Yum! Brands
YUM NYSE· Restaurants
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$149.54
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Yum! Brands had $8.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 8.8% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +7.8% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 31.3%, down 0.5 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 31 is left after running the business.
- Yum! Brands made $1.6B of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 3.4% a year.
- Free cash flow was $1.6B in fiscal 2025, 20.0% of revenue.
- Yum! Brands returned $1.3B to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 82% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.4%.
- Yum! Brands owes $11.3B more than it holds in cash, about 4.1 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$41.4B
P/E
18.8x
Revenue
$8.2B
Net income
$1.6B
Free cash flow
$1.6B
Operating margin
31.3%
Yum! Brands in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+8.8%
Yes. Sales grew 8.8% last year.
Does it make a profit?
19.0%
Yes. It keeps 19.0% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
20.0%
Yes. 20.0% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
4.1x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 4.1 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 9
Mixed. It passes 6 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
18.8x
One share costs 18.8 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 17.7x.
What Yum! Brands does
Yum! Brands owns the KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill restaurant chains, with more than 63,000 restaurants in 155 countries and territories. KFC sells fried and other chicken, Taco Bell sells Mexican-style food such as tacos and burritos, Pizza Hut sells pizza for delivery, carryout and dine-in, and Habit sells grilled burgers and sandwiches. Yum reports one segment for each of its four chains; KFC is the largest, with 33,897 restaurants. Nearly all the restaurants, 97% at the end of 2025, are run by independent franchisees, who pay for the buildings and equipment. Yum earns upfront fees and monthly fees based on a share of each franchised restaurant's sales, typically 4% to 6%, plus advertising contributions, and also earns sales from the restaurants it runs itself. Its largest master franchisee is Yum China, a former part of the company that runs its brands in mainland China and pays a fee of 3% of sales there.
Biggest risks, in its own words
- Food safety scares or outbreaks of food-borne illness linked to its restaurants or the wider industry.
- Its dependence on the success of its franchisees, including Yum China, and their ability to open and run restaurants profitably.
- The review of options for Pizza Hut may not lead to a deal or bring the expected benefits.
- Its growing reliance on online ordering and delivery apps, and on technology that may not work as planned.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 20, 2026
- Legal name
- YUM! BRANDS, INC.
- CIK
- 0001041061
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $6.6B | $6.8B | $7.1B | $7.5B | $8.2B |
| Revenue growth | 16.5% | 3.9% | 3.4% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Gross margin | 73.8% | 74.5% | 74.9% | 71.9% | 69.8% |
| Operating margin | 32.5% | 32.0% | 32.8% | 31.8% | 31.3% |
| Net income | $1.6B | $1.3B | $1.6B | $1.5B | $1.6B |
| Net margin | 23.9% | 19.4% | 22.6% | 19.7% | 19.0% |
| Diluted EPS | $5.21 | $4.57 | $5.59 | $5.22 | $5.55 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $1.7B | $1.4B | $1.6B | $1.7B | $2.0B |
| Capital expenditure | $230M | $279M | $285M | $257M | $371M |
| Free cash flow | $1.5B | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.6B |
| FCF margin | 22.4% | 16.8% | 18.6% | 19.0% | 20.0% |
| Dividends paid | $592M | $649M | $678M | $752M | $789M |
| Share buybacks | $1.6B | $1.2B | $50.0M | $441M | $552M |
| Share count change | −1.6% | −4.0% | −1.7% | 0.0% | −1.4% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $486M | $367M | $512M | $707M | $709M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $11.3B | $12.3B | $11.3B | $11.4B | $12.0B |
| Shareholders' equity | −$8.4B | −$8.9B | −$7.9B | −$7.6B | −$7.3B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.7x | 5.1x | 4.4x | 4.2x | 4.1x |
| Current ratio | 1.1x | 1.0x | 1.3x | 1.5x | 1.4x |
| Interest coverage | 3.9x | 3.9x | 3.9x | 4.4x | 4.7x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 80.0% | 62.7% | 67.3% | 62.4% | 54.8% |
| Piotroski F-score | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | −2.5 | −2.9 | −1.7 | −1.1 | −0.8 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$13.2M
7 insiders
Of sales under plans
63%
$8.4M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yum! Brands YUM | $41.4B | 8.8% | 31.3% | 20.0% | 54.8% | 18.8x | 6 |
| Restaurant Brands Internatio... QSR | $34.0B | 12.2% | 23.3% | 15.4% | 9.0% | 19.9x | 6 |
| Texas Roadhouse TXRH | $11.0B | 9.4% | 8.1% | 5.8% | 33.0% | 26.7x | 4 |
| Brinker International EAT | $8.8B | 7.9% | 10.7% | 9.6% | 66.0% | — | 8 |
| Yum China YUMC | $15.9B | 4.4% | 10.9% | 7.1% | — | 16.6x | — |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
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At $149.54 a share, the company is worth $41.4B: 18.8 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Yum! Brands grew sales faster than 2 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 1 of 3.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001041061). Data updated October 9, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.