Oppenheimer Reiterates Outperform on Yum! Brands (YUM) Following 3Q Report

Jefferies Reiterates Hold on Yum! Brands (YUM) Following 3Q Report

Jefferies reiterated a Hold rating and $85.00 price target on Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) following the company's 3Q earnings report. YUM reported EPS of $1.09, slightly below the $1.10 consensus estimate. TB and KFC put up good results with 3% sss/9% oper profit growth and +4% sss and 11% oper profit... More

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Pre-Open Stock Movers 10/06: (ALQA) (SCYX) (ZUMZ) Higher; (ALNY) (TWTR) (MDCO) Lower (more...)

Today's Pre-Open Stock Movers

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY) 44.3% LOWER; announced that upon the recommendation of the ENDEAVOUR Phase 3 study Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) to suspend dosing, the Company has decided to discontinue development of revusiran, an investigational RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic that was being developed for the treatment of hereditary ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (hATTR-CM). This decision was made yesterday evening and has been communicated to investigators, study sites, and regulatory authorities.

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Stocks with Implied Volatility Movement

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) implied volatility is above its IV index mean

After-Hours Stock Movers 10/05: (SCYX) (ZUMZ) (JD) Higher; (ALNY) (IDRA) (MDCO) Lower (more...)

Today's After-Hours Movers

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY) 42.3% LOWER; announced that upon the recommendation of the ENDEAVOUR Phase 3 study Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) to suspend dosing, the Company has decided to discontinue development of revusiran, an investigational RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic that was being developed for the treatment of hereditary ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (hATTR-CM). This decision was made yesterday evening and has been communicated to investigators, study sites, and regulatory authorities.

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Yum! Brands (YUM) Misses Q3 EPS by 1c

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) reported Q3 EPS of $1.09, $0.01 worse than the analyst estimate of $1.10. Revenue for the quarter came in at $3.32 billion versus the consensus estimate of $3.49 billion.

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Yum Brands (YUM) calls active into Q3 and outlook

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) October weekly call option implied volatility is at 65, October is at 39, November is at 30; compared to its 52-week range of 16 to 41 into the expected release of Q3 results on October 5. October 92 and November 97.5 calls are active on total call volume of 9,560 contracts (3,500 puts).