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

Yum Brands' Net Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 20.98% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Net Margin rose 682.0% year-over-year to 20.98% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 20.48% (up 207.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 18.98%, down 70.0% from the prior year.
• Net Margin was 20.98% for Q1 2026 at Yum Brands, down from 21.27% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 25.79% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 13.69% in Q2 2022.
• A 5-year average of 20.05% and a median of 20.18% in 2022 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Net Margin tumbled 1269 bps — and 2023, when it jumped 1109 bps.
• Yum Brands' Net Margin stood at 17.43% in 2022, then increased by 22 bps to 21.32% in 2023, then fell by 16 bps to 17.91% in 2024, then increased by 19 bps to 21.27% in 2025, then declined by 1 bps to 20.98% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows YUM's Net Margin at 20.98% in Q1 2026, 21.27% in Q4 2025, and 20.06% in Q3 2025.