Yahoo Finance • 2 days ago

3 Restaurant Stocks We Steer Clear Of

Restaurants increase convenience and give many people a place to unwind. But it’s not all sunshine and rainbows as they’re notoriously hard to run thanks to perishable ingredients, labor shortages, or volatile consumer spending. These fact... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 days ago

Traditional Fast Food Stocks Q4 Results: Benchmarking McDonald's (NYSE:MCD)

Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q4 behind us, let’s have a look at McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) and its peers. Traditional fast-food restaurants are renowned for their speed and conven... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 27 days ago

Yum China, Shake Shack, Dutch Bros, First Watch, and The Cheesecake Factory Shares Skyrocket, What You Need To Know

What Happened? A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after a significant drop in crude oil prices helped to ease inflation worries. Major indices saw strong gains, with the S&P 500 heading for its best session in weeks, risin... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last month

Arcos Dorados, Red Robin, Yum China, Cracker Barrel, and Kura Sushi Shares Are Falling, What You Need To Know

What Happened? A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after concerns arose that a widening conflict in the Middle East could harm the global economy and dampen consumer spending, as Trump warned the crisis might persist for up t... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last month

Yum China Holdings CEO Sells Over 100k Shares for $5M

Key Points Yum China CEO Joey Wat sold 104,000 shares directly for a transaction value of ~$5.74 million on Feb. 13, 2026. The sale represented 12.84% of Wat Joey's total reported holdings at the time.10 stocks we like better than Yum Chi... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC) Beats Estimates Despite Fierce Competition

Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) is one of the best emerging markets stocks to buy right now. On February 4, Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) delivered better-than-expected fourth-quarter and full-year results despite having to con... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

Yum China Holdings (YUMC) Has Made Significant Progress Recently in ESG Disclosure Requirements

Sustainable Growth Advisers (SGA), an investment management company, released its fourth-quarter investor letter for its “Emerging Markets Growth Strategy.” A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The fourth quarter of 2025 marked str... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

Chinese New Year: Macau bets and new AI models launch the Year of the Horse

[Golden text 2026 under golden confetti and fireworks, reflection on water - 3D illustration] Thibault Renard/iStock via Getty Images Chinese New Year 2026 is expected to be a solid but not explosive tailwind for China‑exposed consumer co... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

Yum China Holdings Reaches Analyst Target Price

In recent trading, shares of Yum China Holdings Inc (Symbol: YUMC) have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $57.70, changing hands for $57.95/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has set, the analyst lo... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

Apple stock gains amid tech sell-off, Yum! Brands' mixed Q4 results

Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre and Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Brooke DiPalma track several of the day's top trending stock tickers, including Apple stock (AAPL) seeing gains despite a broader sell-off appearing in te... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

Yum China outlines over 1,900 new stores in 2026 as franchise mix rises to 40–50%

Earnings Call Insights: Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC) Q4 2025 MANAGEMENT VIEW * CEO Joey Wat highlighted that Yum China opened more than 1,700 net new stores in 2025, reaching over 18,000 stores across 2,500+ cities and achieving pos... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

China’s big food chains retreat from deep discounts – report

Leading restaurant and beverage operators in China are reportedly increasing prices and scaling back subsidies on food delivery platforms, signalling an end to aggressive discounts and price wars, Bloomberg reported. The shift follows las... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

Yum China Holdings, Inc.'s (NYSE:YUMC) Stock Has Seen Strong Momentum: Does That Call For Deeper Study Of Its Financial Prospects?

Most readers would already be aware that Yum China Holdings' (NYSE:YUMC) stock increased significantly by 14% over the past three months. We wonder if and what role the company's financials play in that price change as a company's long-ter... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 4 months ago

Yum China Signs $460 Mln Share Repurchase Agreements

(RTTNews) - Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC), a restaurant company, on Friday announced said it has entered into share repurchase agreements in the U.S. and Hong Kong totaling approximately $460 million for the first half of 2026, starting... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 4 months ago

Yum China Announces US$460 Million Share Repurchase Agreements for First Half of 2026 as Part of US$1.5 Billion Full-Year Capital Return Plan

SHANGHAI, Dec. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Yum China Holdings, Inc. (the "Company" or "Yum China") (NYSE: YUMC and HKEX: 9987) announced that it has entered into share repurchase agreements in the U.S. and Hong Kong for an aggregate repurchas... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 4 months ago

Coffee buzz: The explosive growth continues in the China coffee shop market

[Portalfilter and espresso beans on wooden ground.] Guido Mieth China set a record this year with coffee shop unit growth that exceeded 20K new outlets. The total Chinese branded coffee shop market grew 31.5% over the last 12 months to re... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 4 months ago

Notable Two Hundred Day Moving Average Cross - YUMC

In trading on Tuesday, shares of Yum China Holdings Inc (Symbol: YUMC) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $45.81, changing hands as low as $45.53 per share. Yum China Holdings Inc shares are currently trading off about 0.2% on... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 months ago

Yum China (YUMC) Fell Despite Reporting Solid Quarterly Financial Results

Loomis Sayles, an investment management company, released its “Global Growth Fund” investor letter for the second quarter of 2025. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In the second quarter, the fund returned 16.61% compared to 11.... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 7 months ago

Validea's Top Consumer Discretionary Stocks Based On Martin Zweig - 9/4/2025

The following are the top rated Consumer Discretionary stocks according to Validea's Growth Investor model based on the published strategy of Martin Zweig. This strategy looks for growth stocks with persistent accelerating earnings and sal... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 7 months ago

Yum China plans additional $270M in share repurchases for 2025

* Yum China (NYSE:YUMC [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/YUMC]) plans to repurchase [https://seekingalpha.com/pr/20218717-yum-china-announces-plan-for-approximately-us-270-million-in-additional-share-repurchases-for]an additional US$270 m... Full story