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Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM)

Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants · Large-cap · updated October 16, 2026

NOT A BUY TODAY
What this means. Yum! Brands, Inc. is an average business by our measures, its shares look fairly priced, and its share price trend is middling.
Value43
Quality62
Price trend54
Overall50
1325 of 2764rank among the US stocks we score (our core model buys the top 15)
52%of US stocks we score rank below it

Scores are 0 to 100 against every US stock we track; 50 is average. Recomputed after every US market close.

The business in numbers

Fiscal year to December 2025, from the company's annual filing with the SEC.

Salesyearly sales$8.2B
Sales growthchange from the year before+8.8%
Gross marginshare of sales left after the direct cost of what it sells69.8%
Operating marginshare of sales left after running the business31.3%
Net marginshare of sales kept as profit19.0%
Free-cash-flow marginspare cash generated per $100 of sales20.0%
Return on equityprofit vs. shareholders' accounting valuen/m
Debt / equitydebt vs. shareholders' accounting valuen/m
Interest coverhow many times profit covers interest payments4.7x
Change in share countnegative = the company is buying back its shares-1.4%

Insider trades, last 90 days

3 insiders sold $1.3M (all under pre-arranged plans) on the open market.

Russell David EricSr. Vice President, ControllerSold (plan)Aug 37,961 shat $153.15 · $1.2M
Turner Christopher LeeChief Executive Officer · DirectorSold (plan)Aug 3261 shat $153.15 · $40K
Mezvinsky ScottKFC Division CEOSold (plan)Aug 3268 shat $153.15 · $41K

From Form 4 filings with the SEC. Open-market trades only. "Plan" = a sale set up in advance under a 10b5-1 plan, usually routine.

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