Retirement Guys Formula LLC Acquires 533 Shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM)

Retirement Guys Formula LLC grew its position in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) by 11.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 5,341 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock after purchasing an additional 533 shares during the quarter. Retirement Guys Formula LLC’s holdings in Yum! Brands were worth $746,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of YUM. Ballentine Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Yum! Brands by 9.5% during the first quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC now owns 6,918 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $959,000 after buying an additional 602 shares during the last quarter. Northwest Investment Counselors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Yum! Brands in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $48,000. Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Yum! Brands by 21.1% in the 1st quarter. Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,540 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $352,000 after buying an additional 443 shares during the period. Brookstone Capital Management grew its stake in shares of Yum! Brands by 12.3% in the 1st quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 2,141 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $297,000 after buying an additional 234 shares during the period. Finally, St. Johns Investment Management Company LLC boosted its position in shares of Yum! Brands by 5.2% during the 1st quarter. St. Johns Investment Management Company LLC now owns 4,650 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $645,000 after purchasing an additional 229 shares during the period. 82.37% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Yum! Brands

In related news, Director Weir Mirian M. Graddick sold 1,309 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $137.40, for a total transaction of $179,856.60. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 1,233 shares in the company, valued at $169,414.20. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. In related news, CEO David W. Gibbs sold 7,005 shares of Yum! Brands stock in a transaction on Monday, September 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $134.43, for a total transaction of $941,682.15. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 155,883 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,955,351.69. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Weir Mirian M. Graddick sold 1,309 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $137.40, for a total transaction of $179,856.60. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 1,233 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $169,414.20. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 101,673 shares of company stock valued at $13,918,095 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.31% of the company’s stock.

Yum! Brands Stock Down 0.0 %

YUM traded down $0.03 during trading on Monday, hitting $134.24. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 613,217 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,948,240. Yum! Brands, Inc. has a twelve month low of $118.28 and a twelve month high of $143.20. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $135.02 and its 200-day moving average price is $135.15. The firm has a market capitalization of $37.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.59, a PEG ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.08.

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 6th. The restaurant operator reported $1.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.33 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $1.76 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.80 billion. Yum! Brands had a negative return on equity of 18.90% and a net margin of 21.96%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.41 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Yum! Brands, Inc. will post 5.6 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Yum! Brands Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 27th were issued a $0.67 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, August 27th. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.00%. Yum! Brands’s payout ratio is currently 49.08%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have commented on the stock. Evercore ISI cut shares of Yum! Brands from an “outperform” rating to an “inline” rating and decreased their price target for the company from $160.00 to $145.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 16th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on shares of Yum! Brands from $135.00 to $130.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, July 22nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price objective on shares of Yum! Brands from $143.00 to $147.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 7th. Robert W. Baird upped their price target on shares of Yum! Brands from $150.00 to $154.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 7th. Finally, TD Cowen cut shares of Yum! Brands from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lowered their target price for the company from $156.00 to $145.00 in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Yum! Brands presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $146.53.

Yum! Brands Company Profile

Yum! Brands, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises quick service restaurants worldwide. The company operates through the KFC Division, the Taco Bell Division, the Pizza Hut Division, and the Habit Burger Grill Division segments. It also operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill brands, which specialize in chicken, pizza, made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches, Mexican-style food categories, and other food products.