Buy” rating has 3, “Sell” are 2, while 5 are “Hold”. 30% are bullish. 12 are the (NYSE:YUM)’s analyst reports since October 10, 2018 according to StockzIntelligence Inc. On Wednesday, October 24 the rating was downgraded by Stifel Nicolaus to “Hold”. On Wednesday, October 10 the firm earned “Buy” rating by BTIG Research. The company rating was downgraded by Evercore on Thursday, October 18. On Tuesday, March 19 the stock of YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) has “Buy” rating given by Argus Research. On Wednesday, March 20 the firm has “Sell” rating given by Mizuho. In Thursday, November 29 report Oppenheimer maintained the stock with “Buy” rating. On Thursday, April 4 the rating was maintained by Citigroup with “Neutral”. In Friday, January 11 report Goldman Sachs downgraded it to “Sell” rating and $76 target. On Tuesday, March 19 the stock of YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) has “Hold” rating given by J.P. Morgan.

YUM! Brands, Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises quick service restaurants.The company has $30.52 billion market cap. The firm operates in three divisions: the KFC Division, the Pizza Hut Division, and the Taco Bell Division.21.23 is the P/E ratio. The Company’s restaurants prepare, package, and sell a menu of food items.

For more YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) news brought out briefly go to: Bizjournals.com, Seekingalpha.com, Bizjournals.com, Streetinsider.com or Investorplace.com. The titles are as follows: “These two Kentucky brands are among the most valuable in the U.S. – Louisville Business First” brought out on April 04, 2019, “Yum China talks growth and strategy – Seeking Alpha” on March 12, 2019, “Private equity firm buys 73 Taco Bell restaurants – Dallas Business Journal” with a publish date: March 29, 2019, “Yum! Brands (YUM) Taco Bell Comps On Track For +4% – Longbow – StreetInsider.com” and the last “The Future of GRUB Stock Will Come Down to Market Share – Investorplace.com” with publication date: March 21, 2019.

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