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Fast-food company Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) will be reporting earnings tomorrow before market hours. Here’s what investors should know.
Yum China beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 0.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $3.07 billion, up 5.4% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a decent beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Yum China’s revenue to grow 5.9% year on year to $2.64 billion, slowing from the 19.4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.29 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Yum China has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.
Looking at Yum China’s peers in the restaurants segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Starbucks posted flat year-on-year revenue, beating analysts’ expectations by 0.9%, and Brinker International reported revenues up 26.5%, topping estimates by 9.6%. Starbucks traded up 8.2% following the results while Brinker International was also up 18%.
Read our full analysis of Starbucks’s results here and Brinker International’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the restaurants segment, with share prices up 11.6% on average over the last month. Yum China’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $57.93 (compared to the current share price of $45.76).
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