Yum! Brands Inc (YUM · NYSE)
YUM · MARKET VIEW
Market view · as of Aug 31, 2026
Revenue (TTM)
$8.72B
+12.2% YoY
Gross margin
45.3%
EPS (latest q)
$1.62
vs $1.59 est · beat
52-wk position
56.4%
-8.1% vs 52w high · +0.4% 1mo
Price (last ~year)
Yum! Brands reported a 12.2% year-over-year revenue increase and a 131.6% rise in earnings, with second-quarter net income reaching $853 million. The company, which operates KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, maintains a market capitalization of $41.99 billion and a P/E ratio of 18.97. While institutional investors recently acquired new stakes in the firm, Yum! Brands carries $12.28 billion in total debt and is currently scaling back select domestic Pizza Hut locations.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $41.99B
- P/E
- 18.97
- PEG
- 2.028
- P/B
- 212.08
- P/S
- 4.814
- EV/EBITDA
- 17.89
- Beta
- 0.553
- Analyst target
- $173.34
Quality & returns
- Gross margin
- 45.3%
- Operating margin
- 32.8%
- Profit margin
- 25.4%
- ROE
- 0.0%
- ROA
- 22.7%
Price movement
- Last
- $153.86
- 1-month
- +0.4%
- 3-month
- +3.7%
- RSI (14)
- 62
- vs SMA200
- -0.1%
- 52-wk position
- 56.4% -8.1% vs high
Quarterly trajectory
Revenue by quarter (oldest → newest)
| Quarter | Revenue | Op income | Net income | EBITDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | $2.17B | $655.0M | $853.0M | $661.0M |
| 2026-03-31 | $2.06B | $644.0M | $432.0M | $700.0M |
| 2025-12-31 | $2.51B | $738.0M | $535.0M | $807.0M |
| 2025-09-30 | $1.98B | $666.0M | $397.0M | $715.0M |
Recent news
- Bullish Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) Raised to Strong-Buy at Robert W. Baird · 2026-08-26
- Somewhat-Bullish Legal & General Group Plc Invests $297.59 Million in Yum! Brands, Inc. $YUM · 2026-08-26
- Somewhat-Bullish OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp Buys New Shares in Yum! Brands, Inc. $YUM · 2026-08-26
- Bearish Pizza Hut closes in Dover as chain scales back nationally · 2026-08-26
- Somewhat-Bullish Chipotle Recovered From Its Salmonella Scare in Weeks. Is the Stock a Buy? · 2026-08-26
- Somewhat-Bullish McDonald’s franchises to add more than 1,000 workers in South Florida · 2026-08-25
Sources this view read
- fundamentals Company overview & valuation (Alpha Vantage OVERVIEW)
- filing Quarterly financial statements (Alpha Vantage INCOME/BALANCE/CASH)
- earnings Reported earnings history (Alpha Vantage EARNINGS)
- prices Adjusted daily prices (Alpha Vantage TIME_SERIES_DAILY_ADJUSTED)