Blue Trust Inc. Has $212,000 Holdings in Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC)

Blue Trust Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) by 45.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 4,702 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,459 shares during the quarter. Blue Trust Inc.’s holdings in Yum China were worth $212,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Value Partners Investments Inc. increased its position in Yum China by 27.4% during the third quarter. Value Partners Investments Inc. now owns 255,950 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,523,000 after acquiring an additional 55,000 shares during the period. Waverton Investment Management Ltd boosted its stake in Yum China by 350.7% during the third quarter. Waverton Investment Management Ltd now owns 4,203,087 shares of the company’s stock worth $189,202,000 after buying an additional 3,270,560 shares in the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC bought a new stake in Yum China in the 3rd quarter valued at $2,177,000. GSA Capital Partners LLP lifted its holdings in shares of Yum China by 100.2% during the 3rd quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP now owns 35,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,610,000 after acquiring an additional 17,898 shares during the period. Finally, Grove Bank & Trust boosted its position in shares of Yum China by 64.3% during the 3rd quarter. Grove Bank & Trust now owns 2,466 shares of the company’s stock valued at $111,000 after acquiring an additional 965 shares in the last quarter. 85.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

YUMC has been the subject of several recent research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of Yum China from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $35.50 to $60.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. StockNews.com raised Yum China from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $49.57.

Insider Activity at Yum China

In related news, insider Duoduo (Howard) Huang sold 6,377 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $47.47, for a total transaction of $302,716.19. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 16,641 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $789,948.27. This represents a 27.70 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. 0.30% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Yum China Stock Performance

NYSE YUMC opened at $45.06 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $17.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.94, a PEG ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 0.33. The company has a current ratio of 1.29, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. Yum China Holdings, Inc. has a 1-year low of $28.50 and a 1-year high of $52.00. The company has a 50 day moving average of $46.77 and a 200-day moving average of $42.04.

Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 4th. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $3.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.03 billion. Yum China had a return on equity of 13.39% and a net margin of 7.97%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.59 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts forecast that Yum China Holdings, Inc. will post 2.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Yum China Profile

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.