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

Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) has been given a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the four analysts that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $54.65.

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

Yum China Price Performance

Shares of Yum China stock opened at $38.41 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.69 and a beta of 0.46. The company has a fifty day moving average of $39.64 and a 200-day moving average of $41.33. Yum China has a 52-week low of $33.55 and a 52-week high of $64.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 1.24 and a current ratio of 1.42.

Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April 29th. The company reported $0.71 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.06. Yum China had a return on equity of 11.65% and a net margin of 7.49%. The company had revenue of $2.96 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.05 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.69 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.4% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts expect that Yum China will post 2.2 EPS for the current year.

Yum China Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 28th will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 28th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.67%. Yum China’s payout ratio is 32.16%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Yum China

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

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.