Yum! Brands, Inc. YUM

138.63 1.29 0.94% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$37.8B
P/E
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Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Operating margin

Yum! Brands, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 31.0%, down 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (31.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 22.3% (fiscal 2015) to 47.0% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 4.30% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.34%.

Operating margin, annual

Annual

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 31.4% (0.47)
FY2024 31.8% (0.93)
FY2023 32.8% 0.80
FY2022 32.0% (0.53)
FY2021 32.5% 5.90
FY2020 26.6% (7.89)
FY2019 34.5% (5.89)
FY2018 40.4% (6.60)
FY2017 47.0% 20.51
FY2016 26.5% 4.12

Quarterly

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 30.2% (1.08)
Mar 2026 31.3% 1.86
Dec 2025 29.4% (4.23)
Sep 2025 33.7% 1.47
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 22.3% High 47.0%
Ten-year median 32.0%
Current reading's percentile 36

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. 31.0%
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 26.9%
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 19.5%
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 14.7%
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. compare 12.0%
YUMC Yum China compare 11.1%
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 10.7%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation compare 7.77%
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 7.75%
Restaurants industry median 4.30%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.34%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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