Yum Brands

Shares of Yum! Brands, Inc.< (NYSE: YUM) are nearly flat since the start of 2015, but the Vetr crowd is optimistic on the stock's prospects heading into 2016. The Vetr crowd upgraded their rating on Yum Brands' stock to four stars out of a possible 5-stars. In fact, shares of Yum...

Shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) gained nearly 3 percent on Friday. Yum Brands reported a 5 percent increase in its China same-store sales for the month of October. Jason West of Credit Suisse commented on the metrics, noting that investors should "avoid being overly buoyed." Shares of Yum...

Shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) have lost more than 16 percent over the past three months, mostly due to ongoing China concerns. The company announced earlier this week that it will split itself into two companies: Yum! China and Yum! Brands. In a report published Tuesday, Karen...

Shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) bounced off its 52-week lows of $66.35 following the appointment of Keith Meister to its Board of Directors. The activist investor (and shareholder) has previously called on the company to spin off its China business. Yum Brands announced on Tuesday...

Shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) were trading lower by 16 percent shortly after Wednesday's opening bell. Yum Brands reported it earned $1.00 per share on revenue of $3.427 billion, well below the Street's estimates of $1.07 per share and $3.684 billion in revenue. The...

The third-quarter earnings reporting period kicks off this week. PepsiCo, Yum Brands and Alcoa are first into the third-quarter earnings spotlight. Monsanto is also expected to share its latest results this week. The new earnings season begins this week, providing a look at how companies fared in...

Few earnings reports are scheduled for this week, ahead of the third-quarter reporting kickoff. Costco and Micron Technology are the highlights of the week, but expectations for them are quite different. Others reporting this week include Paychex and Walgreens. One calendar quarter ends and...

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday after government data showed the U.S. economy grew 3.5 percent in the third quarter, better than the 3.0 percent expected. Investors brushed off a poor reading on the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits, which rose last week in favor of GDP data; this...

U.S. stocks declined as tensions continue to mount in Ukraine. Russia requested an emergency session with the United Nations Security Council over a recent operation conducted by Ukraine where at least seven people were killed in the town of Slavyansk. Ukraine's interim President Oleksandr...

U.S. stocks were little moved to start off the month of May as investors and traders are cautious before April's nonfarm payrolls report are released on Friday. The consensus estimate for Friday's figure stands at 215,000 which would trump March's 192,000 number. “This is a really important...

U.S. stocks declined for the third straight day in another trading session in which Internet, social media, biotechnology and momentum stocks sold off. The Dow suffered another triple-digit point loss while the three major indices each saw declines greater than one percent. The timing of the...