Yum! Brands Inc (YUM)

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CONSUMER CYCLICAL • RESTAURANTS • NYSE

$150.87

+4.17 (+2.85%)

Market Cap: $41.16B

Last updated: Oct 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET

Earnings

Performance (10Y)

Beat Rate

64%(25/39)

Avg Surprise

+4.90%

Streak

2 Q

Upcoming Estimates

Period ending Sep 30, 2026

EPS Consensus$1.47

Range$1.35 - $1.57

10 analysts

EPS RevisionsNo revisions (7d)

30d

EPS Estimate DriftChange to current

90d ago$1.69-13.2%

60d ago$1.59-7.9%

30d ago$1.59-7.4%

7d ago$1.48-0.8%

Current$1.47

Revenue Consensus

$2.1B

Range$1.9B - $2.2B

10 analysts

Period ending Dec 31, 2026

EPS Consensus$1.96

Range$1.78 - $2.22

11 analysts

Revenue Consensus

$2.4B

Range$2.3B - $2.8B

11 analysts

Period	Reported	Est.	Range	Surprise	B/M	Analysts	Revisions	YoY
Dec 31, 2026Dec 26EST	-	$1.96	$1.78 - $2.22	-	-	11	-	-
Sep 30, 2026Sep 26EST	-	$1.47	$1.35 - $1.57	-	-	10	0 3 30d	-
Jun 30, 2026Jun 26 Reported Jul 30, 2026Reported Jul 30	$1.62	$1.59	$1.39 - $1.63	+1.89%	Beat	23	1 4 30d	+12.5%
Mar 31, 2026Mar 26 Reported Apr 29, 2026Reported Apr 29	$1.50	$1.39	$1.33 - $1.60	+7.91%	Beat	26	6 1 30d	+15.4%
Dec 31, 2025Dec 25 Reported Feb 4, 2026Reported Feb 4	$1.73	$1.76	$1.59 - $1.82	-1.70%	Miss	27	5 5 30d	+7.5%
Sep 30, 2025Sep 25 Reported Nov 4, 2025Reported Nov 4	$1.58	$1.48	$1.41 - $1.58	+6.76%	Beat	28	7 5 30d	+15.3%
Jun 30, 2025Jun 25 Reported Aug 5, 2025Reported Aug 5	$1.44	$1.46	$1.39 - $1.54	-1.37%	Miss	24	4 4 30d	+6.7%
Mar 31, 2025Mar 25 Reported Apr 30, 2025Reported Apr 30	$1.30	$1.28	$1.20 - $1.37	+1.56%	Beat	26	6 7 30d	+13.0%
Dec 31, 2024Dec 24 Reported Feb 6, 2025Reported Feb 6	$1.61	$1.60	$1.53 - $1.66	+0.63%	Beat	24	2 11 30d	+27.8%
Sep 30, 2024Sep 24 Reported Nov 5, 2024Reported Nov 5	$1.37	$1.41	$1.37 - $1.46	-2.84%	Miss	24	4 2 30d	-4.9%
Jun 30, 2024Jun 24 Reported Aug 6, 2024Reported Aug 6	$1.35	$1.33	$1.27 - $1.40	+1.50%	Beat	24	1 1 30d	-4.3%
Mar 31, 2024Mar 24 Reported May 1, 2024Reported May 1	$1.15	$1.20	$1.11 - $1.30	-4.17%	Miss	23	2 1 30d	+8.5%
Dec 31, 2023Dec 23 Reported Feb 7, 2024Reported Feb 7	$1.26	$1.40	$1.30 - $1.50	-10.00%	Miss	24	0 2 30d	-3.8%
Sep 30, 2023Sep 23 Reported Nov 1, 2023Reported Nov 1	$1.44	$1.27	$1.14 - $1.41	+13.39%	Beat	24	4 0 30d	+32.1%
Jun 30, 2023Jun 23 Reported Aug 2, 2023Reported Aug 2	$1.41	$1.24	$1.11 - $1.34	+13.71%	Beat	24	5 0 30d	+34.3%
Mar 31, 2023Mar 23 Reported May 3, 2023Reported May 3	$1.06	$1.13	$1.04 - $1.24	-6.19%	Miss	23	4 1 30d	+1.0%
Dec 31, 2022Dec 22 Reported Feb 8, 2023Reported Feb 8	$1.31	$1.26	$1.16 - $1.36	+3.97%	Beat	24	4 0 30d	+28.4%
Sep 30, 2022Sep 22 Reported Nov 2, 2022Reported Nov 2	$1.09	$1.15	$1.03 - $1.22	-5.22%	Miss	24	2 1 30d	-10.7%
Jun 30, 2022Jun 22 Reported Aug 3, 2022Reported Aug 3	$1.05	$1.09	$0.98 - $1.20	-3.67%	Miss	25	2 2 30d	-9.5%
Mar 31, 2022Mar 22 Reported May 4, 2022Reported May 4	$1.05	$1.07	$0.98 - $1.13	-1.87%	Miss	24	0 1 30d	-1.9%
Dec 31, 2021Dec 21 Reported Feb 9, 2022Reported Feb 9	$1.02	$1.09	$1.02 - $1.19	-6.42%	Miss	24	0 1 30d	-11.3%
Sep 30, 2021Sep 21 Reported Oct 28, 2021Reported Oct 28	$1.22	$1.08	$0.99 - $1.18	+12.96%	Beat	24	1 1 30d	+20.8%
Jun 30, 2021Jun 21 Reported Jul 29, 2021Reported Jul 29	$1.16	$0.95	$0.86 - $1.05	+22.11%	Beat	22	1 0 30d	+41.5%
Mar 31, 2021Mar 21 Reported Apr 28, 2021Reported Apr 28	$1.07	$0.87	$0.73 - $0.93	+22.99%	Beat	24	6 0 30d	+67.2%
Dec 31, 2020Dec 20 Reported Feb 4, 2021Reported Feb 4	$1.15	$1.01	$0.91 - $1.09	+13.86%	Beat	25	2 0 30d	+15.0%
Sep 30, 2020Sep 20 Reported Oct 29, 2020Reported Oct 29	$1.01	$0.79	$0.72 - $0.85	+27.85%	Beat	23	5 0 30d	+26.2%
Jun 30, 2020Jun 20 Reported Jul 30, 2020Reported Jul 30	$0.82	$0.55	$0.20 - $0.78	+49.09%	Beat	20	3 0 30d	-11.8%
Mar 31, 2020Mar 20 Reported Apr 29, 2020Reported Apr 29	$0.64	$0.67	$0.50 - $0.77	-4.48%	Miss	20	1 0 30d	-22.0%
Dec 31, 2019Dec 19 Reported Feb 6, 2020Reported Feb 6	$1.00	$1.13	$0.98 - $1.21	-11.50%	Miss	24	2 0 30d	+150.0%
Sep 30, 2019Sep 19 Reported Oct 30, 2019Reported Oct 30	$0.80	$0.94	$0.77 - $0.99	-14.89%	Miss	23	3 0 30d	-23.1%
Jun 30, 2019Jun 19 Reported Aug 1, 2019Reported Aug 1	$0.93	$0.88	$0.85 - $0.92	+5.68%	Beat	23	5 0 30d	+13.4%
Mar 31, 2019Mar 19 Reported May 1, 2019Reported May 1	$0.82	$0.82	$0.72 - $0.86	+0.00%	Beat	19	6 0 30d	-8.9%
Dec 31, 2018Dec 18 Reported Feb 7, 2019Reported Feb 7	$0.40	N/A	-	-58.33%	Miss	22	5 0 30d	-58.3%
Sep 30, 2018Sep 18 Reported Oct 31, 2018Reported Oct 31	$1.04	$0.83	$0.79 - $0.86	+25.30%	Beat	21	5 0 30d	+52.9%
Jun 30, 2018Jun 18 Reported Aug 2, 2018Reported Aug 2	$0.82	$0.74	$0.69 - $0.78	+10.81%	Beat	21	4 0 30d	+20.6%
Mar 31, 2018Mar 18 Reported May 2, 2018Reported May 2	$0.90	$0.69	$0.62 - $0.78	+30.43%	Beat	21	3 0 30d	+38.5%
Dec 31, 2017Dec 17 Reported Feb 8, 2018Reported Feb 8	$0.96	$0.80	$0.74 - $0.85	+20.00%	Beat	23	2 0 30d	+21.5%
Sep 30, 2017Sep 17 Reported Nov 2, 2017Reported Nov 2	$0.68	$0.67	$0.61 - $0.74	+1.49%	Beat	23	2 0 30d	-
Jun 30, 2017Jun 17 Reported Aug 3, 2017Reported Aug 3	$0.68	$0.61	$0.57 - $0.65	+11.48%	Beat	22	4 0 30d	-
Mar 31, 2017Mar 17 Reported May 3, 2017Reported May 3	$0.65	$0.59	-	+10.17%	Beat	-	-	-
Dec 31, 2016Dec 16 Reported Feb 9, 2017Reported Feb 9	$0.79	$0.73	-	+8.22%	Beat	-	-	-

Dividends

Dividend Metrics

Forward Yield1.99%

Forward Annual Dividend$3.00

Payout Ratio38.78%

FrequencyQuarterly

Pay MonthsMar, Jun, Sep, Dec

Growth

3Y CAGR+7.60%

5Y CAGR+8.60%

YUM dividend history and ex-dividend dates Run YUM in the free DRIP calculator

Key Metrics

Valuation
P/E Ratio	23.46	EV/EBITDA	17.95x
Price/FCF	24.52x	FCF Yield	4.08%
Profitability
Profit Margin	25.40%	Operating Margin	32.80%
ROE	0.00%	ROIC	52.32%
Financial Health
Debt/Equity	-1.73x	Interest Coverage	5.26x
Current Ratio	0.59x	Quick Ratio	0.59x
Trading Statistics
Beta	0.55	Avg Volume	2.48M
52-Week High	$169.29	52-Week Low	$134.26

Technical Indicators Dashboard

Moving Averages

SMA 10$143.25

SMA 20$140.76

SMA 50$145.07

SMA 200$152.66

EMA 10$144.67

EMA 20$143.17

EMA 50$144.80

EMA 200$149.48

MACD

Line: 0.86Signal: -0.83Hist: 1.69

ADX

ADX: 22.9+DI: 33.9-DI: 19.5

Aroon & PSAR

Aroon Up100.0

Aroon Down24.0

PSAR$139.74

Bollinger Bands

Upper Band$149.34

Lower Band$132.18

%B Position1219%(Upper)

Band Width1.09

RSI (14-Day)

Neutral

66.7

Momentum Oscillators

Stoch %K89.9

Stoch %D90.9

Williams %R-3.2

ROC (10d)10.4%

Momentum14.18

CCI (20d)201.0

MFI (14d)70.4

Volatility Measures

ATR (14d)$3.19(2.1%)

StdDev (20d)4.29

Hist Vol18.7%(Low)

Volume Flow

VWAP$150.52

OBV-1.4M

AD Line-595.5M

CMF (20d)0.198

Volume Metrics

Avg Vol (20d)2.5M

Vol Ratio1.0x

VWMA (20d)$140.93

Pivot Points

R3$150.63

R2$148.84

R1$147.77

Pivot Point$145.98

S1$144.91

S2$143.12

S3$142.05

Advanced Oscillators

TSI6.28

Ultimate Osc66.9

KST-16.54

Financial Data

Quarter	Jun 2026	Mar 2026	Dec 2025	Sep 2025	Jun 2025	Mar 2025	Dec 2024	Sep 2024	Jun 2024	Mar 2024	Dec 2023	Sep 2023
Total Revenue	$2.17B	$2.06B	$2.52B	$1.98B	$1.93B	$1.79B	$2.36B	$1.83B	$1.76B	$1.60B	$2.04B	$1.71B
Cost of Revenue	$700.00M	$677.00M	$848.00M	$622.00M	$599.00M	$520.00M	$771.00M	$559.00M	$493.00M	$431.00M	$563.00M	$448.00M
Gross Profit	$1.47B	$1.38B	$1.67B	$1.36B	$1.33B	$1.27B	$1.59B	$1.27B	$1.27B	$1.17B	$1.47B	$1.26B

Operating Expenses	$815.00M	$739.00M	$927.00M	$691.00M	$712.00M	$724.00M	$934.00M	$648.00M	$663.00M	$647.00M	$864.00M	$647.00M
R&D	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
SG&A	$324.00M	$322.00M	$376.00M	$282.00M	$302.00M	$302.00M	$351.00M	$263.00M	$281.00M	$286.00M	$353.00M	$267.00M
Operating Income	$655.00M	$644.00M	$738.00M	$666.00M	$622.00M	$548.00M	$657.00M	$619.00M	$607.00M	$520.00M	$609.00M	$613.00M

Interest Income	$6.00M	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1.00M	$0	$1.00M	$0	$-22,000,000	$-14,000,000	$16.00M
Interest Expense	$128.00M	$128.00M	$134.00M	$124.00M	$123.00M	$120.00M	$131.00M	$120.00M	$121.00M	$117.00M	$132.00M	$126.00M
Income Before Tax	$533.00M	$516.00M	$606.00M	$541.00M	$500.00M	$429.00M	$528.00M	$502.00M	$487.00M	$383.00M	$464.00M	$505.00M
Income Tax Expense	$-320,000,000	$84.00M	$73.00M	$144.00M	$125.00M	$176.00M	$105.00M	$120.00M	$120.00M	$69.00M	$1.00M	$89.00M

Net Income	$853.00M	$432.00M	$535.00M	$397.00M	$374.00M	$253.00M	$423.00M	$382.00M	$367.00M	$314.00M	$463.00M	$416.00M

EBITDA	$714.00M	$704.00M	$807.00M	$715.00M	$667.00M	$593.00M	$714.00M	$665.00M	$649.00M	$557.00M	$659.00M	$652.00M
EBIT	$655.00M	$644.00M	$740.00M	$665.00M	$623.00M	$548.00M	$659.00M	$621.00M	$608.00M	$522.00M	$610.00M	$615.00M

* Some calculated fields are derived from available data when not provided by source

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YUM Valuation and Fair Value

P/E: 23.5x
Forward P/E: 20.4x
EV/EBITDA: 17.9x
P/FCF: 24.5x
PEG: 1.8x
P/B: -5.8x

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YUM Profitability: Margins, ROIC and FCF

Gross margin: 67.4%
Operating margin: 32.8%
Net margin: 25.4%
ROIC: 52.3%
ROE: 0.0%
FCF margin: 19.3%
FCF yield: 4.1%

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Sector: Consumer Cyclical

YUM Analyst Ratings

Consensus: Buy
Analysts: 26
Strong Buy: 3
Buy: 10
Hold: 13
Sell: 0
Strong Sell: 0

YUM Bull Case vs Bear Case

Bull case

YUM earns a 52.3% return on invested capital.
YUM converts 19.3% of revenue into free cash flow.
YUM has a 25.4% net profit margin.

YUM Earnings: Beat Rate and Next Report

Beat rate: 5 of 8 quarters (62.5%)
Average surprise: 1.6%
EPS estimate (fiscal period ending Sep 30, 2026): $1.47
Estimate revisions (30 days, fiscal period ending Sep 30, 2026): 0 up, 3 down

YUM Dividend

Forward yield: 2.0%
Payout ratio: 38.8%
3Y DPS growth: 7.6%
5Y DPS growth: 8.6%
Pay months: Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec

YUM dividend history

Frequently Asked Questions About YUM

What is YUM's current dividend yield?

Yum! Brands Inc (YUM) has a forward dividend yield of 1.99%.

Does YUM pay dividends?

Yes, Yum! Brands Inc pays dividends with a forward dividend yield of 1.99%.

What is YUM's P/E ratio?

Yum! Brands Inc has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.46.

What is YUM's market cap?

Yum! Brands Inc (YUM) has a market capitalization of $41.16B with a current stock price of $150.87.

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