Yum China Holdings, Inc. cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, Yum China Holdings, Inc.'s operations generated $1.47bn of cash; it spent $626m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $840m. It returned $353m in dividends and $1.14bn through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 775 | 913 | 866 | 884 | 1,333 | 1,185 | 1,114 | 1,131 | 1,413 | 1,473 | 1,419 | 1,466 | 1,578 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 411 | 425 | 402 | 409 | 445 | 428 | 450 | 516 | 602 | 453 | 476 | 448 | 466 |
| Stock-based pay | 13 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 36 | 41 | 42 | 64 | 41 | 42 | 43 |
| Capital spending | 525 | 512 | 436 | 415 | 470 | 435 | 419 | 689 | 679 | 710 | 705 | 626 | 638 |
| Free cash flow | 250 | 401 | 430 | 469 | 863 | 750 | 695 | 442 | 734 | 763 | 714 | 840 | 940 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 237 | 387 | 414 | 443 | 839 | 724 | 659 | 401 | 692 | 699 | 673 | 798 | 897 |
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | 38 | 161 | 181 | 95 | 203 | 202 | 216 | 248 | 353 | 376 |
| Share buybacks | — | — | — | 128 | 307 | 265 | 8 | 75 | 466 | 613 | 1,249 | 1,144 | 1,306 |
| Shares issued | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,195 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 409 | 167 | 452 | 412 | 477 | 125 | 550 | 426 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 120 | 121 | 109 | 110 | 114 | 115 | 117 | 120 |
| Stock-based pay | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
| Capital spending | 165 | 182 | 137 | 122 | 126 | 241 | 144 | 127 |
| Free cash flow | 244 | −15 | 315 | 290 | 351 | −116 | 406 | 299 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 235 | −24 | 306 | 277 | 341 | −126 | 396 | 286 |
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