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For new and old investors, taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals.
Many investors also have a go-to methodology that helps guide their buy and sell decisions. One way to find winning stocks based on your preferred way of investing is to use the Zacks Style Scores, which are indicators that rate stocks based on three widely-followed investing types: value, growth, and momentum.
Is This 1 Momentum Stock a Screaming Buy Right Now?
Momentum investors, who live by the saying "the trend is your friend," are most interested in taking advantage of upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook. Utilizing one-week price change and the monthly percentage change in earnings estimates, among other factors, the Momentum Style Score can help determine favorable times to buy high-momentum stocks.
Yum Brands (YUM)
Louisville, KY-based YUM! Brands Inc. — formerly Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. — had spun off from PepsiCo in October 1997. YUM! Brands is the global leader in multi-branding and offers consumers more choice and convenience at one outlet. The company presently reports through four segments — KFC (41% of total 2024 revenues), Pizza Hut (13.4%), Taco Bell (37.9%) and Habit Burger Grill (7.9%).
YUM sits at a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), holds a Momentum Style Score of B, and has a VGM Score of B. The stock is up 0.4% and up 4.9% over the past one-week and four-week period, respectively, and Yum Brands has gained 9.1% in the last one-year period as well. Additionally, an average of 2,398,692.25 shares were traded over the last 20 trading sessions.
Momentum investors also pay close attention to a company's earnings. For YUM, seven analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.04 to $6 per share for 2025. YUM boasts an average earnings surprise of 0.5%.
Investors should take the time to consider YUM for their portfolios due to its solid Zacks Ranks, notable earnings metrics, and impressive Momentum and VGM Style Scores.
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