YUMC Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own YUMC shares is 1056, representing 87% of the company's common stock.

SWISS NATIONAL BANK, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in YUMC by -0.64% restricting it's holding to 916.33 thousand shares of worth nearly $36.46M. MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC also lessened -54.21% of the YUMC shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 903 thousand shares of worth $35.93M. NORTHERN TRUST CORP also shunned YUMC shares holding by -2.78% last quarter which brought its holding to 837.3 thousand shares worth $33.32M.

As per its latest 13F filing, WAVERTON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD increased its stake in YUMC by 57.4% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 778.04 thousand shares having worth more than $30.95M. THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS also added 508.94% more shares of YUMC to its portfolio, raising its holding to 761.56 thousand shares of worth $30.30M. PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDING SA also increased its YUMC shares holding by 66.85% which brought its holding to 733.39 thousand shares worth $29.18M.

The insider with the most stakes in YUMC is Yang William Wang , director at the company. Additionally, YUMC stock is highly held by director Hu Fred and director Pant Muktesh among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.32% percent of Yum China Holdings, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 1 transaction(s) in which YUMC insiders have sold stock, totaling 947 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include HUANG DUODUO (HOWARD), ZHANG LEILA, and WANG WARTON.

There have been 5 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Yum China Holdings, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 18400 shares

Around 371.94K Yum China Holdings, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.32% of YUMC stock.

YUMC director, Yang William Wang holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. YUMC shares owned by Yang total nearly 13.04 million.

SWISS NATIONAL BANK is the largest institutional owner in YUMC which holds 916.33 thousand shares worth $36.46M or 0.22% of the total YUMC shares outstanding followed by MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC with ownership of 903 thousand shares representing 0.22% of the YUMC ownership. NORTHERN TRUST CORP is the third largest stakeholder with 837.3 thousand shares or 0.2% of the ownership worth more than $33.32M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the YUMC is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of YUMC shares short is 11.87M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 377.12M shares of YUMC are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, YUMC has 378.69M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for YUMC is 5.5.