Yum Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.04M but it saw 1679838 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 39.83B USD, the company’s current market price of $141.56 came falling about -0.18 while comparing to the previous closing price of $141.81. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $143.24 and as low as $115.53.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Yum Brands Inc. (YUM) gives us an average price of $138.50, while its current price level is -1.18% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 22.54% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $137.76 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $130.59. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.32% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.45%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 65.54 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
Wells Fargo downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Equal Weight” from “Overweight” on January 11, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $150-$135. Oppenheimer issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock is $154.
Over the week, YUM’s stock price is moving 2.68% up while it is 5.01% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 8.34% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 2.72%.
Currently, Yum Brands Inc.’s total number of outstanding shares is 281.00M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 39.52%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 25.31 while having a 21.81 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.08. Stock has a price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 5.63. Its return on asset (ROA) is 26.45% on average.
