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Stocks With Rising Composite Ratings: Yum! Brands

Yum! Brands saw an improvement in its IBD SmartSelect Composite Rating Friday, from 94 to 96.

The new rating shows the stock is outpacing 96% of all stocks when it comes to the most important stock-picking criteria. History shows the top market performers tend to have a 95 or higher score as they launch their major climbs.

Yum! Brands is now out of buy range after clearing the 143.20 buy point in a flat base.

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The stock sports an 83 EPS Rating, which means its recent quarterly and annual earnings growth tops 83% of all stocks.

Its Accumulation/Distribution Rating of A- shows heavy buying by institutional investors over the last 13 weeks.

In Q4, the company reported 21% EPS growth. Sales growth climbed 16%, up from 7% in the prior report. That marks three quarters of rising growth.

Yum! Brands earns the No. 5 rank among its peers in the Retail-Restaurants industry group. Super Hi Intl Hldg ADR is the top-ranked stock within the group.

This article was created automatically with Stats Perform's Wordsmith software using data and article templates supplied by Investor's Business Daily. An IBD journalist may have edited the article.

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