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Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC)

Consumer Discretionary · Restaurants · NYSE

Yum China is the leading quick-service restaurant operator in China, anchored by its extensive KFC and Pizza Hut franchise networks.

What Yum China Holdings, Inc. does

Yum China Holdings is the largest restaurant company in China, operating a portfolio of brands including KFC, Pizza Hut, Lavazza, and Taco Bell. The company manages thousands of restaurant locations across China through a mix of company-owned stores and franchise arrangements.

Themes: Chinese consumer market, quick-service restaurants, casual dining

Fundamentals

  • Price$44.46 as of 2026-10-21 close
  • Market cap$15.2B as of 2026-08-04 (share count; price 2026-10-21)
  • 1-year return-1.2% 2025-10-21 close $45.01 → 2026-10-21 close $44.46
  • P/E16.29 as of 2026-10-21
  • Net margin+7.9% FY2025, SEC XBRL
  • ROE+17.3% FY2025, SEC XBRL
  • ROIC+18.7% NOPAT / (debt + equity - cash), average capital — 10-K FY2025 (year ended 2025-12-31)
  • Debt / equity0.01 borrowings, leases excluded / equity — 10-Q/10-K balance sheet 2026-06-30
  • Revenue growth (YoY)+4.4% FY2025, SEC XBRL
  • Revenue CAGR (3y)+7.2% SEC XBRL
  • Beta0.57 as of 2026-09-02
  • Last reported earnings2026-07-30 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)

Dividend: yield +2.8%; 6-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).

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How YUMC compares in its sector

  • price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 245 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-10-21
  • net profit marginmiddle range 315 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-09-02
  • operating marginmiddle range 282 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-09-02
  • return on equitymiddle range 294 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-09-02
  • 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 327 covered Consumer Discretionary peers
  • indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 156 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-09-02
  • free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 25% 311 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of FY2025

Position among covered Consumer Discretionary companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.

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Top 10 scores & list membership

YUMC is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.

Top 10 score

55.2 #420 of 1,265 scored · #32 of 151 in Consumer Discretionary

  • Profitability58.0
  • Growth42.6
  • Financial health67.6
  • Valuation60.1
  • Capital return76.9
  • Trend41.1

Capital return 77th (net share count bought back over the year 4.9, consecutive years of dividend increases 6 years) and financial health 68th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 7.1%); weakest is trend (41st, a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day).

Scores as of 21 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.

Dividend coverage (FY2025)

Covered by reported results. In FY2025, YUMC's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 38%, free-cash-flow payout 42%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.

  • Earnings payout38% dividends / net income
  • Free-cash-flow payout42% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)

Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.

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Quarterly results

QuarterRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeDiluted EPSOperating cash flowCapex
Q2 FY2026 2026-06-30$3.1B$348M$244M$0.70$426M†$127M†
Q1 FY2026 2026-03-31$3.3B$447M$309M$0.87$550M$144M
Q4 FY2025 2025-12-31$2.8B†$187M†$140M†$0.40†$125M†$241M†
Q3 FY2025 2025-09-30$3.2B$400M$282M$0.76$477M†$126M†
Q2 FY2025 2025-06-30$2.8B$304M$215M$0.58$412M†$122M†
Q1 FY2025 2025-03-31$3.0B$399M$292M$0.77$452M$137M
Q4 FY2024 2024-12-31$2.6B†$151M†$115M†$0.30†$167M†$182M†
Q3 FY2024 2024-09-30$3.1B$371M$297M$0.77$409M†$165M†

† Not filed as a discrete quarter: derived from the company's own year-to-date figures (for example the fourth quarter as the fiscal year minus the first nine months). A derived per-share figure is approximate, because the share count moves within the year.

Balance sheet at 2026-06-30

  • Cash and equivalents$485M
  • Short-term investments$901M
  • Total debt$66M borrowings only; leases excluded
  • Net debt-$1.3B total debt − cash − short-term investments

From the company's own SEC 10-Q and 10-K filings (XBRL), re-read every week. Figures in US dollars as filed; informational only — not financial advice.

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How Yum China Holdings, Inc. looks technically

Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC) is trading 5.4% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 96 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. A strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 27, with buyers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 62, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day high about 4 trading days ago. It is 23.9% below its highest point of the past year.

Trend

7
Distance from the 200-dayit is trading 5.4% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend-5.4%
50-day moving averageits average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $43.73$43.73
200-day moving averageits average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $46.99$46.99
Swing structureits recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swingsmixed — one of the two is not confirming
Last swing turnits last significant turn was a swing low 19 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on19 sessions
Since the 50/200 crossits 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 96 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal96 sessions
Trend strength (14-day ADX)a strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 27, with buyers in control26.8

Momentum

3
14-day RSImomentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 62, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30)61.5
Position in its 14-day rangeit is trading near the top of its 14-day range ($39.72 to $45.37) — its "stochastic" reading is 84 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions.83.9
Since the MACD crossed zeroMACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish)16 sessions

Range

12
52-week highits highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $58.39$58.39
From the 52-week highit is 23.9% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year)-23.9%
Above the 52-week lowit is 11.9% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year)+11.9%
Below the 52-week highit is 23.9% below its highest point of the past year23.9%
Since a 20-day breakoutit made a new 20-day high about 4 trading days ago4 sessions
Since a 55-day breakoutit made a new 55-day low about 14 trading days ago14 sessions
All-time highits highest closing price on record is $69.67 (set on 2021-06-02)$69.67
Given back of the 52-week moveover the past year its closes ranged ($39.98 to $57.95), and it has recovered roughly a quarter of its fall from last year’s high — 25% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $51.09 to $51.66. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast.24.9%
From the all-time highit is 36.2% below its all-time high-36.2%
Nearest price levelit is sitting right on a resistance level at $44.55 — a price it turned at 7 times since 2025-02-03, most recently on 2026-07-17. Since 2024-10-21 it has 3 such levels below the current price and 8 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go.+0.2%
All-time lowits lowest closing price on record is $23.79 (set on 2016-10-18)$23.79
Above the all-time lowit is 86.9% above its all-time low+86.9%

Volatility

5
Band width vs its own 6 monthsday-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 85% of the past ~6 months)85th percentile
Typical daily rangein a typical session it travels about $0.8747 between its high and its low — about 2.0% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was$0.8747
Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ)most of its recent trading has stayed between about $38.71 and $45.80 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles$38.71 – $42.26 – $45.80
Typical daily range (% of price)its price moves about 2.0% in a typical session — among the calmest in the catalog. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price2.0%
Stretch from the 200-day averageit is trading 2.9 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (5.4% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale2.9 daily ranges below its 200-day average

Volume

1
Volume vs its 30-day averagetrading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average0.93×

Analyst

2
Change in the average price targetanalysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading0.0%
Change in the consensus ratingthe analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior readingunchanged

Candlestick patterns

1
Since a dojitoday it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session leveltoday

Price gaps

3
Gap at the openit opened on 2026-10-21 1.3% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close-1.3%
Open gapit gapped 3.4% above the previous close 8 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 41.78 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed+3.4%
Gap filleda 3.6% gap up opened on 2026-07-30 has been "filled" 58 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it58 sessions ago

Price streaks

1
Closing streakit closed lower in its latest session, after a session that did not close lower — a single down day rather than a run1 session down

Relative strength

4
vs market, 1 monthover the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 7.3 percentage points (the stock gained 7.2% while the market lost 0.1%)+7.3%
vs market, 3 monthsover the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 0.6 percentage points (the stock gained 4.0% while the market gained 3.3%)+0.6%
vs market, 6 monthsover the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 18.1 percentage points (the stock lost 8.3% while the market gained 9.8%)-18.1%
vs market, 12 monthsover the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 16.4 percentage points (the stock lost 1.2% while the market gained 15.2%)-16.4%

Signal agreement

2
Bullish technical signals2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: MACD momentum is positive, a strong uptrend, with buyers in control — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast2 of 9
Bearish technical signals5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, lagging the market over 6 months, near the top of its 14-day range (overbought), trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast5 of 9

Trend (Ichimoku cloud)

1
Vs the Ichimoku cloudtrading 0.5% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-15 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 2.0% of the share price.-0.5%

Volume-weighted price

2
Vs this year’s average price paidthe price is 6% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $47.15 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 199 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP.-5.7%
Vs the average paid since it last reportedthe price is sitting right on the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-30 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is roughly break-even. That average is $44.42 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 59 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP.+0.1%

Price levels it has turned at before

YUMC last closed at $44.46 on 2026-10-21. Since 2024-10-21 it has turned at 3 prices below its last close and 8 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.

LevelSideDistanceEvidence
$44.55Resistance0.2% above the last closeturned there 7 times · 2025-02-03 to 2026-07-17
$43.34Support2.5% below the last closeturned there four times · 2025-04-08 to 2025-10-31
$45.68Resistance2.8% above the last closeturned there 7 times · 2024-11-26 to 2025-12-09
$42.28Support4.9% below the last closeturned there 8 times · 2025-01-10 to 2026-07-22
$46.93Resistance5.5% above the last closeturned there five times · 2025-05-14 to 2026-08-18
$39.93Support10.2% below the last closeturned there twice · 2026-06-25 to 2026-10-02

A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.

Wave structure

No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.

Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-21.

An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.

Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.

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Analyst consensus

  • Consensus ratingStrong Buy (1.38 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 20 analysts
  • Mean price target$62.17 range $56.00 – $77.00; median $61.00

Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-21. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.

Analyst EPS estimate for YUMC

  • Consensus EPS estimate$0.899 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-21
  • Estimate change, 30 days-$0.00927 (-1.0%) from $0.9083, on 2026-09-16, 35-day window
  • Readings revised upward0% of 7 comparable readings

The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.

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Key risks (from latest filing)

["Sensitivity to macroeconomic conditions and consumer spending in China","Risks associated with international operations and potential fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates","Intense competition in the Chinese restaurant industry"]

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What changed in the latest 10-Q

AI-assisted comparison of YUMC's 10-Q filed 2026-05-08 against the prior one filed 2025-11-10.

Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)

  • Added:
    • Newer filing (2026-05-08) references '2025 system sales' and 'March 31, 2026' as of date; older filing (2025-11-10) references '2024 system sales' and 'September 30, 2025' as of date
    • Newer filing updates restaurant count to 18,737 restaurants covering over 2,600 cities; older filing shows 17,514 restaurants covering over 2,500 cities
    • Newer filing states Taco Bell rights are 'subject to the agreed terms'; older filing states 'subject to achieving certain agreed-upon milestones'
    • Newer filing updates KFC restaurant count to 13,454 in over 2,600 cities; older filing shows 12,640 in over 2,500 cities
    • Newer filing updates Pizza Hut restaurant count to 4,375 in over 1,100 cities; older filing shows 4,022 in over 900 cities
    • Newer filing reports System Sales Growth of 4% (both reported and ex F/X); older filing reports 4% for quarter and 4-5% for year to date
    • Newer filing reports Same-Store Sales Growth as 'Even' (0%); older filing reports 1% for quarter and 1% for year to date
    • Newer filing reports Operating Profit of 447 million with +12% reported and +6% ex F/X; older filing reports 400 million with +8% both reported and ex F/X
    • Newer filing reports OP Margin of 13.7% (reported) and 13.6% core; older filing reports 12.5% with +0.4 ppts change
    • Newer filing reports Net Income of 309 million with +6% increase; older filing reports 282 million with -5% change
    • Newer filing reports Diluted EPS of 0.87 with +13% reported and +7% ex F/X; older filing reports 0.76 with -1% change
    • Newer filing describes Total revenues increase of 10% (4% ex F/X) primarily from net new unit contribution; older filing describes 4% increase with no F/X differentiation mentioned in excerpt
  • Removed:
    • Older filing (2025-11-10) references 'more than 35 years of operations'; newer filing (2026-05-08) removes specific year reference
    • Older filing includes year-to-date metrics in results table; newer filing shows only quarter-ended metrics in provided excerpt
    • Older filing mentions 'e-commerce segment' as part of All Other Segments for 2024; newer filing does not reference e-commerce segment
  • Reworded:
    • Older filing states 'more than 35 years of operations'; newer filing states 'more than three decades of operations' (equivalent but different phrasing)
    • Older filing paragraph structure differs: 'As compared to the third quarter of 2024...' in older vs newer compares first quarter 2026 to first quarter 2025
  • Notes:
    • The two filings cover different fiscal periods (Q1 2026 vs Q3 2025 and YTD comparisons), making direct operational comparison challenging
    • Older filing excerpt appears truncated at end, limiting full comparison of narrative sections
    • Restaurant count increases and financial metric changes reflect normal business progression between the two reporting periods rather than restatements

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Insider activity (SEC Form 4)

0 open-market purchases and 6 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-16. The 6 days since 2026-10-16 have not been checked yet.

  • Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-160 buys · 6 sells ($2M) — 2 selling insiders
  • Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-160 buys · 6 sells ($2M) — 2 selling insiders

Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)

Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-18. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-16; anything filed since is not yet included.

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Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.

Institutional ownership (13F)

5 institutional 13F filers reported holding YUMC as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).

  • Distinct 13F filers 5
  • Reported shares held 5,639,707
  • Reported value $230,444,660

reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 2 increased, 3 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".

Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.

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Short interest (FINRA)

YUMC had 5,899,510 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-30 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).

YUMC had 1.72% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-30 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.29 days to cover at the same settlement.

  • Reported short interest (shares) 5,899,510
  • Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 1.72%
  • Prior settlement (shares) 6,019,261
  • Reported change -1.99%
  • Days to cover (reported) 4.29

Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-30 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC) do?

Yum China Holdings is the largest restaurant company in China, operating a portfolio of brands including KFC, Pizza Hut, Lavazza, and Taco Bell. The company manages thousands of restaurant locations across China through a mix of company-owned stores and franchise arrangements.

What sector is Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC) in?

Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC) is classified in the Consumer Discretionary sector. Its industry is Restaurants. It trades on NYSE.

Does YUMC pay a dividend?

Yes — Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 2.82% and 6-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-09-02). Informational only — not financial advice.

Who are Yum China Holdings, Inc.'s (YUMC) competitors?

Notable peers of Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC) include McDonald's, Starbucks, Restaurant Brands International, Jollibee Foods Corporation and Haidilao International Holding. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.

Is Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC) overbought or oversold right now?

Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 62, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.

Where does stocks-llm's data on YUMC come from?

Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.

Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.

Last updated 2026-10-21.

Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.