In a report released today, Brian Mullan from Deutsche Bank maintained a Hold rating on Yum! Brands (YUM), with a price target of $80.00. The company’s shares closed last Monday at $82.88.
According to TipRanks.com, Mullan is a 1-star analyst with an average return of -8.4% and a 40.9% success rate. Mullan covers the Services sector, focusing on stocks such as Restaurant Brands International, Papa John’s International, and Carrols Restaurant Group.
The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Yum! Brands with a $92.28 average price target, which is an 11.9% upside from current levels. In a report issued on April 24, Kalinowski Equity Research also downgraded the stock to Hold.
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Yum! Brands’ market cap is currently $25.22B and has a P/E ratio of 23.50. The company has a Price to Book ratio of -2.75.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 57 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is positive on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders buying their shares of YUM in relation to earlier this year.
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Yum! Brands, Inc. operates as a service restaurant company, which engages in the development, operation, franchise, and licenses a system of restaurants. It operates through the following segments: KFC Division, Pizza Hut Division, and Taco Bell Division. The KFC Division segment comprises of all operations of the KFC concept. The Pizza Hut Division segment operates the Pizza Hut concept. The Taco Bell Division segment includes all operations of the Taco Bell concept. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.
