Wells Fargo Sticks to Their Hold Rating for Yum! Brands (YUM)
In a report released today, Roger Read from Wells Fargo maintained a Hold rating on Yum! Brands, with a price target of $160.00.
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Read covers the Energy sector, focusing on stocks such as EOG Resources, Occidental Petroleum, and Diamondback. According to TipRanks, Read has an average return of 1.6% and a 52.44% success rate on recommended stocks.
In addition to Wells Fargo, Yum! Brands also received a Hold from Morgan Stanley’s Brian Harbour in a report issued today. However, yesterday, TipRanks – Google upgraded Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) to a Buy.
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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