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 for the first quarter…