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Yum! BrandsYUM

Restaurants · Louisville, Kentucky · In the S&P 500
High quality
$155.40+0.55%After hours: $155.40 (0.00%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 11.6% over 1 year
Yum! Brands over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$140$150$160Nov2026MarMayJulSep$155.40$140$160NovMarJul$155.40
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$42.41B
Price to earnings18.9x
Forward P/E23.9x
Dividend yield1.93%
Year to date+2.7%
One year+11.6%
Next earningsTue 3 Nov, before the open
SectorConsumer Discretionary
52-week range (closes)
$135.75$168.16

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Quality and valuation

How Yum! Brands compares with other consumer discretionary stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Yum! Brands and 6 restaurants peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: stronger than mostValuation: in line with its sector

A stronger business than most consumer discretionary companies, priced about in line with them.

Yum! Brands trades at 23.9 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 19.5x for the 66 consumer discretionary stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew faster than the sector median: +10.3% vs +8.1%
  • Keeps more of each sale (gross margin): 68.1% vs 40.5%
  • More profitable (operating margin): 31.0% vs 13.8%
  • Turns more of its sales into cash: 19.3% vs 10.1%
YUM trades at 23.9x forward earnings, above the sector medianForward p/e, Restaurants peers
DPZ15.7xDRI19.2xMCD19.6xYUM23.9xCMG25.8xSBUX34.9xCAVA90.1xSector median 19.5xDPZ15.7xDRI19.2xMCD19.6xYUM23.9xCMG25.8xSBUX34.9xCAVA90.1xSector median 19.5x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 19.6x earnings, YUM is cheaper than its average since Aug 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
25x30xAverage 26.4x2025202619.6x30xAverage 26.4x2025202619.6x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Yum! Brands's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 30 Jun 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 12.2% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q2 ’26
$0bn$1bn$2bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$2.2bnQ2 ’26$0bn$1bn$2bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$2.2bnQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth slowed to +12.2% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%5%10%15%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2512.2%Q2 ’260%10%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2512.2%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 30.2% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%10%20%30%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2530.2%Q2 ’260%20%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2530.2%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $1.7 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$200m$400mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$407mQ2 ’26$0m$200m$400mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$407mQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsYUMSector median
Revenue growth+10.3%+8.1%
Gross margin68.1%40.5%
Operating margin31.0%13.8%
Free cash flow margin19.3%10.1%
Price to earnings18.9x21.0x

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