Yum! Brands Stock News

The plant-based meat-substitute maker's fourth-quarter sales also fell short of Wall Street's expectations.

It looks like it's time to be greedy when others are fearful with the world's largest social media company

A post on Twitter regarding a branch of Yum! Brands Inc.’s (NYSE: YUM ) subsidiary KFC accepting payments in Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE ) has turned out to be fake. What Happened: Mishaboar , a prominent name in the Dogecoin community, took to Twitter to say the account that tweeted the news about a KFC branch in Utah accepting Dogecoin was fake and the "scammers" have changed their Twitter handle. The scammers just changed their twitter handle from @KFC_Utah to @crypt_boiiii . Report them. They will keep changing handle… https://t.co/dvYXRsARhP — Mishaboar (@mishaboar) February 23, 2022 However, the Twitter handle that posted the news ... Full story available on Benzinga.com

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Southeast Asian fast-food chains are being hit by a shortage of French fries as supply-chain snarls slow shipments of the frozen product.Signs at some of Yum Brands Inc’s KFC outlets in Singapore informed customers that the company would replace side orders of French fries with potato waffles due to a “global supply disruption.” McDonald’s Corp stores in Malaysia and Indonesia halted sales of large-size portions of fries late last month for the same reason, according to company notices posted…

Upgrades HSBC upgraded the previous rating for Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) from Hold to Buy. For the fourth quarter, Equinor had an EPS of $1.35, compared to year-ago quarter EPS of $0.17. The current sto

Upgrades HSBC upgraded the previous rating for Equinor ASA (NYSE: EQNR ) from Hold to Buy. For the fourth quarter, Equinor had an EPS of $1.35, compared to year-ago quarter EPS of $0.17. The current stock performance of Equinor shows a 52-week-high of $32.16 and a 52-week-low of $17.78. Moreover, at the end of the last trading period, the closing price was at $29.45. Argus Research upgraded the previous rating for Canadian National Railway Co (NYSE: CNI ) from Hold to Buy. For the fourth quarter, Canadian National Railway had an EPS of $1.36, compared to year-ago quarter EPS of $1.10. The current stock performance of Canadian National Railway shows a 52-week-high of $136.22 and a 52-week-low of $100.66. Moreover, at the end of the last trading period, the closing price was at $126.93. According to TD Securities, the prior rating for Equinix Inc (NASDAQ: EQIX ) was changed from Hold to Buy. For the fourth quarter, Equinix had an EPS of $6.22, compared to year-ago quarter EPS of $5.76. At the moment, the stock has a 52-week-high of $885.26 and a 52-week-low of $586.73.

Thursday''s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Airbnb, Alcoa, Beyond Meat, Fidelity National Information Services, Marriott International, Monster Beverage, Paramount Global, Shopify, Spirit AeroSystems, Toast, Yum! Brands and ZoomInfo Technologies.

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Cowen upgraded Yum Brands (YUM) to an Outperform rating after having the restaurant stock set at Market Perform

Cowen & Co. raised Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) price target from $134 to $143. Yum! Brands shares fell 0.3% to $123.00 in pre-market trading. Keybanc cut the price target on Charles River Laborat

Yum Brands should benefit from strength in international sales and the domestic arm of Taco Bell, according to Cowen.

Chinese Fast Food Restaurants Rely On Robots To Fuel Expansion Last year was a record-breaking year for robots joining the American workforce . But in China, the advent of robotic workers was equally - if not more - intense. According to a report from Nikkei , Yum China''s network of KFC and Pizza Hut outlets has seen significant growth over the past year, even as the size of China''s workforce has remained steady. "We increased our stores, but without increasing the total number of staff," said Joey Watt on a call with analysts and investors on Feb.9, highlighting Yum China’s investments in artificial intelligence and digital technologies to support operations and training. Most stores now feature touch screens where customers place orders, a feature that has become familiar to American consumers over the past decade. KFC robots make soft-serve ice cream cones for customers, while take-out orders can be picked up by customers from digital lockers without forcing them to have any contact with staff.

Beyond Meat stock often makes big moves after the plant-based meat substitute company reports results, so investors should expect volatility after the Q4 release.