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Yum Brands (YUM) Cost of Revenue (2016 - 2025)

Yum Brands filings provide 17 years of Cost of Revenue readings, the most recent being $815.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Cost of Revenue rose 12.1% to $815.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $2.5 billion, a 17.08% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $2.5 billion, up 17.12% from a year prior.
  • Cost of Revenue hit $815.0 million in Q4 2025 for Yum Brands, up from $587.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Cost of Revenue ranged from a high of $815.0 million in Q4 2025 to a low of $392.0 million in Q1 2021.
  • Median Cost of Revenue over the past 5 years was $445.5 million (2021), compared with a mean of $492.3 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Cost of Revenue: fell 4.51% in 2022 and later skyrocketed 35.89% in 2024.
  • Yum Brands' Cost of Revenue stood at $495.0 million in 2021, then grew by 6.26% to $526.0 million in 2022, then increased by 1.71% to $535.0 million in 2023, then surged by 35.89% to $727.0 million in 2024, then increased by 12.1% to $815.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Cost of Revenue were $815.0 million (Q4 2025), $587.0 million (Q3 2025), and $560.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.