Summit Trail Advisors LLC Takes $616,000 Position in Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC)

Summit Trail Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 12,795 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $616,000.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Waverton Investment Management Ltd increased its position in Yum China by 350.7% in 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 position in shares of Yum China during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $2,177,000. GSA Capital Partners LLP increased its holdings in Yum China by 100.2% in 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 in the last quarter. Grove Bank & Trust raised its stake in Yum China by 64.3% during the 3rd quarter. Grove Bank & Trust now owns 2,466 shares of the company’s stock worth $111,000 after acquiring an additional 965 shares during the period. Finally, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans lifted its holdings in Yum China by 21.3% during the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 2,510,386 shares of the company’s stock valued at $113,017,000 after purchasing an additional 441,252 shares in the last quarter. 85.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

Yum China Trading Down 1.3 %

Shares of YUMC opened at $47.43 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $18.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 0.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 1.29 and a quick ratio of 1.15. 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 simple moving average of $46.87 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $42.66.

Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.31 by ($0.01). Yum China had a net margin of 8.06% and a return on equity of 13.83%. On average, equities analysts expect that Yum China Holdings, Inc. will post 2.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Yum China Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 6th will be issued a $0.24 dividend. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.02%. This is a boost from Yum China’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 6th. Yum China’s payout ratio is 27.47%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

YUMC has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. StockNews.com cut shares of Yum China from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded 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 note on Tuesday, November 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Yum China has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $49.57.

About Yum China

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.