Yum China Stock (YUMC) Declines – What's Behind the Drop?

Yum China stock is trading -21.86% below its average target price of $57.09 after dropping -4.2% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Restaurant Chain company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $35.0 to $76.0 per share.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 2.8%, and a short ratio of 4.86. The company's insiders own 0.32% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 86.9% of Yum China's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Yum China

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-09-30 JP Morgan Chase & Company 5% 18,152,182 $809,768,850
2024-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 4% 16,445,115 $733,616,590
2024-09-30 Vanguard Group Inc 4% 15,364,313 $685,402,012
2024-09-30 BLS Capital Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S 4% 13,475,766 $601,153,929
2024-09-30 Guardcap Asset Management Ltd. 3% 12,899,717 $575,456,383
2024-09-30 Primavera Capital Management Ltd 3% 12,035,635 $536,909,684
2024-09-30 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 3% 11,181,919 $498,825,413
2024-09-30 Dodge & Cox Inc 3% 10,684,762 $476,647,239
2024-09-30 Royal Bank of Canada 3% 9,913,616 $442,246,415
2024-09-30 Principal Financial Group, Inc. 2% 7,865,803 $350,893,476

Besides an analyst consensus of strong upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Yum China.

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