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Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE: YUMC) closed the day trading at $37.69 down -1.87% from the previous closing price of $38.41. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.87 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.04 million shares were traded. YUMC stock price reached its highest trading level at $38.358 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $37.32.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of YUMC, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 6.31 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 22.45. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.24 and its Current Ratio is at 1.39. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.35 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.32.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Deutsche Bank on December 19, 2023, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $58.
On September 22, 2023, Jefferies Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Hold and also upped its target price recommendation from $65.78 to $71.30.
CLSA Upgraded its Outperform to Buy on September 15, 2023, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $71.60.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 24 ’23 when Zhang Leila sold 1,790 shares for $45.02 per share. The transaction valued at 80,586 led to the insider holds 17,081 shares of the business.
Wat Joey bought 14,000 shares of YUMC for $647,615 on Nov 22 ’23. The Chief Executive Officer now owns 269,144 shares after completing the transaction at $46.26 per share. On Nov 21 ’23, another insider, Wang Warton, who serves as the General Manager, KFC of the company, sold 3,975 shares for $46.78 each. As a result, the insider received 185,961 and left with 5,108 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, YUMC now has a Market Capitalization of 14983433216 and an Enterprise Value of 15158479872. As of this moment, Yum’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 18.90, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 15.29. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.89. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.37 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.52. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.376 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.94.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, YUMC has reached a high of $64.50, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $33.55. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -5.02%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -17.41%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, YUMC traded about 3.31M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, YUMC traded about 3711710 shares per day. A total of 407.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 385.70M. Insiders hold about 3.76% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 79.02% stake in the company. Shares short for YUMC as of 1713139200 were 13694947 with a Short Ratio of 4.14, compared to 1710460800 on 10987885. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 13694947 and a Short% of Float of 3.5099998.
Dividends & Splits
YUMC’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.55, up from 0.55 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.014319188The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.92.
