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Yum! Brands YUM Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin68.9%-2.2pp69.8%-2.1pp70.3%-3.0pp70.5%-3.8pp71.1%-3.8pp
Operating margin31.5%0.0pp31.3%-0.5pp30.9%-1.7pp30.9%-2.1pp31.4%-1.5pp
Net margin20.5%+2.1pp19%-0.7pp18%-3.2pp18.1%-3.8pp18.4%-4.5pp
EBITDA margin34.1%+0.3pp33.8%-0.3pp33.3%-1.6pp33.3%-2.0pp33.8%-1.4pp
Free cash flow margin19.4%+0.7pp20%+1.0pp19.4%+0.5pp19.4%+0.1pp18.8%-0.4pp
Returns
Return on assets23.4%+1.3pp20.9%-2.0pp21.2%-3.2pp21.5%-4.0pp22.1%-4.8pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover1.1×-0.1×1.1×-0.1×1.2×0.0×1.2×0.0×1.2×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio0.7×-0.8×1.3×-0.1×1.7×+0.3×0.8×-0.6×1.4×-0.1×
Quick ratio0.7×-0.8×1.3×-0.1×1.7×+0.3×0.8×-0.6×1.4×-0.1×
Cash ratio0.3×-0.4×0.6×0.0×0.9×+0.4×0.4×-0.2×0.6×-0.1×
Leverage
Debt-to-assets0.4×+0.2×0.2×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.3×+0.1×0.1×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA0.8×+0.7×0.2×+0.1×-0.1×-0.2×0.4×+0.3×0.1×+0.1×
Valuation
Market capitalization$42.98B-2.1%$42B+12.2%$42.19B+7.1%$39.67B+6.2%$43.92B+12.3%
Enterprise value$45.17B+2.4%$42.55B+12.9%$42.03B+5.8%$40.81B+8.3%$44.1B+12.9%
Price / earnings24.7×-6.1×26.9×+1.7×29.2×+3.3×27.7×+3.8×30.8×+6.6×
Price / sales5.1×-0.6×5.1×+0.2×5.2×-0.2×-0.2×5.7×+0.1×
EV / EBITDA15.6×-1.2×15.3×+0.7×15.6×-0.1×15.5×+0.5×16.9×+1.1×
EV / sales5.3×-0.4×5.2×+0.2×5.2×-0.3×5.2×-0.1×5.7×+0.1×
Free cash flow yield3.8%+0.5pp3.9%+0.1pp3.7%+0.2pp3.9%+0.2pp3.3%-0.1pp
Earnings yield4%+0.8pp3.7%-0.3pp3.4%-0.4pp3.6%-0.6pp3.2%-0.9pp
Dividend yield1.9%+0.1pp1.9%-0.1pp1.8%0.0pp1.9%0.0pp1.7%-0.1pp
PEG ratio1.1×5.5×

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Questions, answered.

What are Yum! Brands's profit margins?
Yum! Brands (YUM) runs a 68.9% gross margin and a 31.5% operating margin, with a 20.5% net margin.
Where do Yum! Brands's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Yum! Brands's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.