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Yum Brands (YUM) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Yum Brands (YUM) has disclosed Operating Expenses for 17 consecutive years, with $1.8 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Expenses rose 4.16% year-over-year to $1.8 billion, compared with a TTM value of $5.6 billion through Dec 2025, up 9.58%, and an annual FY2025 reading of $5.6 billion, up 9.58% over the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $1.8 billion for Q4 2025 at Yum Brands, up from $1.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $1.8 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $943.0 million in Q1 2021.
  • Average Operating Expenses over 5 years is $1.2 billion, with a median of $1.1 billion recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Expenses fell 6.91% in 2021, then grew 19.48% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at $1.4 billion in 2021, then grew by 3.82% to $1.4 billion in 2022, then dropped by 0.97% to $1.4 billion in 2023, then increased by 19.48% to $1.7 billion in 2024, then increased by 4.16% to $1.8 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Expenses for YUM at $1.8 billion in Q4 2025, $1.3 billion in Q3 2025, and $1.3 billion in Q2 2025.