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

Historic Operating Margin for Yum Brands (YUM) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 33.65%.

  • Yum Brands' Operating Margin fell 2500.0% to 33.65% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 30.93%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 16800.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 31.83% for FY2024, which is 9300.0% down from last year.
  • Per Yum Brands' latest filing, its Operating Margin stood at 33.65% for Q3 2025, which was down 2500.0% from 32.18% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Yum Brands' 5-year Operating Margin high stood at 36.54% for Q1 2021, and its period low was 26.56% during Q4 2021.
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Operating Margin was 32.9% (2022), whereas its average is 32.46%.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Yum Brands' Operating Margin surged by 167500bps in 2021, and later plummeted by -36400bps in 2022.
  • Yum Brands' Operating Margin (Quarter) stood at 26.56% in 2021, then rose by 8bps to 28.63% in 2022, then rose by 4bps to 29.91% in 2023, then decreased by -7bps to 27.82% in 2024, then increased by 21bps to 33.65% in 2025.
  • Its Operating Margin was 33.65% in Q3 2025, compared to 32.18% in Q2 2025 and 30.67% in Q1 2025.