Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Earnings Beat Expectations, Shares Jump

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) dropped its earnings report on Tuesday afternoon after the market closed on Wall Street. The KFC operator showed earnings per share of $0.87 for the quarter it records as the first of 2014. Revenue in the period came in at $2.72 billion. On today's market shares in Yum trended upwards and finished trading at $77.48.

Businessweek surveyed 21 analysts following Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) as the company headed into the delivery of earnings this afternoon. The analysts were looking for earnings of 84 cents for the three month period by consensus. Revenue...