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) Return on invested capital

Yum! Brands, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 37.6%, down 3.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (41.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 19.6% (fiscal 2015) to 88.6% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 3.14% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.17%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 41.5% (7.40)
FY2024 48.9% (2.34)
FY2023 51.3% (1.13)
FY2022 52.4% (3.60)
FY2021 56.0% 11.36
FY2020 44.7% (17.50)
FY2019 62.2% (15.25)
FY2018 77.4% (11.18)
FY2017 88.6% 50.83
FY2016 37.8% 18.20

Against its own ten years

Low 19.6% High 88.6%
Ten-year median 51.3%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 111.8%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation compare 93.0%
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 74.8%
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 51.4%
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. 37.6%
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. compare 27.3%
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 21.1%
YUMC Yum China compare 18.0%
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 9.12%
Restaurants industry median 3.14%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.17%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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