YUM - Yum! Brands, Inc.
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Yum! Brands was seeing an improvement in sales even before announcing this sale. Meanwhile, McDonald's is closing in on 50 straight years of dividend increases.
Yum! Brands is selling Pizza Hut in two separate transactions. Yum! authorized a $4 billion share repurchase.
After experiencing underwhelming to outright poor performance recently, several big names in the consumer discretionary sector are loading up on buyback capacity. All three of these moves signal management's confidence in their ability to turn the tide, but each also comes with a unique set of circumstances.
Yum! Brands is selling its Pizza Hut business in two transactions totaling $2.7 billion. The deal allows Yum!
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YUM is selling Pizza Hut in a $2.7B deal, aiming to streamline operations, boost flexibility and return more capital to shareholders.
“They struggled to figure out what the next big thing was,” an analyst says in the wake of a recently announced private-equity buyout.
Yum! Brands on Tuesday announced it is selling Pizza Hut for $2.7 billion, after years of the flailing pizza chain weighing on its earnings.
Yum! Brands (YUM) is divesting Pizza Hut for $2.7B to focus on accelerating growth in its remaining brands. Dave & Buster's (PLAY) missed Q1 expectations but reaffirmed its full-year outlook, targeting over $100M in free cash flow.
Yum! Brands Inc (NYSE:YUM) announced on Tuesday that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell Pizza Hut for a combined value of approximately $2.7 billion, as the restaurant operator sharpens its focus on its remaining brands, which include KFC and Taco Bell, and capital allocation priorities.
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Yum Brands agrees to sell struggling Pizza Hut to a private equity firm and a China-based license partner for a total of $2.3 billion.
Yum! Brands is selling the chain to private equity firm LongRange Capital. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter.
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Yum Brands agreed to sell Pizza Hut in a $2.7 billion transaction and approved a new $4 billion buyback authorization while prioritizing KFC and Taco Bell