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2. Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM)

Investors with Long Positions (as of June 30): 59

Aggregate Value of Investors’ Holdings (as of June 30): $4.06 Billion

Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM) also lured some hedge funds during the second quarter, as nine more money managers disclosed the stock in their 13F filings for the June quarter. Their stakes accounted for 10.40% of the company’s shares at the end of June, while the aggregate value of holdings more than doubled during the three-month period (it increased by $2.57 billion). The stock has outperformed the broader market so far this year, delivering a return of nearly 8% year-to-date. Daniel Loeb’s Third Point, the second-largest shareholder of Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM) within our database with 3.58 million shares, believes that the quick service restaurant company has been successfully getting over the recent troubles in its Chinese business (read more details here).