What is Yum! Brands's operating income?

Yum! Brands (YUM) reported operating income of $644M in Q1 2026.

How has Yum! Brands's operating income changed year-over-year?

Yum! Brands's operating income increased by 17.5% year-over-year, from $548M to $644M.

What is the long-term trend for Yum! Brands's operating income?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Yum! Brands's operating income has grown at a 4.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $2.14B to $2.57B.

What does operating income mean?

Gross profit minus all operating expenses (SG&A, R&D, D&A). Measures the profit from core business operations before interest, taxes, and non-operating items.

Yum! Brands YUM Operating Income

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EAT

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$166.6M+6.2%

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$20.76M-13.4%

Domino's PizzaDPZ

$230.36M+9.6%

El Pollo LocoLOCO

$12.22M+36.2%

Segments

By segment

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KFC Global Division$383M+15.7%

Taco Bell Global Division$281M+16.6%

Pizza Hut Global Division$64M-13.5%

The Habit Burger Grill Global Division-$7M-600%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.1B+15.2%

Gross profit$1.4B+9.1%

Net income$432.0M+70.8%

EPS (diluted)$1.55+72.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$889.0M+13.7%

Total debt$3.1B+219%

Total equity-$7.3B+6.7%

Total assets$8.2B+23.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$416.0M+3.0%

CapEx$75.0M+5.6%

Free cash flow$341.0M+2.4%

Valuation

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Market cap$41.66B+8.7%

Enterprise value$43.85B+11.0%

P/E24×-2.8×

P/S4.9×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin68.9%-2.2pp

Operating margin31.5%0.0pp

Net margin20.5%+2.1pp

FCF margin19.4%+0.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity105.2%—

Debt / equity45×—

Current ratio0.7×-0.8×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Yum! Brands in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss.

The official record: Yum! Brands’s 10-Q, filed May 6, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Yum! Brands's operating income?: Yum! Brands (YUM) reported operating income of $644M in Q1 2026.
How has Yum! Brands's operating income changed year-over-year?: Yum! Brands's operating income increased by 17.5% year-over-year, from $548M to $644M.
What is the long-term trend for Yum! Brands's operating income?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Yum! Brands's operating income has grown at a 4.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $2.14B to $2.57B.
What does operating income mean?: Gross profit minus all operating expenses (SG&A, R&D, D&A). Measures the profit from core business operations before interest, taxes, and non-operating items.