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

Yum Brands' FCF Payout Ratio history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.41 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio fell 10.62% year-over-year to 0.41; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.48, down 8.23%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.48, 8.58% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 0.41 in Q4 2025 per YUM's latest filing, down from 0.44 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 0.32 in Q3 2021.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.52, with a median of 0.49 recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: crashed 76.45% in 2021, then soared 110.88% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.46 in 2021, then grew by 3.85% to 0.48 in 2022, then increased by 4.13% to 0.5 in 2023, then fell by 7.07% to 0.46 in 2024, then decreased by 10.62% to 0.41 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for YUM's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.41 (Q4 2025), 0.44 (Q3 2025), and 0.53 (Q2 2025).