Stock · YUM · Consumer Cyclical
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1997 · Revenue 12 mo. $8.7B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Yum! Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises traditional and non-traditional quick service restaurants in the United States, China, and internationally.
Yum! Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises traditional and non-traditional quick service restaurants in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in four segments: KFC Division, Taco Bell Division, Pizza Hut Division, and Habit Burger & Grill Division. It also operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Habit Burger & Grill brands, which specialize in chicken, Mexican-style food and pizza categories, made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches, and other products. The company was formerly known as TRICON Global Restaurants, Inc. and changed its name to Yum! Brands, Inc. in May 2002. Yum! Brands, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Summary
52.8 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €1.5B (2025), it supports €16.3B. The remaining €22.6B of the market value assume it grows 12.1% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
12.1%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 21.6×, below its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 22.0× to 24.5×, median 22.7×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
7 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., FCF, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | −23.33% | 11.07% | Rank 6 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 75.70% | 17.91% | Rank 91 |
| EBIT margin | 30.80% | 10.89% | Rank 94 |
| FCF margin | 19.95% | 8.07% | Rank 88 |
| Gross margin | 46.17% | 34.00% | Rank 67 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 8.81% | 5.10% | Rank 68 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 7.07% | 8.34% | Rank 46 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 13.75% | 15.10% | Rank 47 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 4.52% | 4.34% | Rank 53 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 3.48% | 4.32% | Rank 43 |
| FCF yield | 3.78% | 4.17% | Rank 45 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 6.64 | 1.95 | Rank 6 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 21.57 | 16.88 | Rank 33 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −0.44% | −4.35% | Rank 56 |
| Share price, 6 months | 6.53% | 3.63% | Rank 60 |
| Share price, 3 months | 12.02% | 2.92% | Rank 84 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −4.17% | −15.83% | Rank 86 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 7.40% | 0.39% | Rank 11 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −2.46% | −0.37% | Rank 72 |
| Dividend streak in years | 8 | 4 | Rank 82 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 1.44% | 0.16% | Rank 64 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | −89.36% | 40.59% | Rank 0 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 4.02 | 0.99 | Rank 13 |
| Debt to equitylower is betterdoes not count towards the rank | −1.64 | 0.49 | |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 24.80% | 33.42% | Rank 87 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6.4 | 26.5% | $826.0M | 400M | 8.4 |
| 2017 | 5.9 | 47.0% | $712.0M | 355M | 8.3 |
| 2018 | 5.7 | 40.4% | $942.0M | 329M | 9.8 |
| 2019 | 5.6 | 34.5% | $1.1B | 313M | 10.7 |
| 2020 | 5.7 | 26.6% | $1.1B | 307M | 10.9 |
| 2021 | 6.6 | 32.5% | $1.5B | 302M | 11.6 |
| 2022 | 6.8 | 32.0% | $1.1B | 290M | 12.3 |
| 2023 | 7.1 | 32.8% | $1.3B | 285M | 11.5 |
| 2024 | 7.5 | 31.8% | $1.4B | 285M | 11.7 |
| 2025 | 8.2 | 30.8% | $1.6B | 278M | 11.2 |
2 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Yum! Brands Inc mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Yum! Brands Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
2 of 7 rules met
4 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Yum! Brands Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 28.7 | 21.6 |
| P/B ratio | −5.5 | 2.4 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | −23.3% | 11.1% |
| Equity ratio | −89.4% | 40.6% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | −1.64 | 0.49 |
| Dividend yield | 1.8% | 2.2% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| YUM | Yum! Brands Incthis page | |
| CMG | Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc | Medium5.5 |
| QSR.TO | Restaurant Brands International Inc | locked |
| DRI | Darden Restaurants Inc | High6.4 |
| TXRH | Texas Roadhouse Inc | locked |
| SBUX | Starbucks Corporation | locked |
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