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

Yum Brands (YUM) has disclosed Gross Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 67.59% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Gross Margin fell 163.0% year-over-year to 67.59%, compared with a TTM value of 69.77% through Dec 2025, down 215.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 69.77%, down 215.0% over the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 67.59% for Q4 2025 at Yum Brands, down from 70.34% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 75.5% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 67.59% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 73.1%, with a median of 73.8% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Gross Margin skyrocketed 310bps in 2021, then crashed -450bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 73.81% in 2021, then increased by 0bps to 73.95% in 2022, then dropped by 0bps to 73.72% in 2023, then fell by -6bps to 69.22% in 2024, then dropped by -2bps to 67.59% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Gross Margin for YUM at 67.59% in Q4 2025, 70.34% in Q3 2025, and 70.98% in Q2 2025.