Yum! Brands Earnings, Revenue beat in Q4 By Investing.com

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) reported on Thursday fourth quarter earnings that beat analysts’ forecasts and revenue that topped expectations.

Yum! Brands announced earnings per share of $1.15 on revenue of $1.74B. Analysts polled by Investing.com anticipated EPS of $1.01 on revenue of $1.72B.

Yum! Brands shares are up 2% from the beginning of the year and are trading at $104.73 , down-from-52-week-high.They are broadly in line with the STOXX 600 which is up 2.09% from the start of the year.

Yum! Brands follows other major Services sector earnings this month

Yum! Brands’s report follows an earnings beat by Amazon.com on Tuesday, who reported EPS of $14.09 on revenue of $125.56B, compared to forecasts EPS of $7.16 on revenue of $119.68B.

Alibaba ADR had beat expectations on Tuesday with third quarter EPS of $22.03 on revenue of $221.08B, compared to forecast for EPS of $20.59 on revenue of $214.17B.

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