Yum Brands Inc (NYSE:YUM) shares, rose in value, with the stock price up by 0.61% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $144.03.
Actively observing the price movement in the recent trading, the stock is buoying the session at $143.15. The PE ratio was 28.72 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $163.30, and the low was $122.13. On the whole, YUM has fluctuated by -2.48% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Yum Brands Inc currently standing at about $40.04 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in June. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 2.76, with its dividend yield at 1.92%.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that YUM’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a Hold on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 2.50, with the price of YUM currently trading nearly -1.93% and -3.31% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 41.77, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 0.38% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 1.02%. Furthermore, Yum Brands Inc (YUM)’s beta value is 0.74, and its average true range (ATR) is 2.65.
A comparison of Yum Brands Inc (YUM) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. YUM showed an intraday change of 0.61% in today’s session so far, and over the past year, it grew by 4.63%%.
Data on historical trading for Yum Brands Inc (NYSE:YUM) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 2.25 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 278.00 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 0.15% of Yum Brands Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 84.62% of the company’s shares. The stock has risen by 7.36% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the YUM stock heading into the next quarter.
