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 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 2.95%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| 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
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare | 117.1% |
| SBUX Starbucks Corporation compare | 93.0% |
| CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare | 74.8% |
| YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. | 37.6% |
| DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. compare | 28.0% |
| TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare | 21.1% |
| MCD McDonald's Corporation 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 | 2.95% |
| 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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