What Yum! Brands Investors Are Talking About Today.

By Tamara Parker • Friday, December 15 14:07 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Consumer Discretionary company Yum! Brands has moved -1.7% so far today on a volume of 935,938, compared to its average of 1,593,344. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved -0.0%.

Yum! Brands trades -6.69% away from its average analyst target price of $138.1 per share. The 21 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $116.0 to $160.0, and on average have given Yum! Brands a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in YUM, you'll want to know the following:

Yum! Brands has moved 1.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 22.5%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 5.26, Yum! Brands has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 24.5 while the S&P 500 average is None
YUM has a forward P/E ratio of 22.1 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $5.83 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.79 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Yum! Brands is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Yum! Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises quick service restaurants worldwide.
Based in Louisville, the company has 36,000 full time employees and a market cap of $36.12 Billion. Yum! Brands currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.5%.

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