iA Global Asset Management Inc. Grows Position in Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC)

iA Global Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) by 28.2% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 14,469 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 3,186 shares during the period. iA Global Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Yum China were worth $576,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

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

Yum China Trading Down 0.6 %

Yum China stock traded down $0.18 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $30.06. The stock had a trading volume of 2,504,910 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,092,966. Yum China Holdings, Inc. has a twelve month low of $29.02 and a twelve month high of $58.21. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.71 billion, a PE ratio of 14.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 0.33. 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 50-day simple moving average is $32.49 and its 200 day simple moving average is $36.67.

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

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.