DJE Kapital AG Acquires 5,000 Shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. $YUM

DJE Kapital AG boosted its holdings in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) by 20.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 29,700 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,000 shares during the period. DJE Kapital AG’s holdings in Yum! Brands were worth $4,534,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of YUM. Wiser Advisor Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Yum! Brands in the 3rd quarter valued at about $28,000. Community Bank N.A. purchased a new position in Yum! Brands in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $29,000. Jessup Wealth Management Inc purchased a new position in Yum! Brands in the 4th quarter worth approximately $30,000. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC purchased a new position in Yum! Brands in the 4th quarter worth approximately $36,000. Finally, Torren Management LLC purchased a new position in Yum! Brands in the 4th quarter worth approximately $38,000. Institutional investors own 82.37% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Christopher Lee Turner sold 270 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $148.14, for a total value of $39,997.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 64,282 shares in the company, valued at $9,522,735.48. The trade was a 0.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Sean Tresvant sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $154.68, for a total value of $464,040.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 3,140 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $485,695.20. This represents a 48.86% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 5,895 shares of company stock worth $906,499 over the last three months. Company insiders own 0.14% of the company’s stock.

Yum! Brands Trading Up 1.4%

Yum! Brands stock opened at $153.20 on Friday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $154.98 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $155.68. Yum! Brands, Inc. has a 12 month low of $137.33 and a 12 month high of $169.39. The company has a market capitalization of $42.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 0.57.

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The restaurant operator reported $1.50 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.39 by $0.11. Yum! Brands had a negative return on equity of 23.51% and a net margin of 20.48%.The business had revenue of $2.06 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.04 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.30 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts predict that Yum! Brands, Inc. will post 6.78 EPS for the current year.

Yum! Brands Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 12th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 27th will be paid a $0.75 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 27th. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.0%. Yum! Brands’s payout ratio is currently 48.39%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have commented on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and issued a $165.00 price target on shares of Yum! Brands in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Morgan Stanley raised Yum! Brands from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $180.00 to $185.00 in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on Yum! Brands from $160.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Yum! Brands from $160.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reiterated a “market perform” rating and issued a $168.00 price objective on shares of Yum! Brands in a research report on Monday, May 4th. Twelve analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Yum! Brands has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $176.12.

Yum! Brands Profile

Yum! Brands, Inc (NYSE: YUM) is a global quick-service restaurant company that develops, operates and franchises a portfolio of well-known restaurant brands. The company’s principal brands are KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, each focused on distinct product categories—KFC on fried chicken and related menu items, Pizza Hut on pizza and complementary offerings, and Taco Bell on Mexican-inspired quick-service food. Yum! is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky and was formed as Tricon Global Restaurants in 1997 when PepsiCo spun off its restaurant businesses, later adopting the Yum! Brands name.

The company’s operating model centers on brand development, system growth and franchising; a large portion of its restaurants are operated by independent franchisees, and Yum! generates revenue through franchise royalties and fees in addition to sales from company-operated locations.