Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM)

fast food is going down!!

Fast food industry. Sold short YUM @34.29/share in real life portfolio on 10/26/09.

it wont beat the S&P index.

Downthumb. Excellent cash flow and payout. But only 4.6% year sales growth. High debt ratio. Low gross margins.

Taco Bell gets my order wrong 50 percent of the time.

KFC screwed over loyal customers with their terrible fiasco of a publicity stunt.

I didn't get the free grilled chicken, nor did many others. YUM Brands should rethink about who is in the marketing divisions of their restaurants.

I will now be boycotting KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut. I am sure many will be doing the same.

Grilled chicken and jerks at KFC can bug off. S&P 500 destroys this pathetic stock easily.

S&P is near the bottom...gonna rebound soon. And it doesn't look like Yum has poised themselves at the turn to outpace the S&P. They may make some $$$, but not gonna outperform.

While they have good income in recent years, there is not enough growth to account for the inflated price. Their balance sheet alone is setting off red flags: 300M in cash, and 3500M in debt. How much of the current market cap is pricing in the substantial risk this implies? By calling Yum! a $12.75B company we're making too many assumptions about future earnings based on current performance. If earnings take a dip, current price levels are not positioned to outpace the S&P.

P/E is still to high

Even thought some people will switch to lower cost reataurants enough people will competley stop eating out to offset the gains made from downplayers !

Food costs are going up quickly, restaurants are reluctant to raise prices for fear of driving off customers, so they are going to see smaller margins over the next year or so. Also, big chains don't source local food, they truck food from far away in refrigerated trucks. With high fuel costs, that puts them at a disadvantage against a restaurant that can source food closer to home.

No reason, just think that it is expensive.

High commodity prices.

Moving average is up for last 5 consecutive days. It means it should go down. FOX also rated it as sell last weekend.

from fool.com

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law suits and fear of trans fats the fast food will have to revamp their menues and the way of doing business

Under this umberella can be found some of the nastiest restaurant chains on the planet. Underperform just on principle.

Bad e-coli news for toco bell

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