Vestor Capital LLC Sells 80 Shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM)

Vestor Capital LLC lessened its position in shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) by 11.7% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 603 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock after selling 80 shares during the period. Vestor Capital LLC’s holdings in Yum! Brands were worth $79,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Advantage Trust Co bought a new stake in shares of Yum! Brands in the fourth quarter valued at about $90,000. Savoir Faire Capital Management L.P. boosted its holdings in Yum! Brands by 3.4% in the 4th quarter. Savoir Faire Capital Management L.P. now owns 30,978 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $4,048,000 after purchasing an additional 1,027 shares during the period. US Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Yum! Brands during the 4th quarter worth approximately $298,000. Wealthspire Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Yum! Brands by 5.2% during the fourth quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC now owns 5,450 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $712,000 after purchasing an additional 268 shares during the period. Finally, National Pension Service raised its position in shares of Yum! Brands by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. National Pension Service now owns 564,171 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $73,715,000 after buying an additional 12,847 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.37% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Yum! Brands news, Director Paget Leonard Alves sold 6,309 shares of Yum! Brands stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.19, for a total transaction of $859,222.71. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. In related news, VP David Eric Russell sold 9,919 shares of Yum! Brands stock in a transaction on Friday, February 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $129.63, for a total transaction of $1,285,799.97. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president now owns 18,661 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,419,025.43. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Paget Leonard Alves sold 6,309 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $136.19, for a total transaction of $859,222.71. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 30,373 shares of company stock valued at $4,087,920 in the last ninety days. 0.31% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Yum! Brands Price Performance

Shares of NYSE YUM traded up $0.99 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $137.95. 1,987,759 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,008,175. Yum! Brands, Inc. has a twelve month low of $115.53 and a twelve month high of $143.20. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $138.08 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $131.95. The company has a market cap of $38.83 billion, a PE ratio of 24.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 1.07.

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 1st. The restaurant operator reported $1.15 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.20 by ($0.05). The firm had revenue of $1.60 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.71 billion. Yum! Brands had a negative return on equity of 18.64% and a net margin of 22.92%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.06 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Yum! Brands, Inc. will post 5.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

YUM has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company downgraded Yum! Brands from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $150.00 to $135.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 11th. Guggenheim boosted their price target on Yum! Brands from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 7th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on shares of Yum! Brands from $133.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 2nd. Citigroup decreased their target price on shares of Yum! Brands from $166.00 to $162.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 23rd. Finally, TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $160.00 price target on shares of Yum! Brands in a report on Wednesday, May 1st. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $143.53.

About Yum! Brands

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.