Yum China Shares Rise After Profit Nearly Doubles
November 01 2022 - 11:39PM
Dow Jones News
By Clarence Leong
Shares of Yum China Holdings Inc. rose sharply in early trading,
after the restaurant-chain operator's third-quarter profit almost
doubled from a year earlier.
Yum China's Hong Kong-listed stock jumped 13% to 387.00 Hong
Kong dollars (US$49.30), taking it into positive territory for the
year with a 1.2% gain. If Wednesday's gains hold, the stock would
post its biggest one-day jump since mid-March.
Shanghai-based Yum China, which operates KFC and Pizza Hut
restaurants in China, on Wednesday morning posted a 98% rise in net
profit for the July-September period to US$206 million. This was
boosted by a 77% increase in operating profit.
But Yum China said a Covid-19 resurgence across China is
darkening the outlook for the fourth quarter.
"Intermittent outbreaks along with downward pressure on the
economy and cautious consumer spending are likely to negatively
impact sales momentum," Chief Financial Officer Andy Yeung said in
a statement. The company also faces inflationary cost pressures, he
said.
Yum China could count on its strengths including product
innovations, a better store portfolio and a flexible supply chain,
which have "fueled its quicker recovery than peers," Citi analysts
Xiaopo Wei and Vincent Yang said in a note.
Citi keeps a buy rating and HK$446.20 target price on Yum
China.
Write to Clarence Leong at clarence.leong@wsj.com
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November 01, 2022 23:24 ET (03:24 GMT)
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