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

Yum Brands (YUM) has disclosed EBITDA Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 29.34% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, EBITDA Margin rose 153.0% year-over-year to 29.34%, compared with a TTM value of 31.34% through Dec 2025, down 50.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 31.34%, down 50.0% over the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin was 29.34% for Q4 2025 at Yum Brands, down from 33.65% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 36.54% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 26.56% in Q4 2021.
  • Average EBITDA Margin over 5 years is 32.3%, with a median of 32.86% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw EBITDA Margin surged 1675bps in 2021, then plummeted -364bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, EBITDA Margin 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.
  • Business Quant data shows EBITDA Margin for YUM at 29.34% in Q4 2025, 33.65% in Q3 2025, and 32.18% in Q2 2025.