Don't Judge Yum China on Technicals Alone - Check Its Fundamentals!

By Tamara Parker • Thursday, December 04 10:05 • Permanent Link

Yum China logged a -0.0% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $47.22 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. YUMC's trading volume is 154,954 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,493,387.

Yum China trades -18.61% away from its average analyst target price of $58.01 per share. The 22 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $53.0 to $76.0, and on average have given Yum China a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying YUMC should be aware of the facts below:

Yum China's current price is 69.8% above its Graham number of $27.81, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Yum China has moved -1.6% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 12.8%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.41, Yum China has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 19.6 while the S&P 500 average is None
YUMC has a forward P/E ratio of 18.3 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.58 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 3.05 compared to its sector average of None
Yum China Holdings, Inc. owns, operates, and franchises restaurants in the People's Republic of China.
Based in Shanghai, the company has 140,000 full time employees and a market cap of $16.9 Billion. Yum China currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.9%.

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