Cwm LLC Purchases 1,013 Shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM)

Cwm LLC grew its stake in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) by 14.6% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 7,944 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,013 shares during the quarter. Cwm LLC’s holdings in Yum! Brands were worth $1,038,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in YUM. Caprock Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Yum! Brands by 18.7% in the 3rd quarter. Caprock Group LLC now owns 1,724 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $215,000 after acquiring an additional 272 shares during the period. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Yum! Brands by 32.9% in the 3rd quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 8,088 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $1,011,000 after acquiring an additional 2,001 shares during the period. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC grew its stake in Yum! Brands by 4.5% during the 3rd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 103,701 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $12,956,000 after buying an additional 4,497 shares during the last quarter. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund grew its stake in Yum! Brands by 4.5% during the 3rd quarter. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund now owns 140,255 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $17,523,000 after buying an additional 6,100 shares during the last quarter. Finally, YHB Investment Advisors Inc. grew its stake in Yum! Brands by 100.4% during the 3rd quarter. YHB Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 80,082 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $10,549,000 after buying an additional 40,111 shares during the last quarter. 82.37% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Yum! Brands Trading Up 0.1 %

NYSE YUM opened at $141.77 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $39.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.36, a PEG ratio of 2.23 and a beta of 1.10. Yum! Brands, Inc. has a twelve month low of $115.53 and a twelve month high of $143.24. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $137.98 and a 200 day moving average of $131.01.

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 7th. The restaurant operator reported $1.26 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.39 by ($0.13). The business had revenue of $2.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.11 billion. Yum! Brands had a negative return on equity of 17.76% and a net margin of 22.57%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.31 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Yum! Brands, Inc. will post 5.73 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently weighed in on YUM. Citigroup dropped their target price on Yum! Brands from $166.00 to $162.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 23rd. Argus restated a “hold” rating on shares of Yum! Brands in a research note on Wednesday, April 10th. Stifel Nicolaus restated a “hold” rating and set a $135.00 target price on shares of Yum! Brands in a research note on Thursday, January 4th. TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating and set a $160.00 target price on shares of Yum! Brands in a research note on Wednesday, April 10th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Yum! Brands from $133.00 to $134.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 19th. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Yum! Brands has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $144.75.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Yum! Brands news, VP David Eric Russell sold 9,919 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $129.63, for a total transaction of $1,285,799.97. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now directly owns 18,661 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,419,025.43. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. In other news, CEO David W. Gibbs sold 7,067 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.34, for a total value of $963,514.78. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 175,377 shares in the company, valued at $23,910,900.18. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, VP David Eric Russell sold 9,919 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $129.63, for a total value of $1,285,799.97. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now owns 18,661 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,419,025.43. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 24,064 shares of company stock worth $3,228,698. Corporate insiders own 0.31% of the company’s stock.

Yum! Brands Profile

Yum! Brands, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises quick service restaurants worldwide. The company operates through the KFC Division, the Taco Bell Division, the Pizza Hut Division, and the Habit Burger Grill Division segments. It also operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill brands, which specialize in chicken, pizza, made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches, Mexican-style food categories, and other food products.