BTIG Sticks to Their Hold Rating for Yum! Brands (YUM)
In a report released yesterday, Peter Saleh from BTIG maintained a Hold rating on Yum! Brands. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $159.57.
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Saleh covers the Consumer Cyclical sector, focusing on stocks such as Domino’s Pizza, McDonald’s, and Starbucks. According to TipRanks, Saleh has an average return of 10.7% and a 61.96% success rate on recommended stocks.
The word on The Street in general, suggests a Hold analyst consensus rating for Yum! Brands with a $165.23 average price target, a 3.55% upside from current levels. In a report released today, Morgan Stanley also maintained a Hold rating on the stock with a $176.00 price target.
Based on Yum! Brands’ latest earnings release for the quarter ending September 30, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $1.98 billion and a net profit of $397 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $1.83 billion and had a net profit of $382 million
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 80 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of YUM in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in November 2025, Aaron Powell, the CEO – Pizza Hut of YUM sold 2,790.00 shares for a total of $419,839.20.
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