Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) Stock Position Increased by Quadrature Capital Ltd

Quadrature Capital Ltd lifted its position in Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) by 305.9% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 53,804 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 40,549 shares during the quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd’s holdings in Yum China were worth $2,141,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of YUMC. Allianz Asset Management GmbH raised its position in shares of Yum China by 9.9% during the fourth quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 846,540 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,919,000 after purchasing an additional 75,915 shares during the period. Veritas Asset Management LLP raised its position in shares of Yum China by 30.1% during the fourth quarter. Veritas Asset Management LLP now owns 2,199,338 shares of the company’s stock worth $93,318,000 after purchasing an additional 509,338 shares during the period. GSA Capital Partners LLP raised its position in Yum China by 413.0% during the first quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP now owns 44,299 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,763,000 after buying an additional 35,663 shares during the period. Dodge & Cox raised its position in Yum China by 23,769.2% during the fourth quarter. Dodge & Cox now owns 3,165,531 shares of the company’s stock valued at $134,313,000 after buying an additional 3,152,269 shares during the period. Finally, Nomura Holdings Inc. raised its position in Yum China by 240.0% during the fourth quarter. Nomura Holdings Inc. now owns 72,192 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,063,000 after buying an additional 50,957 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 85.58% of the company’s stock.

Yum China Stock Up 2.6 %

NYSE:YUMC traded up $0.77 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $30.01. 2,161,178 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,256,196. The firm has a market cap of $11.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.08, a P/E/G ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 0.33. Yum China Holdings, Inc. has a twelve month low of $29.02 and a twelve month high of $61.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a quick ratio of 1.24 and a current ratio of 1.39. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $32.97 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $36.84.

Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April 29th. The company reported $0.71 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.06. Yum China had a return on equity of 11.90% and a net margin of 7.49%. The firm had revenue of $2.96 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.05 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.69 earnings per share. Yum China’s quarterly revenue was up 1.4% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts expect that Yum China Holdings, Inc. will post 2.16 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Yum China Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 18th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 28th were paid a $0.16 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 24th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.13%. Yum China’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 32.16%.

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.