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Yum Brands (YUM) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Yum Brands (YUM) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.41 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio fell 11.04% year-over-year to 0.41, compared with a TTM value of 0.48 through Dec 2025, down 8.33%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.48, down 8.33% over the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.41 for Q4 2025 at Yum Brands, down from 0.44 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.78 in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.32 in Q3 2021.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.52, with a median of 0.49 recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Payout Ratio crashed 76.29% in 2021, then soared 110.88% in 2022.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.45 in 2021, then increased by 6.61% to 0.48 in 2022, then rose by 4.04% to 0.5 in 2023, then fell by 8.64% to 0.46 in 2024, then dropped by 11.04% to 0.41 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Payout Ratio for YUM at 0.41 in Q4 2025, 0.44 in Q3 2025, and 0.53 in Q2 2025.