Yum China Holdings, Inc.

NYSE:YUMC Stock Report

Market Cap: US$19.1b

Yum China Holdings Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Yum China Holdings' CEO is Joey Wat, appointed in Mar 2018, has a tenure of 6.75 years. total yearly compensation is $20.34M, comprised of 7% salary and 93% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.14% of the company’s shares, worth $27.59M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 0.9 years and 7.4 years respectively.

Key information

Joey Wat

Chief executive officer

US$20.3m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage7.0%
CEO tenure6.8yrs
CEO ownership0.1%
Management average tenureless than a year
Board average tenure7.4yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Calculating The Fair Value Of Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC)

Dec 24
Calculating The Fair Value Of Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC)

Yum China Holdings: Potential For Sales Growth To Accelerate

Dec 22

Does Yum China Holdings (NYSE:YUMC) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Nov 27
Does Yum China Holdings (NYSE:YUMC) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Returns On Capital Signal Tricky Times Ahead For Yum China Holdings (NYSE:YUMC)

Oct 29
Returns On Capital Signal Tricky Times Ahead For Yum China Holdings (NYSE:YUMC)

Yum China's Expansion Continues In Slower Economy

Oct 25

The Market Lifts Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) Shares 31% But It Can Do More

Sep 27
The Market Lifts Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) Shares 31% But It Can Do More

Is Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) Trading At A 33% Discount?

Sep 03
Is Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) Trading At A 33% Discount?

Yum China Holdings: Solid Execution Deserves A Buy Rating

Aug 17

Some Investors May Be Worried About Yum China Holdings' (NYSE:YUMC) Returns On Capital

Jul 30
Some Investors May Be Worried About Yum China Holdings' (NYSE:YUMC) Returns On Capital

Yum China: Widening Its Economic Moat And Seizing Growth Opportunities In An Evolving Market

Jul 10

A Piece Of The Puzzle Missing From Yum China Holdings, Inc.'s (NYSE:YUMC) Share Price

Jun 18
A Piece Of The Puzzle Missing From Yum China Holdings, Inc.'s (NYSE:YUMC) Share Price

Does Yum China Holdings (NYSE:YUMC) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Jun 05
Does Yum China Holdings (NYSE:YUMC) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Yum China Holdings Q1: Strategy To Drive SSSG And Store Opening Is Sound

May 14

Yum China Holdings, Inc. Just Beat Earnings Expectations: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next

May 03
Yum China Holdings, Inc. Just Beat Earnings Expectations: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next

Here's What's Concerning About Yum China Holdings' (NYSE:YUMC) Returns On Capital

Apr 29
Here's What's Concerning About Yum China Holdings' (NYSE:YUMC) Returns On Capital

Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC)

Apr 16
Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC)

Yum China: Low Margin Of Safety, Wait For A Better Entry Point

Apr 09

Is Yum China Holdings (NYSE:YUMC) Using Too Much Debt?

Feb 24
Is Yum China Holdings (NYSE:YUMC) Using Too Much Debt?

Yum China Holdings (NYSE:YUMC) Is Paying Out A Larger Dividend Than Last Year

Feb 10
Yum China Holdings (NYSE:YUMC) Is Paying Out A Larger Dividend Than Last Year

Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) Annual Results: Here's What Analysts Are Forecasting For This Year

Feb 09
Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) Annual Results: Here's What Analysts Are Forecasting For This Year

Yum China Expands To Lower-Tier Cities To Drive Growth Amid Growing Consumer Caution

Feb 07

Yum China Holdings (NYSE:YUMC) May Have Issues Allocating Its Capital

Jan 18
Yum China Holdings (NYSE:YUMC) May Have Issues Allocating Its Capital

Are Investors Undervaluing Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) By 42%?

Jan 03
Are Investors Undervaluing Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) By 42%?

KFC Plucks Up Major Milestone With 10,000th China Store Opening

Dec 19

Yum China 'Rediscovers' Its Fast-Food Roots In Budget-Conscious Times

Nov 03

Yum China Plans Post-Pandemic Binge With Major Expansion

Sep 18

Yum China: Appealing Growth Prospects And Reasonably Priced

Sep 07

Yum China Holdings: Reiterate Long As SSS Continues To Show Strength

Aug 10

Yum China Serves Up Record Quarterly Results Amid Covid Recovery

Aug 02

Pizza Hut Delivers Growing Slice Of Yum China's Pie

Jun 20

Yum China: Recovery On Track With Strong Margin Performance

May 27

Yum China Signals Post-Covid Spring With Dividend Hike, Accelerating Expansion

Feb 08

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Joey Wat's remuneration changed compared to Yum China Holdings's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$893m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$840m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$825m

Dec 31 2023US$20mUS$1m

US$827m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$783m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$745m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$631m

Dec 31 2022US$16mUS$1m

US$442m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

US$864m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

US$762m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$860m

Dec 31 2021US$17mUS$1m

US$990m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$666m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

US$1b

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$952m

Dec 31 2020US$21mUS$1m

US$784m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

US$723m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

US$507m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

US$553m

Dec 31 2019US$12mUS$1m

US$713m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

US$697m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

US$677m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

US$642m

Dec 31 2018US$10mUS$1m

US$708m

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

US$527m

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

US$500m

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

US$482m

Dec 31 2017US$8mUS$740k

US$398m

Compensation vs Market: Joey's total compensation ($USD20.34M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD12.84M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Joey's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.

CEO

Joey Wat (53 yo)

6.8yrs

Tenure

US$20,335,792

Compensation

Ms. Joey Wat has been the Chief Executive Officer of Yum China Holdings, Inc. since March 1, 2018 and served as its President and Chief Operating Officer since February 7, 2017 until February 2018. Ms. Wat...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Joey Wat
CEO & Executive Director6.8yrsUS$20.34m0.14%
$ 27.6m
Ka Wai Yeung
Senior Advisorless than a yearUS$4.82m0.021%
$ 3.9m
Adrian Ding
Acting Chief Financial Officerless than a yearno data0.0094%
$ 1.8m
Xueling Lu
Controller & Principal Accounting Officer6.9yrsno data0.0059%
$ 1.1m
Leila Zhang
Chief Technology Officer6.8yrsno data0.013%
$ 2.5m
Pingping Liu
Chief Legal Officerless than a yearno data0.0033%
$ 622.5k
Jerry Ding
Chief People Officerless than a yearno data0.00039%
$ 74.5k
Duoduo Huang
Chief Supply Chain Officer3.1yrsno data0.0029%
$ 559.5k
Chen Maggie
Chief Customer Officerless than a yearno datano data
Hui Huang
Joint Company Secretaryless than a yearno datano data
Ling Zhang
Joint Company Secretaryless than a yearno datano data
Michelle Shen
Director of Investor Relationsno datano datano data

0.9yrs

Average Tenure

51yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: YUMC's management team is not considered experienced ( 0.9 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Joey Wat
CEO & Executive Director7.4yrsUS$20.34m0.14%
$ 27.6m
Peter A. Bassi
Independent Non-Executive Director8.2yrsUS$385.00k0.015%
$ 2.8m
Edouard Ettedgui
Independent Non-Executive Director8.2yrsUS$348.00k0.014%
$ 2.6m
Rong Lu
Independent Non-Executive Director8.2yrsUS$350.00k0.015%
$ 2.9m
Robert Aiken
Directorless than a yearno data0.0032%
$ 609.2k
Zuliu Hu
Independent Non-Executive Chairman8.1yrsUS$560.00k0.018%
$ 3.5m
Mikel Durham
Independent Directorless than a yearno data0.0012%
$ 223.4k
Zili Shao
Independent Non-Executive Director8.2yrsUS$352.50k0.013%
$ 2.4m
Min Zhang
Independent Non-Executive Director3.6yrsUS$355.00k0.0030%
$ 576.7k
Yang Wang
Independent Non-Executive Director7.4yrsUS$327.50k0.013%
$ 2.5m
David L. Hoffmann
Independent Director1.4yrsUS$304.79k0.0039%
$ 750.5k
Xiaojing Zhu
Independent Director1.6yrsUS$315.00k0.0027%
$ 513.7k

7.4yrs

Average Tenure

58.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: YUMC's board of directors are considered experienced (7.4 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 19:10
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Yum China Holdings, Inc. is covered by 63 analysts. 36 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Hong Xing PanABCI Securities Company Limited
Edward LewisAtlantic Equities LLP
Jiangqiao TongBOCI Research Ltd.