Yum Brands (YUM) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Yum Brands' Debt Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 1.46 for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Debt Ratio fell 14.64% year-over-year to 1.46 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.46 (down 14.64% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 1.45, down 13.76% from the prior year.
• Debt Ratio was 1.46 for Q1 2026 at Yum Brands, roughly flat from 1.45 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 2.04 in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 1.45 in Q4 2025.
• A 5-year average of 1.8 and a median of 1.8 in 2023 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Debt Ratio advanced 14.39% — and 2026, when it decreased 14.64%.
• Yum Brands' Debt Ratio stood at 2.03 in 2022, then declined by 11.37% to 1.8 in 2023, then decreased by 6.23% to 1.68 in 2024, then retreated by 13.76% to 1.45 in 2025, then grew by 0.2% to 1.46 in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows YUM's Debt Ratio at 1.46 in Q1 2026, 1.45 in Q4 2025, and 1.61 in Q3 2025.