Q3 EPS Estimates for Yum! Brands Decreased by Zacks Research

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Yum! Brands in a research report issued on Thursday, February 20th. Zacks Research analyst H. Ray now forecasts that the restaurant operator will post earnings of $1.46 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.48. The consensus estimate for Yum! Brands’ current full-year earnings is $5.94 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Yum! Brands’ Q3 2025 earnings at $1.46 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.52 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.54 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.54 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $7.49 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on YUM. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price objective on Yum! Brands from $140.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, February 7th. Redburn Atlantic cut shares of Yum! Brands from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. TD Securities boosted their price target on shares of Yum! Brands from $140.00 to $151.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Argus raised shares of Yum! Brands from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $155.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Tuesday, December 31st. Finally, Morgan Stanley reissued an “equal weight” rating and issued a $140.00 target price (down from $158.00) on shares of Yum! Brands in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Thirteen investment 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, Yum! Brands presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $147.37.

Yum! Brands Stock Up 2.7 %

Shares of NYSE YUM opened at $154.33 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $43.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 1.11. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $135.04 and its 200-day simple moving average is $135.23. Yum! Brands has a 52-week low of $122.13 and a 52-week high of $154.79.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Yum! Brands

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC bought a new position in shares of Yum! Brands in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. WealthTrak Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Yum! Brands in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Safe Harbor Fiduciary LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Yum! Brands during the 3rd quarter worth $29,000. Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC bought a new position in Yum! Brands in the 4th quarter valued at about $33,000. Finally, Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. raised its position in Yum! Brands by 436.5% during the fourth quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. now owns 279 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 227 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 82.37% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Yum! Brands

In other Yum! Brands news, CEO David W. Gibbs sold 3,815 shares of Yum! Brands stock in a transaction on Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $137.06, for a total transaction of $522,883.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 149,385 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,474,708.10. The trade was a 2.49 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 0.31% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Yum! Brands Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 7th. Investors of record on Friday, February 21st will be issued a dividend of $0.71 per share. This represents a $2.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.84%. This is a boost from Yum! Brands’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.67. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 21st. Yum! Brands’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 54.41%.

Yum! Brands Company Profile

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.