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Yum Brands (YUM) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2025)

Yum Brands' EBITDA Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 29.34% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, EBITDA Margin rose 153.0% year-over-year to 29.34%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 31.34%, down 50.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 31.34%, 50.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin reached 29.34% in Q4 2025 per YUM's latest filing, down from 33.65% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBITDA Margin ranged from a high of 36.54% in Q1 2021 to a low of 26.56% in Q4 2021.
  • Average EBITDA Margin over 5 years is 32.3%, with a median of 32.86% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBITDA Margin: surged 1675bps in 2021, then plummeted -364bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 26.56% in 2021, then rose by 8bps to 28.63% in 2022, then increased by 4bps to 29.91% in 2023, then decreased by -7bps to 27.82% in 2024, then grew by 5bps to 29.34% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for YUM's EBITDA Margin are 29.34% (Q4 2025), 33.65% (Q3 2025), and 32.18% (Q2 2025).