Stocks to Watch: Wake-up Call for Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC), IQIYI, Inc. (IQ)

The price of Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) went up by $0.53 now trading at $39.3. Their shares witnessed a 30.56% increase from the 52-week low price of $30.1 they recorded on 2018-09-11. Even though it is still -22.82% behind the $48.27 high touched on 2019-05-03. The last few days have been rough for the stock, as its price has decreased by -1.73% during the week. It has also performed poorly over the past three months, as it lost around -5.8% while it has so far climbed around 2.08% during the course of a year. The stock of YUMC recorded 17.21% uptrend from the beginning of this year till date. The 12-month potential price target for Yum China Holdings, Inc. is set at $50.32. This target means that the stock has an upside potential to increase by 28.04% from the current trading price.

122 institutions entered new Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) positions, 323 added to their existing positions in these shares, 270 lowered their positions, and 49 exited their positions entirely.

Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC) trade volume has increased by 3.97% as around 2,982,755 shares were sold when compared with its 50-day average volume of traded shares which is 2,868,742. At the moment, YUMC is witnessing a downtrend, as it is trading -8.31% below its 20-day SMA, -10.18% below its 50-day SMA, and 3.4% below its 200-day SMA. The company runs an ROE of roughly 21.7%, with financial analysts predicting that their earnings per share growth will be around 8.65% per annum for the next five year. This will be compared to the 38.9% increase witnessed over the past five years.

The first technical resistance point for Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) will likely come at $39.5, marking a 0.51% premium to the current level. The second resistance point is at $39.69, about 0.98% premium to its current market price. On the other hand, inability to breach the immediate hurdles can drag it down to $38.63, the lower end of the range. YUMC’s 14-day MACD is -2.02 and this negative figure indicates a downward trading trend. The company’s 14-day RSI (relative strength index) score is 33.81, which shows that its stock has been neutral. The 20-day historical volatility for the stock stands at 30.32 percent, which is high when compared to that of the 50-day’s 29.94 percent.

The shares of iQIYI, Inc. (NASDAQ:IQ) has increased by 1.16%, and now trading at $19.12 on the Wall Street in the intra-day deal, with their shares traded now around 5,773,193. This is a decline of -3,852,487 shares over the average 9,625,680 shares that were traded daily over the last three months. The stock that is trading at $19.12 went higher by 33.24% from its 52-week low of $14.35 that it attained back on 2019-01-02. The stock recorded a 52-week high of $46.23 nearly 346 days ago on 2018-06-19.

IQ stock hasn’t performed well over the past 30 days, as it lost -13.52% while its price climbed by 28.58% year-to-date (YTD). Looking at the last few days, it has been good for the stock, as it rose 2.25% over the last week. The stock’s 12-month potential target price is now at $26.15. This means that the stock price might likely increase by 36.77% from its current trading price. 9 out of 16 Wall Street analysts which represents 56.25% rated the stock as a buy while the remaining 37.5% rated it as a hold, with 6.25% of analysts rating it as a sell.

iQIYI, Inc. (NASDAQ:IQ) has been utilizing an ROE that is roughly -53.1%, with stock analysts predicting that the company’s EPS for the next five years will go up by 5.74% per year, following the 0% drop that was witnessed during the past five years. The stock at the moment is on a downtrend, trading -6.24% below its 20-day SMA, -14.53% below its 50-day SMA, and -15.71% below its 200-day SMA. In percentage terms, the aggregate iQIYI, Inc. shares held by institutional investors is 47.3%. 97 institutions jumped in to acquire iQIYI, Inc. (IQ) fresh stake, 177 added to their current holdings in these shares, 83 lowered their positions, and 44 left no stake in the company.

The stock’s 9-day MACD is 0.14 and this positive figure indicates an upward trading trend. The company’s 9-day RSI score is 39.02, which shows that its stock has been neutral. The 20-day historical volatility for the shares stand at 46.94 percent, which is more when compared to that of the 50-day’s 42.55 percent. On the daily chart, we see that the stock could reach the first level of resistance at $19.33, sporting a 1.09% premium to the current level. The next resistance point is at $19.53, representing nearly 2.1% premium to the current market price of iQIYI, Inc. (IQ). On the other hand, failure to breach the immediate hurdles can drag it down to $18.65, the lower end of the range.

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