Zacks Research Has Strong Forecast for Yum China Q3 Earnings

Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Yum China in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, August 19th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.77 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.76. The consensus estimate for Yum China’s current full-year earnings is $2.54 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Yum China’s FY2025 earnings at $2.48 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.86 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.65 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.41 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.82 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.91 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.75 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $3.17 EPS.

Yum China Trading Up 1.7%

Yum China stock opened at $45.8650 on Friday. Yum China has a 52 week low of $32.85 and a 52 week high of $53.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a current ratio of 1.39. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.95, a P/E/G ratio of 1.70 and a beta of 0.27. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $45.76 and a 200 day moving average price of $46.45.

Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The company reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $2.79 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.80 billion. Yum China had a net margin of 8.04% and a return on equity of 14.13%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.55 earnings per share.

Yum China Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 23rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 2nd will be issued a $0.24 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 2nd. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.1%. Yum China’s dividend payout ratio is presently 39.67%.

Institutional Trading of Yum China

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of YUMC. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Yum China by 6,304.9% in the first quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 11,526,026 shares of the company’s stock valued at $600,045,000 after purchasing an additional 11,346,069 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of Yum China by 29.7% in the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 23,985,966 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,248,709,000 after purchasing an additional 5,485,735 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Yum China in the second quarter valued at $201,814,000. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Yum China by 35.6% in the first quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 14,102,077 shares of the company’s stock valued at $734,150,000 after purchasing an additional 3,704,756 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Driehaus Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Yum China during the 4th quarter valued at $66,524,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.58% of the company’s stock.

About Yum China

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.