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23% growth in China. Read somewhere that KFC is doing very well and quite ubiquitois in China, with local managers running the show.
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Not just China but Vietnam too. KFC is one of the few fast-food joints that I saw in Hanoi. I think the other was Lotteria.
Interestingly, Macs is conspicuously absent in Hanoi. Story I heard from a fellow Singaporean there is that Macs wants to use their own beef but the Vietnamese government wants them to use Vietnamese beef so no agreement could be made...Just a story so it needs verification for those interested.
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high growth rate normally will attract hyped PE number.
can high growth be repeated for very long?
just a general concern, did not research on YUM.
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At least 13% is not very fast at all, according to peter lynch it will only be classified as stalwart not fast grower......
Whats interesting about Yum! Brand is that this consistency is maintained through the 2007-2009 recession.....
Most companies will experience some form of loss, before returning to profit..........I havent finish checking Yum! brands out, but it's has been v.interesting =)
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Great Stock, not a good price in my opinion.
It is a stock I want to own for all the reasons mentioned, but I'm not willing to purchase at this price. I calculate YUM's intrinsic value at about $35 per share, and would be willing to buy in at $24 per share. Those numbers are far below the current price, and were only available at the depths of the last bear market (fall 2008 / spring 2009).
YUM has much going for it. It has had consistent earnings (free cash flow) growth over the last 10 years, and has maintained high ROIC (around 15%) and high profit margins. But in my opinion this growth is already priced into the stock.
I could be wrong, sometimes my calcs are on the conservative side. YUM may keep growing from here nonstop and never look back. I have the same issues valuing Coke (KO) by the way.
Also Happy Chinese New Year to all! I will have the pleasure of celebrating with a friend from Malaysia tomorrow night who always has a great party. I stopped by his house today, he was showing me the 'Lion Dance' competition. That is incredible!
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The level of trust in China is much lower...
KFC owner to repair tarnished image in China
SHANGHAI (China) — Yum Brands, the largest foreign fast-food chain in China, is strengthening its media strategy in the country in a bid to win back customer loyalty after a series of food scares that decimated sales this year.
State media and social web sites criticised Yum’s response to charges in December that there were too many chemicals in chicken dishes at its KFC restaurants. An avian flu scare earlier this year and reports of false mutton being sold in China have affected both its KFC and Little Sheep chains.
Same store sales in China have dropped sharply since the start of the year and Yum now expects April sales, set to be announced later today (May 10), to decline an annual 30 per cent
http://www.todayonline.com/chinaindia/ch...mage-china
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is this a USA listed stock? If so, is there witholding tax for sell trade for this counter?
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Yum has been the victim of irresponsible capitalism in China. However, it has made huge $ in the past in a cowboy country and hence its also contributing to costs of social ills...
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