YUM Technical Analysis - YUM! BRANDS INC

Technical Rating and Analysis

Taking everything into account, YUM scores 2 out of 10 in our technical rating. YUM has been an average performer in the overall market. Also recent evolutions are not that positive: both the medium and short term time frames give negative signs.

YUM is one of the better performing stocks in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure industry, it outperforms 70% of 135 stocks in the same industry.

YUM has an average volume of 1857570 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.

The long term trend is neutral, but the short term trend is negative. Better to stay away from this!

When compared to the yearly performance of all other stocks, YUM outperforms 53% of them, which is more or less in line with the market.

YUM is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near new highs, so YUM is lagging the market.

In the last month YUM has a been trading in the 139.29 - 155.05 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.

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Setup Rating and Analysis

The technical rating of YUM is bad and it also does not present a quality setup at the moment. Price movement has been a little bit too volatile to find a nice entry and exit point. It is probably a good idea to wait for a consolidation first.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

123.10

155.26

We found 3 important support areas.

A support zone ranging from 138.35 to 141.38. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
Support @126.93 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
Support @124.34 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.

2 important resistance areas can be observed.

A resistance zone ranging from 146.00 to 147.79. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
A resistance zone ranging from 151.68 to 153.72. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

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Technical Indicator Signal Analysis

The Technical Rating and Setup analysis above combine different indicators and trends in different timeframes. Individual signals from indicators may give more contradictive signals and should always be interpreted in the more global context.

Indicator	Value	Signal	Comment
ChartMill Long Term Trend Indicator	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	The long term trend for YUM is neutral.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The short term trend for YUM is down.
ChartMill Relative Strength	53.36	NEUTRAL	YUM is not amongst the best or worst performers on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of YUM is below a declining SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	MIXED	The current price of YUM is below the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	UP	MIXED	The current price of YUM is below the rising SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	46.78	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for YUM is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-0.56	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests YUM has a negative trend, although the MACD value is rising.
Stochastics (14,3)	32.78	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for YUM is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	1.88	LOW VOLATILITY	The low ATR as a percentage value for YUM suggests low volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	18.48	NEGATIVE	The low ADX value for YUM suggests a weak or negative trend.