Yum China

YUMC Consumer Cyclical Restaurants

Yum China’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $11.8 billion, up 4.37% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.45%
EPS
+19.7%
Free cash flow
+2.28%
Total debt
+1,946.2%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

49.68 0.00 0.00%
Market cap
$17.0B
P/E
17.2×
Fwd P/E
15.5×
Dividend yield
2.23%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
3.99
Beneish M
−2.51
Dividend safety
74/100

Yum China (YUMC) Free cash flow

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Yum China's free cash flow for fiscal 2025 was $840.0M, up 17.6% from $714.0M in fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was $948.0M. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $398.0M (fiscal 2015) to $863.0M (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. Yum China ranks 7th of 53 Restaurants companies by free cash flow.

Free cash flow, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
FY2025 $840.0M 17.65%
FY2024 $714.0M (6.42%)
FY2023 $763.0M 3.95%
FY2022 $734.0M 66.06%
FY2021 $442.0M (36.40%)
FY2020 $695.0M (7.33%)
FY2019 $750.0M (13.09%)
FY2018 $863.0M 84.01%
FY2017 $469.0M 9.07%
FY2016 $430.0M 8.04%

Quarterly newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 $359.0M 20.07%
Jun 2026 $299.0M (26.35%)
Mar 2026 $406.0M —
Dec 2025 −$116.0M —
39 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $398.0M High $863.0M
Ten-year median $714.0M
Current reading's percentile 91

Free cash flow against peers

What Free cash flow is

Free Cash Flow tells an investor how much cash a company’s operations generate after paying for its investment in physical and intangible assets.

Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)

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