Yum China Stock Options Expiring on 19th of December 2025

YUMC Stock  USD 46.61  0.06  0.13%   
Yum China's latest option contracts expiring on 2025-12-19 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.29 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 3.25 over 42 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on 2025-12-19. The total put volume is at 143, with calls trading at the volume of 143. This yields a 0.51 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against 2025-12-19 Option Contracts

The chart above shows Yum China's distribution of open interest by maturity on contracts that have not yet been settled. The area between the two highest points is the projection of the price at expiration. Yum China's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Yum China's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

Yum China Maximum Pain Price across 2025-12-19 Option Contracts

Max pain usually refers to a trading concept that asserts that market manipulation can cause the market price of particular securities such as Yum China close to expiration to expire worthless. So, Max pain occurs when market makers reach a net positive position across all options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, Yum China's option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.
Yum China's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Yum China Holdings common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Yum stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Yum China's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Yum China's Stock Based Compensation is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. Issuance Of Capital Stock is expected to grow at the current pace this year, whereas Common Stock is forecasted to decline to about 3.4 M.

Yum China Holdings In The Money Call Balance

When Yum China's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Yum China Holdings stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Yum China's options that are 'In the Money' or 'Out of the Money', the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
While 'out-of-the-money' option contracts written on Yum China Holdings are typically viewed as the more aggressive, there are potential upsides to purchasing these types of options contracts. For one, the cost to buy an 'Out of the Money' option is lower than the cost to buy an 'In the Money' option. This cost-benefit is due to the fact that at the time of the purchase, 'Out of the Money' contracts have no intrinsic value. So, while the potential for a 100% loss is more significant, the cost and risk to enter the trade are lower.

Yum Current Options Market Mood

Yum China's open interest and total value indicators provide investors with the necessary information to digest the overall options buildup for its expiring contracts. In addition, it helps Yum Stock's traders understand whether a recent fall or rise in the market is unreasonable and if the time has come to take contrarian positions. These ratios are calculated based on options trading volumes and current open interest.

Put-to-Call Open Interest

Put-to-Call Volume

Unfortunately, most Yum China's options investors are not very successful. Yum China's option open interest and volume spread between outstanding puts and calls are regarded by many investors as reliable indicators of the overall future market direction.

Rule 16 of the current Yum contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Yum China Holdings will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0181% per day over the life of the 2025-12-19 option contract. With Yum China trading at USD 46.61, that is roughly USD 0.008448. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Yum China's daily price movement you should consider buying Yum China Holdings options at the current volatility level of 0.29%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  

Yum China Option Chain

When Yum China's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Yum China Holdings stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying options that are ITM or OTM, the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
Yum China's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Yum. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Yum. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Yum China against a given expiration period. The table below combines all the option information in the form of a chain but before you use it, remember that it entails significant risk and it is not for everyone.
Open IntExpirationCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 1512025-12-1926.0 - 31.024.3In
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 1702025-12-1924.5 - 29.027.9In
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 203102025-12-1929.6 - 31.530.25In
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 2242025-12-190.0 - 0.024.8In
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 2542025-12-1917.0 - 22.019.0In
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 27122025-12-1922.5 - 26.721.15In
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 3002025-12-190.0 - 0.018.87In
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 3202025-12-190.0 - 0.017.1In
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 3502025-12-190.0 - 0.015.0In
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 3702025-12-190.0 - 0.012.5In
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 4002025-12-190.0 - 0.011.2In
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 4202025-12-190.0 - 0.09.5In
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 4502025-12-190.0 - 0.08.23In
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 4702025-12-190.0 - 0.07.06Out
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 5002025-12-190.0 - 0.05.24Out
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 5202025-12-190.0 - 0.04.7Out
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 5502025-12-190.0 - 0.03.8Out
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 6082025-12-193.4 - 4.05.5Out
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 6502025-12-190.0 - 0.01.36Out
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 7002025-12-190.0 - 0.01.9Out
Call
YUMC Option Call 19-12-2025 7502025-12-190.0 - 0.01.25Out
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 15472025-12-190.0 - 0.750.3Out
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 172412025-12-190.15 - 0.750.8Out
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 2002025-12-190.0 - 0.00.25Out
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 221062025-12-190.5 - 1.251.18Out
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 25262025-12-190.0 - 1.80.96Out
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 2702025-12-190.0 - 0.01.17Out
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 3002025-12-190.0 - 0.00.7Out
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 3202025-12-190.0 - 0.01.2Out
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 35962025-12-191.0 - 3.12.25Out
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 3702025-12-190.0 - 0.02.5Out
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 405182025-12-191.3 - 5.24.26Out
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 42322025-12-1911.0 - 15.512.45Out
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 4532025-12-196.2 - 7.212.74Out
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 4702025-12-190.0 - 0.04.7In
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 5042025-12-195.6 - 6.38.6In
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 5212025-12-1915.9 - 16.911.86In
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 5512025-12-1917.5 - 21.316.0In
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 5702025-12-1911.6 - 16.512.38In
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 6002025-12-1913.5 - 18.514.05In
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 6502025-12-1918.0 - 23.017.79In
 Put
YUMC Option Put 19-12-2025 70262025-12-1922.5 - 27.522.23In

Yum China Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Yum Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

4.52 Billion

At present, Yum China's Total Stockholder Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting.

Yum China Corporate Directors

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Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.328
Dividend Share
0.61
Earnings Share
2.27
Revenue Per Share
28.25
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.054
The market value of Yum China Holdings is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Yum that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Yum China's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Yum China's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Yum China's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Yum China's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Yum China's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Yum China is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Yum China's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.