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[Business Wire] - Yum! Brands, Inc. today announced the Company will present at the Bernstein Thirty-First Annual Strategic Decisions Conference on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 in New York, NY at approximately 10:00 a.m. Read more on this. Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM), with a current value of $40.78B, opened at $93.86.   [...]

[Reuters] - Yum, owner of the KFC and Pizza Hut brands, gets about a third of its operating income and half of its revenue from China, where it is the biggest Western fast-food chain. Hedge fund Corvex Management, which has been urging Yum to spin off its China operations, has said the business could [...]

Hedge Fund Manager Dan Loeb Pours into Yum! Brands The hedge fund manager Dan Loeb and Keith Meister have taken big stakes in Yum! Brands, which owns KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, according to CNBC. Corvex is now one of Yum's top five shareholders, purchasing shares early in the first quarter of 2015, according to sources. Meister will offer more details about his investment on Monday at

[Reuters] - Hedge fund Third Point told investors Friday it has taken new positions in Yum! Brands and Devon Energy and thinks U.S. stocks remain attractive because economic data should improve and a near-term rate hike seems unlikely. Daniel Loeb's $17.5 billion hedge fund bought into fast-food restaurant company Yum! during the first quarter [...]

[Business Wire] - Yum! Brands, Inc. , one of the world’s largest restaurant companies and parent of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, has been named one of the Top 20 learning and development organizations by Chief Learning Officer magazine’s 2015 LearningElite program. Read more on this. Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM), with a [...]

[Business Wire] - Yum! Brands, Inc. today reported results for the first quarter ended March 21, 2015, including EPS of $0.80, excluding Special Items. Reported EPS was $0.81. Read more on this. Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM), with a current value of $35.02B, opened this morning at $80.99.   Today, shares [...]

[Business Wire] - Yum! Brands , parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell and one of the top 100 Corporate Citizens by Corporate Responsibility Magazine in 2014, announced the release of its online 2014 Corporate Social Responsibility Report. Read more on this. Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM), valued at $34.36B, opened this [...]

[Business Wire] - Yum! Brands, Inc. , one of the world’s largest restaurant companies with more than 41,000 KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants in over 125 countries, announced today Read more on this. Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM), valued at $33.71B, started trading this morning at $77.07.   Looking [...]

[Business Wire] - Yum! Brands, Inc. today announced the Company will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2015 Consumer & Retail Conference on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 in New York, NY at approximately 10:30 a.m. Read more on this. Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM), with a current value of $33.79B, started trading [...]

[Business Wire] - Yum! Brands , parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell and one of the top 100 Corporate Citizens by Corporate Responsibility Magazine, announced its World Hunger R Read more on this. Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM), currently valued at $33.01B, opened at $74.48.   Looking at [...]

[Business Wire] - Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, has over 40,000 restaurants in more than 125 countries and territories. Yum! is ranked #216 on the Fortune 500 List with revenues of over $13 billion. Read more on this. Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM), currently valued at $31.36B, opened this morning at $71.33. [...]

[Business Wire] - Yum! Brands Inc. Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to $1 billion in additional shares of common stock and declared a dividend of $0.41 per share of common stock. Read more on this. Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM), valued at $33.04B, opened this morning at $74.50.   [...]

[Business Wire] - Yum! Brands, Inc. , one of the world’s largest restaurant companies and parent of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, has been named one of the Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Le Read more on this. Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM), with a current value of $32.62B, opened at $73.38. [...]

[Business Wire] - Pizza Hut, a division of Yum! Brands , today announced the opening of its first restaurant in Africa. The introduction of Pizza Hut on the Continent reflects the Company’s expansion in emerging markets. Read more on this. Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM), valued at $31.84B, started the session at $72.20. [...]

[GlobeNewswire] - LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI or Company) announced Churchill Downs, its namesake racetrack, and Yum! Brands, Inc., have signed a five-year agreement that extends Yum!'s role as ... Read more on this. Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM), with a current market cap of $31.54B, began trading this morning at $71.65. [...]

[Business Wire] - Yum! Brands, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors approved an 11% increase in the Company’s quarterly dividend. The quarterly cash dividend will increase from $0.37 to $0.41 per share and will be effective with the dividend payment to be distributed on November 7, 2014 to shareholders of record at the [...]

[Benzinga] - Borrowing a page from the Willy Wonka playbook, Yum! Brands’ (NYSE: YUM ) Taco Bell launched a campaign last week in which anyone who found one of 11 special “ Everlasting Dollars ” would win a lifetime ... Read more on this. Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM), valued at $31.43B, began trading [...]

[Reuters] - * Yum says China meat scare impact "significant, negative" * China, HK diners say likely to visit chains less frequently ... July 31 (Reuters) - A food safety scare in China is testing local consumers' loyalty to foreign fast-food brands, including McDonald's Corp and Yum Brands Inc, which owns the KFC and [...]

[Reuters] - McDonald's Corp and Yum Brands Inc are facing a new food safety scare in China, denting the fast food giants' efforts to shore up reputations and businesses that were hurt by a 2012 safety scandal in one of their biggest markets. McDonald's and KFC-parent Yum apologized to customers on Monday after Chinese [...]

Good morning traders.  I closed up shop early today. I was 4 for 4 this morning, and I will not give back to the market what I made. This way I go out with a positive and confidence building day. I posted the first three trades with profit targets on my twitter feed last Friday.   See side bar for trade results. Update: All my closed short trades have moved higher after exits. What a great feeling. Today was a good day for me, "blessing to all and good trading." 1. Short trade in...

[at Seeking Alpha] - Yum! Brands ( YUM ) recently announced its annual dividend increase in September. As has been the case over the past few years, this announcement closely followed McDonald's ( MCD ) dividend increase announcement. ... Read more on this. McDonald's Corp. (MCD), with a current value of $97.07B, opened [...]

Stocks tend to be most volatile around earnings season, when a good or bad report can make or break it. However, a good or even great earnings report doesn't necessarily translate into a huge pop for a stock. During earnings season, BullMarket.com publishes a comprehensive 25- to 40-page Earnings Preview report for the week ahead each [...]

It seems that the Chinese division of  Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM), which is also the largest contributor to its revenue stream, is going through a bad phase. In a recent SEC filing, Yum! Brands stated that its China division’s same-store sales (comparable sales) have suffered a 13% decline in March with a 16% fall in [...]

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Yum Brands Inc (NYSE:YUM - News), owner of fast-food brand KFC, plans to open between 60 and 70 restaurants this year in Russia and other former Soviet countries and is looking for new franchise partners to help drive growth. Yum and its franchisees already have 216 restaurants in the Commonwealth of Independent States [...]

YUM! Brands, Inc. (YUM), together with its subsidiaries, operates quick service restaurants in the United States and internationally. Dividend stock has paid dividends since 2004, and has increased dividends for 8 years in a row. The company’s last dividend increase was in September 2012 when the Board of Directors approved a 17.50% increase in the quarterly distribution to 33.50 cents /share. The company’s peer group includes McDonald’s (MCD), Burger King (BKW) and Domino’s Pizza...

Stocks tend to be most volatile around earnings season, when a good or bad report can make or break it. However, a good or even great earnings report doesn't necessarily translate into a huge pop for a stock. During earnings season, BullMarket.com publishes a comprehensive 25- to 40-page Earnings Preview report for the week ahead each [...]

YUM! Brands, Inc. (YUM), together with its subsidiaries, operates quick service restaurants in the United States and internationally. Dividend stock has paid dividends since 2004, and has increased dividends for 8 years in a row. The company’s last dividend increase was in September 2012 when the Board of Directors approved a 17.50% increase in the quarterly distribution to 33.50 cents /share. The company’s peer group includes McDonald’s (MCD), Burger King (BKW) and Domino’s Pizza...

The disappointing earnings from Yum Brands (NYSE: YUM), operator of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants, has been attributed to the slowdown in China. The sharp pullback that began at the end of November has found support at the $66 halfway range of the 2012 highs near $75 to lows near $57. The [...]

Courtesy of Benzinga. Yum! Brands(NYSE: YUM) Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to $1 billion in additional shares of common stock and declared a dividend of $0.335 per share of common stock. The quarterly dividend will be distributed February 1, 2013, to shareholders of record at the close of [...]

Yum Brands is the owner of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut fast food restaurants. -Seven Year Revenue Growth Rate: 4.9% -Seven Year EPS Growth Rate: 12.4% -Recent Dividend Growth Rate: 17.5% -Current Dividend Yield: 1.92% -Balance Sheet Strength: Moderate Overview Yum Brands operates the brands of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, and Pizza hut, with over 37,000 restaurants in over 120 countries. The company was spun off from Pepsico in 1997, and maintains a...

Today, Yum Brands Inc. (YUM) raised its quarterly dividend by 18%, the current dividend yield is close to 2%. Yum Brands has been performing well, especially in China, despite the slow-down in economic growth. "Yum's consistent performance and substantial free-cash-flow generation allows us to return significant cash to our shareholders through a meaningful quarterly dividend and share [...]

On Wednesday, McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) reported a disappointing July sales report with stores open at least 13 months, unchanged globally. This came in lower than analysts estimates of a 2.3 percent increase. Domestic sales also dropped, 0.1. percent; this was also lower than 2.2 percent forecasts. The U.S. decline represents the weakest performance for McDonald's since [...]

  The newly appointed CEO of McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD)'s, Don Thompson, is betting on chicken items to revive the growth. He says snack items like Chicken McBites would help attract cash-conscious customers as chicken is a lot cheaper than beef right now. Fast food chains around the world are troubled by the decreasing consumer confidence in the US, [...]

This morning, many of the leading restaurant stocks are declining lower. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE:CMG) has been one of the stronger restaurant stocks in the market. This leading stock sold off sharply on April 19, 2012 when it traded as high as $439.40 a share. Today, CMG stock is trading lower by $4.61 to [...]

After the close on Wednesday, Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) reported earnings. The report showed that Yum! Brands, Inc. earned $0.76. Wall Street was expecting big things from YUM, which is dubbed the largest fast-food company. YUM  Raised FY Growth View to At Least 12%. Yum Q1 revenue was $2.74 bln vs $2.43 bln estimates. Analysts polled were looking for [...]

QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) reports earnings today. The company is expected to report $0.95-$0.99 profit per share. While the analysts have given their opinions, I find it far more accurate to analyze the charts. First, the stock has surged dramatically in 2012. It has jumped from $54.70 to a recent 52 week high of $68.87. This move [...]

This morning, the leading fast food stock McDonald's Corp (NYSE:MCD) is trading lower by $1.06 to $97.50 a share. This leading restaurant stock is one of the only stocks in the sector to decline while the major stock indexes are rallying higher. Short term traders should watch for intra-day support around the $97.00 area. The [...]

by Renee O'Farrell The ubiquitous food product commonly known as "pink slime" is all over the media right now. Pink slime, which is known in the industry as "finely textured beef," is made from the scraps that are left over after choice cuts such as steaks and chops have been carved from a carcass. It has [...]

By Larry Gellar I have identified five interesting stocks that recently reported earnings. While food companies Yum Brands (YUM) and Sysco (SYY) did well, Humana (HUM) and Loews (L) faced headwinds. Meanwhile, HCA's (HCA) profits beat expectations by a very large margin. Now that the fog of earnings has dissipated, each one of these companies offers [...]

Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) today (Monday) reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat The Street, highlighting the impact a strong emerging market presence can have on soaring profits. The quick-service restaurant business that owns KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut chains saw quarterly profit rise 34% to 75 cents a share. Revenue for the quarter climbed 15% to $4.11 billion. Yum's results beat Wall Street's expectations of 74 cents a share and a 13.1% revenue increase to $4.03...

There is perhaps nothing more ubiquitous in America than McDonald's (NYSE: MCD). The fast food giant has restaurants it seems in virtually every town and city in the country. One of McDonald's rivals, Yum Brands (NYSE: YUM), dreams one day of having a restaurant in every town across the country. Yum Brands owns a number of fast food brands including KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. But the country Yum management is dreaming about is not the United States where the company continues to...

The fast-food industry is somewhat impervious to recessions, making stock market investments in these companies a safer haven for investors

A healthy amount of fear is slowly creeping back into the markets today. Stocks are firmly in the red for the first time since the post-Thanksgiving rally began. The indexes aren’t off by much- but it’s enough to slow the torrid rally that has lifted equities for the past two weeks. Pullbacks like this one can [...]

Stock Performance: Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) plunged by 0.07% and closed at $56.25 whereas overall traded volume stood at 2.95 million shares for the last Friday closing day as compare to its average volume stood at 4.23 million. The RSI value of 63.77 times depicts that the current share value is in overbought level. The share [...]

Louisville, Kentucky-based Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM) recently announced that its board has approved the share repurchase of an additional $750 million. The company has been consistently enhancing shareholders’ returns. The world’s largest restaurant company will buy back shares over the next 18 months. The owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell chains currently has $250 [...]

Yum! Brands, Inc., known for KFC and Pizza Hut fast-food, won approval by China's Ministry of Commerce to buy Mongolian hot-pot seller Little Sheep Group Ltd...Yum! Increases China Exposure... >>

Anti-monopoly regulators are turning Yum! Brands Inc.’s acquisition of a chain of Mongolian hot-pot restaurants into the most profitable bet inChina. Little Sheep Group Ltd. (968) has tumbled after saying last week that China’s Ministry of Commerce extended a review of Yum’s HK$4.4 billion ($573 million) takeover by two months. Little Sheep, which rose to within 25 [...]

Fresh off its decision to build its own LTE network, [company id="s"] reported its Q3 earnings this morning.  Revenues of $8.33B were slightly on the light side, while loss per share of $0.10 was better than expected.  Their cash levels checked in at $4B, enough to make good progress on that LTE buildout assuming they [...]

Go into a Taco Bell, or a KFC, or a Pizza Hut, and a diner will be eating food from the plates of Yum! Brands Inc (YUM).

It was another seesaw day in the market, but for a second-consecutive day, stocks finished solidly to the upside. While certainly not great, the economic data was once again largely better than expected and an indication that the U.S. economy is not suddenly heading towards a steep recessionary cliff. A report from London's [...]