This morning’s news on McDonald’s (MCD) and Yum! Brands (YUM) is interesting.  To sum up the AP report, local Chinese officials are investigating whether the two American-based companies...
Yum! Brands is set to report its earnings Tuesday after the markets close.
Yum China reported mixed first-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Thursday.
Yum Brands will spin off its Yum! China operations into a separately traded public company that will have exclusive rights to Yum's three top franchises.
McDonald's enjoyed buoyant 2015, while Yum! Brands was stagnant, but both are in the process of implementing growth initiatives. Of the two options, which looks more attractive?
Source: courtesy of KFCYum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) is not the first American company to stumble badly in China. It will not be the last, either.China is Yum! Brands’ most important market. The...
Source: courtesy of KFCShares of Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) plunged this morning following a downgrade on the company’s shares from analysts at UBS. The company already had forecast a weaker...
Source: courtesy of KFCEvery shareholder of Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) should have gotten a seat at the Kentucky Derby, or at least a spot next to the event’s red carpet. Yum! Brands paid the...
Oppenheimer argues in its most recent valuation analysis as a sum of the parts that it is time to breakup Yum! Brands.
The People's Republic of China has become the earnings crutch for many companies, from Yum Brands to Apple and General Motors.
Chinese regulators have closed down a local meat supplier following a TV report that the company was mixing meat that had passed its expiration date with fresh meat and using other unsanitary...
Source: courtesy of KFCYum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) reported third-quarter results after markets closed on Tuesday. The fast-food restaurant operator posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS)...
After a couple of years as a privately held company, Burger King Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: BKW) will trade publicly again, beginning today on the New York Stock Exchange. There is no IPO, however, and...
Astoria (AF) remains "underperform" at FBR.Axsys (AXYS) upped to "buy" at Morgan Joseph.Yum! (YUM) upgraded to "buy" at Argus.AgFeed (FEED) downgraded to "neutral" at Global Hunter.Sources:...
Yum Brands is one of those companies that have very many moving parts. Until the China separation actually takes place, it would seem that this is what investors will focus on the most.