Consumer Discretionary · Restaurants
Yum! Brands: revenue, profit and dividends
In fiscal 2025, Yum! Brands had revenue of $8.21B, up 2.5% a year on average since 2015, and net income of $1.56B (19.0% of revenue). Its dividend per share has gone up 8 years in a row, to $2.84. It has 37% fewer shares than in 2015.
Revenue, fiscal 2025
average annual revenue growth since 2015 · +8.8% vs 2024
- Ticker
- YUM · NYSE
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- Sub-industry
- Restaurants
- Headquarters
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Founded
- 1997
- In the S&P 500 since
- October 6, 1997
- Latest fiscal year
- 2025, ended December 31, 2025
- SEC filer
- Yum Brands Inc · CIK 0001041061
Revenue and net income
Revenue went from $10.4B in 2007 to $8.21B in 2025.
Diluted earnings per share
Diluted EPS went from $1.68 in 2007 to $5.55 in 2025. Ten-year growth: 6.7% a year.
Dividends per share
Raised 8 years in a row, every year from 2018 to 2025. Ten-year growth: 5.0% a year.
Shares outstanding
36.6% fewer shares in 2025 than in 2015 (443M → 281M): buybacks outweighed new shares.
Operating cash flow, capex and free cash flow
Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) was $1.64B in 2025, 20.0% of revenue.
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Year by year
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | Net margin | Diluted EPS | Dividend | Shares | Operating cash flow | Capex | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8.21B | $1.56B | 19.0% | $5.55 | $2.84 | 281M | $2.01B | $371M | $1.64B |
| 2024 | $7.55B | $1.49B | 19.7% | $5.22 | $2.68 | 285M | $1.69B | $257M | $1.43B |
| 2023 | $7.08B | $1.6B | 22.6% | $5.59 | $2.42 | 285M | $1.6B | $285M | $1.32B |
| 2022 | $6.84B | $1.32B | 19.4% | $4.57 | $2.28 | 290M | $1.43B | $279M | $1.15B |
| 2021 | $6.58B | $1.57B | 23.9% | $5.21 | $2.00 | 302M | $1.71B | $230M | $1.48B |
| 2020 | $5.65B | $904M | 16.0% | $2.94 | $1.88 | 307M | $1.3B | $160M | $1.15B |
| 2019 | $5.6B | $1.29B | 23.1% | $4.14 | $1.68 | 313M | $1.31B | $196M | $1.12B |
| 2018 | $5.69B | $1.54B | 27.1% | $4.69 | $1.44 | 329M | $1.18B | $234M | $942M |
| 2017 | $5.88B | $1.34B | 22.8% | $3.77 | $0.90 | 355M | $1.03B | $318M | $712M |
| 2016 | $6.36B | $1.64B | 25.8% | $4.10 | $1.73 | 400M | — | — | — |
| 2015 | $6.42B | $1.28B | 20.0% | $2.90 | $1.74 | 443M | $2.14B | $973M | $1.17B |
| 2014 | $13.3B | $1.05B | 7.9% | $2.32 | $1.56 | 453M | $2.05B | $1.03B | $1.02B |
| 2013 | $13.1B | $1.09B | 8.3% | $2.36 | $1.41 | 461M | $2.14B | $1.05B | $1.09B |
| 2012 | $13.6B | $1.6B | 11.7% | $3.38 | $1.24 | 473M | $2.29B | $1.1B | $1.2B |
| 2011 | $12.6B | $1.32B | 10.4% | $2.74 | $1.07 | 481M | $2.17B | $940M | $1.23B |
| 2010 | $11.3B | $1.16B | 10.2% | $2.38 | $0.92 | 486M | $1.97B | $796M | $1.17B |
| 2009 | $10.8B | $1.07B | 9.9% | $2.22 | $0.80 | 483M | $1.4B | $797M | $607M |
| 2008 | $11.3B | $964M | 8.5% | $1.96 | $0.72 | — | $1.52B | $935M | $586M |
| 2007 | $10.4B | $909M | 8.7% | $1.68 | $0.45 | — | $1.55B | $726M | $825M |
Fiscal years, labelled by the year in which they end. US dollars; per-share figures and share counts adjusted for splits. —: not in the data.
About these figures
- Older years are as filed at the time and may predate later restatements, mergers or spin-offs. How the figures are made.
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Source: SEC EDGAR (company filings), data as of November 8, 2026. Sectors, sub-industries, headquarters and index dates: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.