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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 12.2%, EPS grew 131.3%, free cash flow grew 8.53% and total debt rose 7.78%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for five consecutive years, revenue growth for five, operating cash flow growth for three.
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Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) Return on assets
Yum! Brands, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 28.4%, up 7.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (20.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.7% (fiscal 2015) to 32.7% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 1.50% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 0.87%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 20.9% | (2.05) |
| FY2024 | 22.9% | (3.51) |
| FY2023 | 26.5% | 4.02 |
| FY2022 | 22.4% | (4.22) |
| FY2021 | 26.7% | 10.34 |
| FY2020 | 16.3% | (11.34) |
| FY2019 | 27.7% | (5.02) |
| FY2018 | 32.7% | 7.77 |
| FY2017 | 24.9% | 0.58 |
| FY2016 | 24.3% | 8.67 |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare | 35.6% |
| YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. | 28.4% |
| CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare | 15.7% |
| MCD McDonald's Corporation compare | 14.7% |
| TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare | 11.9% |
| DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. compare | 9.10% |
| YUMC Yum China compare | 8.92% |
| SBUX Starbucks Corporation compare | 6.40% |
| QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare | 5.02% |
| Restaurants industry median | 1.50% |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 0.87% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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