Company data sheet · Yum Brands
Yum Brands: leaders came and went.
- Industry
- Eating Places
- Headquarters
- United States
- Ticker
- YUM (NYSE)
- Sources
- SEC filings (1997–2026), Stratrix's verified Decision Cases, market data and official economic statistics for the United States
- Data as of
- October 18, 2026
- Leaders came and went. Yum Brands filed 31 leadership changes since 2016, more than 79% of large retailers (the median is 21). The day after each, its shares moved a median 0.2 points against its sector. The news was rarely news.
- Five decisions on record. Stratrix has verified five of Yum Brands's big decisions, each with what happened next. The best: "Yum Owns Almost No Restaurants. Its Biggest Bet Is on One Company It Can't Control", 42 points ahead of the S&P 500 over the next three years.
- Profitable every year. Yum Brands made money in each of its last ten fiscal years, from $0.9 billion (2020) to $1.6 billion (2016).
Financial results
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $6.4 billion | $1.6 billion | |
| 2017 | $5.9 billion | $1.3 billion | |
| 2018 | $5.7 billion | $1.5 billion | |
| 2019 | $5.6 billion | $1.3 billion | |
| 2020 | $5.7 billion | $0.9 billion | |
| 2021 | $6.6 billion | $1.6 billion | |
| 2022 | $6.8 billion | $1.3 billion | |
| 2023 | $7.1 billion | $1.6 billion | |
| 2024 | $7.5 billion | $1.5 billion | |
| 2025 | $8.2 billion | $1.6 billion |
As reported in its annual filings. Losses in red.
Stratrix Decision Cases
- 2016Yum Owns Almost No Restaurants. Its Biggest Bet Is on One Company It Can't Control.
- 2016Yum Franchised Its Way From 77% to 98% — and Borrowed to 5x EBITDA to Get There
- 2015Yum Traded 51% of Its Revenue for a 3% Royalty on China, With an Activist at the Table
- 1987KFC Built Over 13,000 China Stores on a One-Time Stack of Accidents
- 1987KFC Won China by Becoming Less American, Not More
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- Market reaction to disclosed decisions: 55 decision filings since 2016, each linked to the SEC, with the share return against its sector and the S&P 500 the next day and the next year (33 with market data).
- Economic context: 7 measures for the United States, every year since 2016, from the official sources.
- Peer comparison: against 224 companies of its size in its sector.
- Financial results: ten years of revenue, operating and net income, and every annual report, linked.
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