Analysts Set Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) PT at $54.65

Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) has earned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the four research firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $54.65.

Separately, HSBC lowered their target price on Yum China from $66.80 to $51.30 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 6th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. AE Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in Yum China by 5.5% during the 3rd quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,850 shares of the company’s stock valued at $437,000 after purchasing an additional 406 shares in the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc lifted its position in Yum China by 380.2% in the 3rd quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 922 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,000 after acquiring an additional 730 shares in the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its stake in Yum China by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 96,830 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,395,000 after purchasing an additional 2,461 shares during the last quarter. SVB Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Yum China by 7.8% in the third quarter. SVB Wealth LLC now owns 19,257 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,073,000 after purchasing an additional 1,396 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James & Associates raised its position in Yum China by 0.3% in the 3rd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 888,692 shares of the company’s stock valued at $49,518,000 after buying an additional 2,836 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.58% of the company’s stock.

Yum China Stock Performance

NYSE:YUMC opened at $37.30 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $14.62 billion, a PE ratio of 18.74, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 0.46. Yum China has a fifty-two week low of $33.55 and a fifty-two week high of $62.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 1.24 and a current ratio of 1.42. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $39.45 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $40.96.

Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) last announced its earnings results on Monday, April 29th. The company reported $0.71 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.06. Yum China had a net margin of 7.49% and a return on equity of 11.65%. The business had revenue of $2.96 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.05 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.69 earnings per share. Yum China’s quarterly revenue was up 1.4% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts anticipate that Yum China will post 2.19 earnings per share for the current year.

Yum China Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 28th will be given a $0.16 dividend. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.72%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 28th. Yum China’s payout ratio is 32.16%.

About Yum China

Yum China Holdings, Inc owns, operates, and franchises restaurants in the People's Republic of China. The company operates through KFC, Pizza Hut, and All Other segments. It operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Lavazza, Little Sheep, and Huang Ji Huang concepts. The company also operates V-Gold Mall, a mobile e-commerce platform to sell products; and offers online food deliver services.