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Yum! Brands key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Yum! Brands had a net margin of 19.0%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin9.9%10.2%10.4%11.7%8.3%7.9%20.0%25.8%22.8%27.1%23.1%16.0%23.9%19.4%22.6%19.7%19.0%25.4%
Return on equity104.5%89.0%77.6%80.3%50.5%56.6%104.4%———————————
Return on assets15.0%15.0%15.4%17.9%12.3%12.3%15.7%24.3%24.9%32.7%27.6%16.3%26.7%22.4%26.4%22.9%20.9%26.3%
Effective tax rate22.4%26.1%19.5%25.0%31.4%29.5%39.0%—41.1%16.2%5.8%11.4%5.9%20.3%12.2%21.8%24.9%−0.9%
R&D as % of revenue0.3%0.3%0.3%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.4%———————————
Dividends ÷ net income33.8%35.6%36.5%34.1%56.4%63.7%56.9%—31.0%30.0%39.5%62.6%37.6%49.0%42.5%50.6%50.6%36.4%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

0 of 4 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $8.7bn
Short-term assets $2.5bnLonger-term assets $6.1bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $15.8bn
Short-term liabilities $4.3bnLonger-term liabilities $11.5bnShareholders' equity $-7.1bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.5bn of assets due within a year against $4.3bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.5bn short-term assets against $11.5bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $674m of cash against $12.3bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $2.1bn of operating cash flow against $12.3bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Yum! Brands's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

96 /100

Strong moat

How hard Yum! Brands's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Net income has been a median 25.0% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 17 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 74.1%, moving by 4.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.

  • Durability 20 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 31.5%; its worst year was 28.7%.

  • Cash conversion 19 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 18.7% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 8.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.0% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Yum! Brands's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Yum! Brands.