Tuesday December 13, 2022, 13:19:40

YUM: Raises its Growth Algorithm at Today’s Analyst Meeting

By Mark Kalinowski

Earlier today, Yum Brands hosted an Analyst Meeting in New York City. As part of this, the company updated its long-term annualized growth algorithm as follows:

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Tuesday November 29, 2022, 07:00:00

YUM: Examining Additional Concept Acquisition Possibilities

By Mark Kalinowski

On September 29th, we published a Yum Brands report looking at potential concept acquisitions in the Mediterranean space. This was following some September 20th remarks at a competitor conference by Yum Brands CFO Chris Turner:

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Wednesday November 2, 2022, 09:57:22

YUM (Post-Call): KFC Outperforms in Q3, Mexican Pizza Should Help TB in Q4

By Mark Kalinowski

Earlier today (Wednesday), Yum Brands reported adjusted Q3 EPS of $1.09, short of our $1.14 projection and consensus of $1.15. However, the adjusted Q3 tax rate of 26.7% was meaningfully higher than our 21.7% estimate and consensus of 21.6%. By our calculations, this difference cost Yum Brands about -7 cents in Q3 EPS. In other words, if the Q3 adjusted tax rate had matched our estimate, then Q3 adjusted EPS would have been $1.16 — two cents above our forecast and one cent above consensus.

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