Stonegate Capital Partners Initiates Coverage on Yum! Brands (YUM)
Stonegate Capital Partners initiated coverage on Yum! Brands, emphasizing a strategic shift towards growth in Taco Bell and KFC following the Pizza Hut divestiture. Ex-Pizza Hut second-quarter metrics showed system sales increasing 7% and core operating profit rising 8%, though a July food safety issue is expected to pressure near-term Taco Bell sales.
Key figures
- Unit growth
- 6%
- Same store sales
- 4%
- System sales growth
- 7%
- Divestiture proceeds
- $2.3B
- Kfc gross units opened
- 660
- Kfc whitespace opportunity
- 20000
- Core operating profit growth
- 8%
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