Valeo Financial Advisors LLC Has $335,000 Stock Holdings in Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC)

Valeo Financial Advisors LLC lowered its stake in shares of Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) by 21.3% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 7,885 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,134 shares during the period. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in Yum China were worth $335,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its stake in Yum China by 237.1% during the 3rd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 559,994 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,203,000 after purchasing an additional 393,881 shares during the last quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC acquired a new position in Yum China during the 4th quarter valued at about $1,655,000. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its stake in Yum China by 13.0% during the 4th quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,766,787 shares of the company’s stock valued at $159,825,000 after purchasing an additional 433,411 shares during the last quarter. XY Capital Ltd boosted its stake in Yum China by 1,325.8% during the 3rd quarter. XY Capital Ltd now owns 107,650 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,998,000 after purchasing an additional 100,100 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its stake in Yum China by 17.5% during the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 369,621 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,657,000 after purchasing an additional 54,958 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.58% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

YUMC has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft initiated coverage on shares of Yum China in a research report on Tuesday, December 19th. They set a “buy” rating and a $58.00 target price on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $38.00 target price (down previously from $65.00) on shares of Yum China in a research report on Thursday, January 4th. Finally, HSBC dropped their target price on shares of Yum China from $66.80 to $51.30 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 6th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Yum China has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $54.65.

Yum China Trading Down 3.3 %

NYSE:YUMC opened at $37.34 on Monday. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $40.40 and its 200 day moving average is $42.88. The company has a current ratio of 1.42, a quick ratio of 1.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. Yum China Holdings, Inc. has a 12 month low of $33.55 and a 12 month high of $64.65. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.64 billion, a PE ratio of 19.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 0.45.

Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 6th. The company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.13 by $0.12. Yum China had a net margin of 7.53% and a return on equity of 11.63%. The business had revenue of $2.49 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.32 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.13 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 19.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts expect that Yum China Holdings, Inc. will post 2.19 earnings per share for the current year.

Yum China Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 26th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 5th were issued a dividend of $0.16 per share. This is a boost from Yum China’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 4th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.71%. Yum China’s payout ratio is presently 32.65%.

Yum China Profile

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.