Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Stock

About Yum! Brands, Inc.

Yum! Brands, Inc. is led by CEO Christopher Lee Turner, employs 49,000 people, headquartered in Louisville, US, publicly traded since 1997.

Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) stock trades at $149.70 with a market capitalization of $40.85B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.85, a negative price-to-book of -5.89, reflecting negative shareholders' equity, price-to-sales of 4.72. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $134.26 and $170.14, and currently trades 12.0% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.99%.

On profitability, Yum! Brands, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of -30.35% (not meaningful, as shareholders' equity is negative), return on capital employed of 61.57%, an operating margin of 30.80%, a net profit margin of 25.42%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Yum! Brands, Inc. reported annual revenue of $8.2B, net profit of $1.6B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 7.8%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 11.5%. Over that span net profit grew faster than revenue, so net margin widened.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of -1.73 (negative because shareholders' equity is negative), a current ratio of 1.35, total assets of $8.2B, $709.0M in cash and equivalents.

YUM has an average daily trading volume of 2,504,604 shares, a beta of 0.55 (historically less volatile than the overall market).

Yum! Brands, Inc. by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Yum! Brands, Inc. reported revenue of $6.4B rising to $8.2B, a change of +29.2% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 7.8% a year over five years, 6.3% over three, 8.8% over the last twelve months. Net profit fell to $1.6B.

Operating margin went from 26.5% in 2016 to 30.8% in 2025, a gain of 4.3 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 25.42%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $8.7B and net profit $2.2B.

Borrowings rose from $9.1B to $11.9B, cash from operations was $2.0B in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged -18.9% over five years, and was -21.3% in the most recent year.

The share price itself has compounded at —% a year over five years, —% over three, —% over the last year. Past price movement is history, not a forecast.

Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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