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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
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Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Gross margin

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Yum! Brands, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 67.4%, down 2.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (69.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 45.1% (fiscal 2016) to 77.9% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 38.9% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 34.3%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 69.8% (2.15)
FY2024 71.9% (3.01)
FY2023 74.9% 0.43
FY2022 74.5% 0.70
FY2021 73.8% 0.45
FY2020 73.4% (4.58)
FY2019 77.9% 6.66
FY2018 71.3% 21.53
FY2017 49.7% 4.63
FY2016 45.1% (15.91)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 66.9% (0.79)
Jun 2026 67.7% 0.61
Mar 2026 67.1% (0.43)
Dec 2025 67.6% (2.79)
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Against its own ten years

Low 45.1% High 77.9%
Ten-year median 71.9%
Current reading's percentile 28

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
SBUX Starbucks Corporation compare 67.7%
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. 67.4%
MCD McDonald's Corporation compare 57.6%
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 48.7%
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 40.0%
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 23.8%
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. compare 21.7%
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 15.7%
YUMC Yum China compare 0.00%
Restaurants industry median 38.9%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 34.3%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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