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Yum Brands Tumbles on Chinese Guidance
Monday, February 4, 2013 - 5:58pm | 146Read More...Yum Brands (NASDAQ: YUM) traded down after reporting earnings Monday afternoon. Shares fell more than 4 percent in after-hours trading. Yum Brands reported fourth quarter earnings per shares of $0.83, more than a $0.82 estimate, on revenue of $4.15 billion -- greater than the $4.12 billion that...
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Yum! Brands Earnings Preview: China Still in Focus
Saturday, February 2, 2013 - 4:16pm | 732Read More...Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), which is facing lawsuits related to its KFC brand in China, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and 2012 results Monday, February 4, after the markets close. Yum! Brands makes much of its revenue in China, so investors will be keeping a close eye on developments there...
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Yum, Nike, Coach Rally as Chinese PMI Shows Expansion
Thursday, November 1, 2012 - 1:48pm | 331Read More...Shares of Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), Nike (NYSE: NKE) and Coach (NYSE: COH) saw strong rallies on Thursday. Coach was up well over two percent, while Yum was up nearly four percent and Nike was up nearly five percent. Official Chinese PMI came in below expectations overnight Wednesday, but still...
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Yum! Brands to Leave a Bitter Taste Overseas
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 8:58am | 387Read More...In a move that surprised many, Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) did not report second quarter earnings yesterday as expected. The Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut restaurant company is likely to dish out decent results in the U.S. on the upcoming July 18th call, while overseas numbers are anticipated to remain...
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Starbucks and Yum! Brands to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 7:33am | 688Read More...The Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 all closed up less than 1% yesterday, but plenty of stocks rose to 52-week highs in the trading session. Among them were Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), which reached multiyear highs of $47.28 and $60.45 per share, respectively. Starbucks' new...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 3
Sunday, October 2, 2011 - 10:00am | 977Read More...Though the calendar page has turned, things will be fairly quiet again this week on the earnings front. The new earnings season does not kick off until Alcoa (NYSE: AA) posts its third-quarter results on October 10, followed shortly thereafter by PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) and JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM). This...
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Don't Get Burned by Dunkin's Hot IPO – Check out AFC Enterprises Instead
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 10:15am | 351Read More...Benzinga Radio talked with analyst Sam Yake of BGB Securities and he provided some great insight into Dunkin' Brands (NASDAQ: DNKN) IPO and other overlooked values in the quick service restaurant space. Dunkin' Brands is getting a lot of attention with its hot IPO, initially offered at $19 / share...
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Yum! Brands Earnings Preview
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 8:18am | 614Read More...Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) will be reporting its second-quarter 2011 results Wednesday, July 13, after the markets close. Investors will be watching to see if analysts are correct that growth in China and emerging markets will offset recent struggles at the company's Taco Bell unit. Analysts are...
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Eight Fast-Food Stocks Trading Near 52-Week Highs
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 12:32pm | 1045Read More...No doubt times are tough for fast-food restaurants as they face higher commodity and production costs. Recently, privately held Sbarro filed for bankruptcy and Goldman Sachs downgraded the sector. Some companies have been able to offset growing costs with strategic price increases, and some, like...
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Seven Fast Food Stocks Near 52-Week Highs
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 5:22pm | 759Read More...By and large, fast food restaurants continue to perform well as cost-conscious consumers still try to stretch a buck as they eat out. Though these companies also face higher commodity and production costs, some have been able to offset these costs with strategic price increases. Here are seven...
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Yum! Brands Earnings: Profit Tops Projection in Q3
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 10:13am | 160Read More...Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) issued its fiscal Q3 report Tuesday after the bell. The shares didn't do much during the extended-hours session; they were down roughly 0.4% to $46.63. Not an exciting move, and I have to say, I can understand the lackluster initial reaction. The company, which owns KFC,...
