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Yum! Brands

Products was Yum! Brands' fastest-growing product or service in FY2025, up 15.4%

Revenue rose 8.8% to $8.2B in FY2025, from $7.5B in FY2024. Net income rose 4.9% to $1.6B. Franchise and property revenue was the largest product or service, at 42% of revenue.

Prepared from SEC filings · Latest annual report: 10-K for FY2025 (filed Feb 20, 2026) · Latest quarter: 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 (filed Nov 6, 2026) · Data pulled Nov 11, 2026

Key facts

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) closed fiscal 2025 on Dec 31, 2025 with revenue of $8.2B, up 8.8% from a year before; net income came to $1.6B, up 4.9%. Its newest quarterly report covers the three months to Sep 30, 2026: revenue of $2.1B, up 3.8% on the same stretch of the prior year, and net income of $1.6B. Broken down by product or service, Franchise and property revenue led with 42% of fiscal 2025 revenue. Sources: 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed Feb 20, 2026) and 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 (filed Nov 6, 2026).

Revenue$8.2BFY2025 · +8.8% vs FY2024

Net income$1.6BFY2025 · +4.9% vs FY2024

Operating cash flow$2.0BFY2025 · +19.0% vs FY2024

Cash & equivalents$2.1Bat Sep 30, 2026 · +197.3% vs FY2025 end

Total debt$11.6Bat Sep 30, 2026 · −2.6% vs FY2025 end

Diluted shares281MFY2025 avg · −1.4% vs FY2024

Revenue and net income, three fiscal yearsBy fiscal year, $bn

RevenueNet income

Source: 10-K FY2025, filed Feb 20, 2026

Quarterly revenue: fiscal 2026 vs a year earlierFiscal Q1–Q3, $bn (each quarter from that quarter's 10-Q)

FY2025FY2026

Source: 10-Q filed May 6, 2026 · 10-Q filed Aug 5, 2026 · 10-Q filed Nov 6, 2026

How it makes money

By product or service, FY2025

LineAmountSharevs FY2024
Franchise and property revenue$3.5B42%+5.4%
Products$2.9B36%+15.4%
Advertising$1.8B22%+5.5%

Source: 10-K FY2025, XBRL breakdown

By product or service in FY2025: Franchise and property revenue (42%), Products (36%) and Advertising (22%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $8.2B.

By product or service: three-year mixShare of the total each fiscal year

FY2023

46%30%24%

FY2024

44%34%23%

FY2025

42%36%22%

Franchise and property revenueProductsAdvertising

Source: 10-K FY2025

By region, FY2025

United States$4.5B55%+4.4%

United Kingdom$1.0B12%+27.8%

Share is of FY2025 revenue; the items listed don't cover all of it. The last column is the change from FY2024.

Learn more: Revenue vs. net income · Gross, operating and net margin

What changed last quarter

How the quarter compared with a year earlier

Comparing Q3 2026 (Jul to Sep 2026) compared with Q3 2025 (Jul to Sep 2025)

Each pair of bars shows the dollar amount for both quarters. Longer bar, more money. Bars in a group share one scale.

Q3 2026Q3 2025

Company

Revenue

$2.1B Q3 2026

$2.0B Q3 2025

3.8% increase

Net income

$1.6B Q3 2026

$397M Q3 2025

308.8% increase

Source: Yum! Brands 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Nov 6, 2026

By product or service

Products

$784M Q3 2026

$697M Q3 2025

12.5% increase

Advertising

$415M Q3 2026

$426M Q3 2025

2.6% decrease

Source: Yum! Brands 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Nov 6, 2026

Cash & equivalents $2.1B at Sep 30, 2026, vs $709M at FY2025 end.
Total debt $11.6B at Sep 30, 2026, vs $11.9B at FY2025 end.
Operating cash flow, first 9 months of fiscal 2026: $1.4B vs $1.4B a year earlier.

The bull case and the bear case

The bull case

Revenue rose 8.8% in FY2025 to $8.2B, from $7.5B a year earlier. 10-K, FY2025
Net income rose 4.9% in FY2025 to $1.6B, from $1.5B. 10-K, FY2025
Operating cash flow rose 19.0% in FY2025 to $2.0B. 10-K, FY2025
Diluted shares fell 1.4% in FY2025, so each share represents a larger slice of profit. 10-K, FY2025

The bear case

Total debt rose 5.1% in FY2025 to $11.9B. 10-K, FY2025
The company's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K. Risks common in this industry include consumer spending; competition; costs. 10-K, Item 1A

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What the company does

Yum! Brands is in the restaurants industry, part of the consumer discretionary sector. The SEC files it under Retail-Eating Places.

The full description of Yum! Brands' business is in Item 1 of its 10-K, linked below. This page shows its revenue by product or service and region.

Its fiscal year ends in December; the latest, FY2025, ended Dec 31, 2025.

Source: 10-K, Item 1 Business

Risks common in this industry

These are general risks for companies in the restaurants industry. They are not a summary of Yum! Brands’s own risk factors; for those, read Item 1A of its latest 10-K, linked below.

Consumer spendingShoppers cut back on non-essentials when budgets are tight.
CompetitionRivals, online sellers and changing tastes pressure prices and traffic.
CostsWages, freight and product costs can squeeze margins.
Supply chain and tariffsImported goods make it sensitive to trade policy and shipping disruptions.
Brand and reputationProduct problems or public criticism can hurt demand.

Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors (the company's own list, in the company's words)

Three years of key numbers

Every number links to its filing; hover for the XBRL tag. A dash means the number isn't cleanly available, and we don't estimate it.

US$	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
Revenue	$7.1B	$7.5B	$8.2B
Net income	$1.6B	$1.5B	$1.6B
Operating cash flow	$1.6B	$1.7B	$2.0B
Cash & equivalents (year end)	$512M	$616M	$709M
Total debt (year end)	$11.2B	$11.3B	$11.9B
Diluted shares	285M	285M	281M

Revenue: Total revenue for the fiscal year, as the company reports it on its income statement.
Net income: Net income attributable to the company's shareholders, after all costs, interest and taxes.
Operating cash flow: Cash the business brought in from its day-to-day operations during the year (cash flow statement).
Cash & equivalents: Cash and short-term investments that count as cash equivalents on the balance sheet. Excludes longer-dated marketable securities.
Total debt: Short-term borrowings (including current maturities of long-term debt) plus long-term debt, at carrying value.
Diluted shares: Weighted average shares outstanding for the year, including the effect of options and stock awards.

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Explainers for this page

Plain-English guides to terms this file uses, with real numbers from filings.

About these numbers

The region chart covers only part of revenue: the company reports other lines that aren't part of this breakdown.

Recent filings

Form	Filed	Period
10-Q	Nov 6, 2026	Sep 30, 2026
10-Q	Aug 5, 2026	Jun 30, 2026
10-Q	May 6, 2026	Mar 31, 2026
DEF 14A	Apr 3, 2026	May 14, 2026
10-K	Feb 20, 2026	Dec 31, 2025

Learn more: 10-K vs. 10-Q vs. 8-K · Form 4 insider filings · Fiscal years and quarters

Common questions about Yum! Brands

How does Yum! Brands make money?

Fiscal 2025 revenue: $8.2B. By product or service in FY2025: Franchise and property revenue (42%), Products (36%) and Advertising (22%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $8.2B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 20, 2026.

What was Yum! Brands's revenue in fiscal 2025?

$8.2B, up 8.8% from fiscal 2024 ($7.5B). The year ended Dec 31, 2025; for fiscal 2023 the figure was $7.1B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 20, 2026.

Is Yum! Brands profitable?

Net income was $1.6B in fiscal 2025 (up 4.9%; fiscal 2024 was $1.5B). That counts as a GAAP profit. The latest quarter, ended Sep 30, 2026: net income was $1.6B. The page's About these numbers section explains what is included. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 20, 2026.

What did Yum! Brands report in its latest quarterly filing?

For the three months to Sep 30, 2026: revenue $2.1B (up 3.8% from $2.0B) and net income $1.6B (up 308.8% from $397M). Source: 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Nov 6, 2026.

How much cash and debt does Yum! Brands have?

As of Sep 30, 2026: $2.1B of cash and cash equivalents, $11.6B of total debt. Total debt here is short-term borrowings (including current maturities of long-term debt) plus long-term debt, at carrying value. Source: 10-Q filed Nov 6, 2026.

What are the main risks Yum! Brands faces?

Yum! Brands's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 20, 2026. Risks that are common among companies in the restaurants industry include Consumer spending; competition; costs; supply chain and tariffs; brand and reputation. The first: Shoppers cut back on non-essentials when budgets are tight. Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors.

Where do these Yum! Brands numbers come from?

The 10-K filed Feb 20, 2026 (fiscal 2025) and the 10-Q filed Nov 6, 2026 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), as published in the SEC's XBRL data. Click any number to open the filing it came from. Methodology explains how fiscal years and missing numbers are handled.

Tracked funds that report owning Yum! Brands

Citadel Advisors: 2,093,797 shares, reported value $334.7M at Jun 30, 2026 (−26.7% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Sep 2, 2026.
Point72 Asset Management: 1,309,739 shares, reported value $209.4M at Jun 30, 2026 (−16.6% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
Fundsmith: 556,107 shares, reported value $88.9M at Jun 30, 2026 (new in this filing). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
Renaissance Technologies: 291,600 shares, reported value $46.6M at Jun 30, 2026 (+6,527.3% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 13, 2026.
Markel Group: 142,059 shares, reported value $19.4M at Sep 30, 2026 (−42.1% in shares since the filing for Jun 30, 2026). Form 13F filed Oct 30, 2026.
Millennium Management: 26,897 shares, reported value $4.3M at Jun 30, 2026 (−78.6% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
Two Sigma Investments: 20,797 shares, reported value $3.3M at Jun 30, 2026 (−3.3% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
Bridgewater Associates: 15,909 shares, reported value $2.5M at Jun 30, 2026 (−0.9% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.

From each fund’s latest Form 13F, which is filed up to 45 days after quarter end and lists long positions in US-listed stocks only. A listing here is a fact about a filing, not a view on the stock. What a 13F does and doesn’t show.

Disclosures

Editor holdings in YUM: The editor holds no position in Yum! Brands (YUM). As of Nov 11, 2026.
Trading rule: The editor does not buy or sell YUM from 3 days before to 3 days after this page is published or substantively updated.
Compensation: Nobody paid for this page. No affiliate links on this page.
Sources: The company's SEC filings, linked next to each number or, for charts, in the source line under them.
Last updated: Nov 9, 2026

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