At $82.09 YUM! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Forms Bullish Double Top Pattern

West Family Investments Inc who had been investing in Mondelez Intl Inc for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $56.20B market cap company. The lowest price the stock reached in the last trading day was $6.31 and compares with the $1.42 52-week low. 598.25 million shares or 1.97% more from 586.69 million shares in 2017Q3 were reported. Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE:THC) has risen 28.80% since May 3, 2017 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 12.51% the S&P500. Brands Inc (YUM) by 46.93% based on its latest 2017Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC. Wells Fargo Comm Mn invested in 1.06 million shares or 0.03% of the stock. Brands, Inc. has 3.05M shares volume, 26.51% up from normal.

The stock has a market cap of $48.03B and the number of outstanding shares has been calculated 362.21M. The stock increased 2.73% or $2.19 during the last trading session, reaching $82.39. About 2.78M shares traded or 15.36% up from the average. YUM! It has outperformed by 17.25% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.98 in Q4 2017. Its down 0.44, from 1.03 in 2017Q3. Shares of YUMC moved downward with change of -10.12% to its 50-day Moving average.

NYSE YUMC traded up $0.23 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $37.23. Manchester holds 0.03% or 2,316 shares in its portfolio. Prentiss Smith And Incorporated invested in 250 shares. Finally, ETRADE Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Yum China by 49.3% in the fourth quarter. Northern Tru Corporation holds 70,947 shares.

Several research analysts have issued reports on YUMC shares. Benjamin F Edwards invested in 0.01% or 937 shs. 14,697 are held by Citadel Advsrs Lc. (NYSE:MCD) by 18,300 shares to 751,500 shares, valued at $129.35M in 2017Q4, according to the filing. Circle Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,082 shares of the company's stock worth $283,000 after acquiring an additional 1,500 shares during the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.37% of the company's stock. Therefore 78% are positive. Kohl's Corporation had 108 analyst reports since August 6, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. On Monday, September 11 the stock rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets with "Buy". The firm earned "Hold" rating on Tuesday, August 8 by Stifel Nicolaus. The firm earned "Neutral" rating on Monday, October 17 by Wedbush. Macquarie began coverage on Yum China in a research report on Wednesday, January 3rd. The company was maintained on Tuesday, January 2 by Robert W. Baird. On Friday, December 22 the rating was maintained by Jefferies with "Hold". The firm has "Buy" rating given on Friday, September 23 by DA Davidson. TAYLOR NICHOLAS C bought $42,500 worth of Mexco Energy Corporation (NYSEAMERICAN:MXC) on Tuesday, January 9. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.08%.

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Investors sentiment decreased to 0.98 in 2017 Q4. Brands, Inc. positioning: 48 sold and 251 reduced. 32 funds opened positions while 58 raised stakes. Investors holded 239.50 million in 2017Q3 but now own 235.88 million shares or 1.51% less. 39,051 are held by North Star Asset. Acadian Asset Mngmt Ltd Liability Corporation reported 12,998 shares. 2,308 are held by Point72 Asia (Hong Kong). Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has 2 buy ratings, 2 holds and 0 sells even after the stock tumbled -11.74% from its high of $8.09 to a $615.04 million market value through last close. Nj State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan holds 0.35% in YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM). Sg Americas Securities Ltd Llc invested in 0.11% or 143,516 shares. 7,081 are owned by Caprock Grp. Dynamic Advisors Solutions Ltd Liability Corp holds 0.56% of its portfolio in YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM). Aspen Inv Mngmt has invested 0.57% of its portfolio in YUM! Tocqueville Asset Mgmt Lp has invested 0.01% of its portfolio in YUM!

Yum China Holdings, Inc owns, operates, and franchises restaurants in China. Kbc Gp Nv owns 157,735 shares for 0.11% of their portfolio. Trexquant Invest Ltd Partnership reported 0.2% of its portfolio in YUM!

Stock analysts at Oppenheimer lowered their Q3 2018 earnings estimates for Yum China in a report issued on Wednesday, May 2nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company. Therefore 38% are positive. Mizuho maintained YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) on Friday, March 18 with "Buy" rating. Brands stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 9th. The stock of YUM! About 6.58 million shares traded or 173.06% up from the average. YUM! Cowen & Co has "Buy" rating and $8500 target.

In other Yum China news, insider Danny Tan sold 3,610 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 26th. Brands from $92.00 to $90.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a report on Thursday. JP Morgan maintained the stock with "Overweight" rating in Thursday, April 21 report. On Wednesday, May 2 the stock rating was maintained by Oppenheimer with "Buy".

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