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Yum Brands (YUM) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

Yum Brands posted quarterly Gross Margin of 67.12% for Q1 2026, down 378.0% year-on-year from 24.14% in Q1 2025, and down 0.7% on a QoQ basis from 67.59% in Q4 2025.

Yum Brands (YUM) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 67.12% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Gross Margin fell 378.0% year-over-year to 67.12%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 68.9% (down 215.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 69.77%, down 215.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 67.12%, down from 67.59% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 75.5% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 67.12% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 73.72% (2023), against an average of 72.58%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Gross Margin surged 170 bps; it then tumbled 450 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 73.95% in 2022, then slipped by 0 bps to 73.72% in 2023, then decreased by 6 bps to 69.22% in 2024, then fell by 2 bps to 67.59% in 2025, then retreated by 1 bps to 67.12% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 67.12% (Q1 2026), 67.59% (Q4 2025), and 70.34% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 110.27 Bn 108.58 Bn 9.40 Bn 98.63%
2 Yum Brands 40.90 Bn 40.21 Bn 1.38 Bn 67.12%
3 Chipotle Mexican Grill 39.62 Bn 38.75 Bn 2.61 Bn 84.44%
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.25 Bn 25.79 Bn 2.14 Bn 94.61%
5 Darden Restaurants 23.41 Bn 23.17 Bn 3.31 Bn 98.82%
6 Yum China Holdings 15.07 Bn 13.64 Bn 3.24 Bn 99.05%
7 Texas Roadhouse 11.59 Bn 11.39 Bn 1.40 Bn 86.00%
8 Dominos Pizza 10.51 Bn 10.27 Bn 464.51 Mn 40.37%
9 Cava 8.67 Bn 8.28 Bn 797.57 Mn 290.04%
10 Dutch Bros 7.47 Bn 7.43 Bn 107.48 Mn 23.14%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 67.12%
Dec 31, 2025 67.59%
Sep 30, 2025 70.34%
Jun 30, 2025 71.03%
Mar 31, 2025 70.90%
Dec 31, 2024 69.22%
Sep 30, 2024 71.36%
Jun 30, 2024 73.34%
Mar 31, 2024 74.97%
Dec 31, 2023 73.72%
Sep 30, 2023 75.35%
Jun 30, 2023 75.40%
Mar 31, 2023 75.50%
Dec 31, 2022 73.95%
Sep 30, 2022 75.49%
Jun 30, 2022 74.63%
Mar 31, 2022 74.01%
Dec 31, 2021 73.81%
Sep 30, 2021 73.79%
Jun 30, 2021 73.97%
Mar 31, 2021 73.62%
Dec 31, 2020 73.61%
Sep 30, 2020 72.44%
Jun 30, 2020 70.87%
Mar 31, 2020 76.41%
Dec 31, 2019 77.27%
Sep 30, 2019 78.19%
Jun 30, 2019 78.17%
Mar 31, 2019 78.31%
Dec 31, 2018 75.87%
Sep 30, 2018 71.32%
Jun 30, 2018 69.23%
Mar 31, 2018 68.05%
Dec 31, 2017 17.87%
Sep 30, 2017 17.68%
Jun 30, 2017 -38.78%
Mar 31, 2017 -47.18%
Dec 31, 2016 46.24%
Sep 3, 2016 45.57%
Jun 11, 2016 -115.46%
Mar 19, 2016 -95.26%
Sep 5, 2015 9.68%
Jun 13, 2015 44.89%
Mar 21, 2015 -90.36%
Dec 27, 2014 13.71%
Sep 6, 2014 26.60%
Jun 14, 2014 72.35%
Mar 22, 2014 73.38%
Dec 28, 2013 176.63%
Sep 7, 2013 17.58%
Jun 15, 2013 72.28%
Mar 23, 2013 67.60%
Dec 29, 2012 26.17%
Sep 8, 2012 28.75%
Jun 16, 2012 26.17%
Mar 24, 2012 30.59%
Dec 31, 2011 70.59%
Sep 3, 2011 66.01%
Jun 11, 2011 67.42%
Mar 19, 2011 30.27%
Dec 25, 2010 139.44%
Sep 4, 2010 29.52%
Jun 12, 2010 16.49%
Mar 20, 2010 68.69%
Dec 26, 2009 68.33%
Sep 5, 2009 17.48%
Jun 13, 2009 72.01%
Mar 21, 2009 72.44%