Yum Brands Inc (NYSE:YUM) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.29M but it saw 1791729 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 40.44B USD, the company’s current market price of $145.50 came falling about -0.64 while comparing to the previous closing price of $146.43. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $163.30 and as low as $122.13.
The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Bernstein which downgraded the stock as “Mkt Perform” in its note to investors issued on January 22, 2025, recommending a price target of between $140 and $135 for it. Morgan Stanley downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Equal-Weight” from “Overweight” on January 21, 2025 while assigning a price target range of $158-$140. Citigroup also issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $153 and $141.
Over the week, YUM’s stock price is moving -1.05% down while it is -0.45% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 8.45% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 4.17%.
Currently, Yum Brands Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 278.00M with 0.17% of that held by the insiders while 85.48% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 32.45%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 29.01 while having a 21.65 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.75. Stock has a price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 5.23. Its return on asset (ROA) is 22.12% on average.
