Bfsg LLC Invests $26,000 in Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM)

Bfsg LLC acquired a new position in shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 200 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock, valued at approximately $26,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Global Retirement Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Yum! Brands by 21.3% in the third quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 553 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $68,000 after acquiring an additional 97 shares during the period. Caprock Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Yum! Brands by 18.7% in the third 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. Czech National Bank boosted its holdings in shares of Yum! Brands by 47.7% in the third quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 48,976 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $6,119,000 after acquiring an additional 15,820 shares during the period. Ballentine Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Yum! Brands by 3.1% in the third quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC now owns 4,488 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $561,000 after acquiring an additional 136 shares during the period. Finally, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Yum! Brands by 32.9% in the third 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. 82.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Yum! Brands Stock Performance

NYSE:YUM opened at $141.77 on Friday. 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 1 year low of $115.53 and a 1 year high of $143.24. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $137.98 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $130.85.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

YUM has been the subject of several analyst reports. TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating and set a $160.00 price target on shares of Yum! Brands in a research note on Wednesday, April 10th. Oppenheimer upgraded Yum! Brands from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $154.00 price target for the company in a research note on Friday, January 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Yum! Brands from $133.00 to $134.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 19th. Barclays cut their price target on Yum! Brands from $146.00 to $144.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 8th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut Yum! Brands from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and cut their price target for the stock from $150.00 to $135.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 11th. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $144.75.

Insider Buying and Selling at Yum! Brands

In other Yum! Brands news, CEO David W. Gibbs sold 7,078 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $138.37, for a total value of $979,382.86. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 172,128 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $23,817,351.36. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. In related news, CEO David W. Gibbs sold 7,067 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.34, for a total transaction of $963,514.78. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 175,377 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $23,910,900.18. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO David W. Gibbs sold 7,078 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $138.37, for a total value of $979,382.86. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 172,128 shares in the company, valued at approximately $23,817,351.36. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 24,064 shares of company stock valued at $3,228,698. Insiders own 0.31% of the company’s stock.

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.