Yum! Brands, Inc. YUM

138.63 1.29 0.94% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$37.8B
P/E
17.3×
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Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) trades at a price to free cash flow of 22.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.5× (March 2020) to 88.4× (October 2016); the current reading is higher than 2% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 19.4× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 12.8×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 25.8× (2.53%)
FY2024 26.4× (3.96%)
FY2023 27.5× (13.03%)
FY2022 31.6× 13.20%
FY2021 27.9× (2.42%)
FY2020 28.6× 3.95%
FY2019 27.5× (12.33%)
FY2018 31.4× (20.99%)
FY2017 39.8× 40.36%
FY2016 28.3× 1.91%

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 26.2× 0.13%
Mar 2026 26.1× 1.54%
Dec 2025 25.8× (4.69%)
Sep 2025 27.0× 0.25%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 15.5× High 88.4×
Ten-year median 28.8×
Current reading's percentile 2

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 14.5×
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 14.7×
YUMC Yum China compare 15.0×
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 16.2×
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. compare 20.3×
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. 22.7×
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 24.0×
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 25.5×
SBUX Starbucks Corporation compare 29.7×
Restaurants industry median 19.4×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 12.8×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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