Yum! Brands (YUM): financials, SEC filings and peers

Yum! Brands (YUM) is a restaurants company in the Consumer Discretionary sector of the S&P 500, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

It was founded in 1997 and joined the S&P 500 on October 6, 1997.

Its fiscal year ends in December, and its shares trade on the NYSE.

In its SEC filings it is classified as “Retail-Eating Places”.

Yum! Brands at a glance

Revenue (12 months): $8.8B
Revenue growth: +9.1%
Operating margin: 49.5%
Net income (12 months): $3.4B
Free cash flow (12 months): $1.6B
Cash: $2.1B
Debt: $13.7B
Diluted EPS (12 months): $12.46

Twelve months to September 30, 2026, from the 10-Q filed November 6, 2026.

Latest twelve months

Over the twelve months to September 30, 2026, Yum! Brands reported revenue of $8.8 billion, up 9.1% from a year earlier.

Its operating margin was 49.5%, up 18.6 percentage points from a year earlier: for every $100 of sales, about $49 was left as operating profit.

Net income was $3.4 billion (39.1% of revenue), 137.9% higher than a year earlier.

Operating cash flow was $2.0 billion and capital spending $397 million, leaving free cash flow of $1.6 billion (18.4% of revenue).

At the end of the period it held $2.1 billion in cash and $13.7 billion in debt, a net debt position of $11.6 billion.

The diluted share count fell 2.5% in a year, typically the result of buybacks.

Five-year trend

Revenue went from $5.7 billion in fiscal 2020 to $8.2 billion in fiscal 2025, about 7.8% a year.
Revenue has grown for 5 fiscal years in a row.
Operating margin widened from 26.6% to 31.3% over the same years.
Free cash flow was positive in each of the last 6 fiscal years.

Fiscal year	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Revenue	$6.6B	$6.8B	$7.1B	$7.5B	$8.2B
Revenue growth	16.5%	3.9%	3.4%	6.7%	8.8%
Operating margin	32.5%	32.0%	32.8%	31.8%	31.3%
Net income	$1.6B	$1.3B	$1.6B	$1.5B	$1.6B
Free cash flow	$1.5B	$1.1B	$1.3B	$1.4B	$1.6B
Diluted EPS	$5.21	$4.57	$5.59	$5.22	$5.55

Fiscal years as reported in Yum! Brands’s 10-K filings. Free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital spending.

Recent SEC filings

10-Q filed November 6, 2026 — quarterly report
8-K filed November 3, 2026 — Earnings results
8-K filed September 1, 2026 — Executive or director change; Regulation FD disclosure
8-K/A filed August 28, 2026 — Executive or director change
8-K filed August 21, 2026 — Executive or director change
8-K/A filed August 7, 2026 — Executive or director change
8-K filed August 7, 2026 — Material agreement; Acquisition or sale of assets
10-Q filed August 5, 2026 — quarterly report

All Yum! Brands filings on SEC EDGAR

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Questions about Yum! Brands

Is Yum! Brands's revenue growing?

Yes. Revenue for the twelve months to September 30, 2026 was $8.8 billion, up 9.1% from a year earlier, according to its SEC filings.

Is Yum! Brands profitable?

Yes. It earned $3.4 billion in net income over the twelve months to September 30, 2026, a net margin of 39.1%.

Does Yum! Brands have more cash or more debt?

At September 30, 2026 it had $2.1 billion in cash and $13.7 billion in debt, so more debt than cash.

When did Yum! Brands last file financial results?

Its latest quarterly report (10-Q) was filed with the SEC on November 6, 2026.

Which companies are similar to Yum! Brands?

In the S&P 500, Yum! Brands is grouped in Restaurants within the Consumer Discretionary sector. Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Domino's (DPZ), Darden Restaurants (DRI), McDonald's (MCD), Starbucks (SBUX) are in the same group.

Understand the numbers

Source: Yum! Brands’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR), retrieved November 11, 2026. Figures are as reported by the company and may be restated. This page is for information only and is not financial advice.