Yum! Brands, Inc.

YUM Consumer Cyclical Restaurants

Yum! Brands, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $8.2 billion, up 8.81% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+3.79%
EPS
+320.2%
Free cash flow
−13.6%
Total debt
+0.40%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

165.68 0.63 −0.38%
Market cap
$45.3B
P/E
13.2×
Fwd P/E
16.7×
Dividend yield
1.79%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.55
Beneish M
−2.57
Dividend safety
66/100

Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Current ratio

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Yum! Brands, Inc.'s current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 1.0×, down 0.4× from fiscal 2025 (1.3×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.5× (fiscal 2015) to 1.7× (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 0.8× and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 1.5×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 1.3× (8.74%)
FY2024 1.5× 17.02%
FY2023 1.3× 30.38%
FY2022 1.0× (10.74%)
FY2021 1.1× 7.37%
FY2020 1.0× 1.77%
FY2019 1.0× 6.81%
FY2018 0.9× (44.05%)
FY2017 1.7× 43.88%
FY2016 1.2× 110.87%

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 1.0× 62.72%
Jun 2026 0.6× (9.08%)
Mar 2026 0.7× (51.61%)
Dec 2025 1.3× (20.57%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.5× High 1.7×
Ten-year median 1.1×
Current reading's percentile 82

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
MCD McDonald's Corporation compare 1.1×
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. 1.0×
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 1.0×
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 0.8×
SBUX Starbucks Corporation compare 0.8×
YUMC Yum China compare 0.7×
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 0.5×
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 0.5×
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. compare 0.3×
Restaurants industry median 0.8×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 1.5×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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