Shareholders of Yum China Holdings Inc. YUMC, New York Times Co. NYT and PerkinElmer Inc. PKI have seen their stocks return more than the S&P 500 index in recent years. The index increased by approximately 20% over the past year, 42% over the past three years and 76% over the past five years through Aug. 28.
Yum China Holdings
Shares of Yum China Holdings has returned 24% over the past year, 60% over the past three years and 120% over the past five years through Aug. 28, topping the S&P 500 by 4%, 18% and 44%.
The Chinese owner and operator and franchisor of restaurants (approximating 10,000 businesses in China and internationally) has also paid quarterly dividends over the years in question. In April, the company temporarily suspended the distribution for the second and third quarter of the current year due to the Covid-19 pandemic's unparalleled effects. On March 25, Yum China paid a quarterly cash dividend of 12 cents per common share, for a trailing 12-month dividend yield of 0.64% as of Aug. 28.
GuruFocus assigned a positive rating of 5 out of 10 for the company's financial strength and a very good rating of 7 out of 10 for its profitability.
The stock price was trading at around $56.5 per share at close on Aug. 28 for a market capitalization of $21.31 billion.
The stock has a price-earnings ratio of 43.13 and a price-book ratio of 6.65. These ratios suggest that this stock is not cheap.
Wall Street sell-side analysts issued an overweight recommendation rating for this stock and an average target price of $58.47 per share.
New York Times
Shares of New York Times have returned 50% over the past year, 132% over the past three years and 271% over the past five years through Aug. 28, topping the S&P 500 by 20%, 90% and 195%.
The U.S. newspaper company has also paid quarterly dividends over the years in question. On July 23, the company will pay a quarterly dividend of 6 cents per common share, which produces a trailing 12-month dividend yield of 0.5% and a forward dividend yield of 0.55% as of Aug. 28.
GuruFocus assigned a very high rating of 9 out of 10 to the company's financial strength and a positive rating of 6 out of 10 to its profitability.
The stock traded at $43.8 per share at close on Aug. 28 for a market capitalization of $7.27 billion.
The stock has a price-earnings ratio of 51.53 and a price-book ratio of 5.94. These ratios indicate that the stock is not at its cheapest.
Wall Street sell-side analysts issued an overweight recommendation rating for this stock and an average target price of $46.67 per share.
PerkinElmer
Shares of PerkinElmer have returned 41% over the past year, 75% over the past three years and 152% over the past five years through Aug. 28, topping the S&P 500 index by 21%, 33% and 76%, respectively.
The Waltham, Massachusetts-based provider of products and solutions for clinical diagnostic and life science research organizations worldwide has also paid quarterly dividends over the observed years. On Nov. 6, the company will, in line with the previous distribution, pay a quarterly cash dividend of 7 cents per common share, yielding 0.24% in terms of both trailing 12-month and forward dividend, as of Aug. 28.
GuruFocus assigned a positive score of 5 out of 10 to the company's financial strength rating and a very good score of 7 out of 10 to the profitability rating.
The stock was trading at around $116.91 per share at close on Aug. 28 for a market capitalization of $13.07 billion.
The stock has a price-earnings ratio of 44.45 and a price-book ratio of 4.39. These ratios indicate that the stock is not trading cheaply.
Wall Street sell-side analysts recommend a hold rating for this stock and have established an average target price of $122.92 per share.
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