Yum Brands (YUM) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Yum Brands (YUM) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.61 in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 1.58% year-over-year to 0.61 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.49 (down 7.86% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.48, down 8.33% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio grew to 0.61 in Q1 2026, from 0.41 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.78 in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.4 in Q3 2023.
• A 5-year average of 0.55 and a median of 0.53 in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio surged 110.88% — and 2023, when it retreated 24.7%.
• Tracing YUM's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.48 in 2022, then gained by 2.83% to 0.5 in 2023, then declined by 7.57% to 0.46 in 2024, then declined by 11.04% to 0.41 in 2025, then surged by 48.52% to 0.61 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.61 (Q1 2026), 0.41 (Q4 2025), and 0.44 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.