Yum Brands (YUM) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Yum Brands' Return on Capital Employed history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 52.5% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 799.0% year-over-year to 52.5% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 52.5% (up 799.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 43.29%, down 283.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed was 52.5% for Q1 2026 at Yum Brands, up from 41.66% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 53.65% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 41.66% in Q4 2025.
• A 5-year average of 47.63% and a median of 45.94% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Capital Employed sank 640 bps — and 2025, when it soared 825 bps.
• Yum Brands' Return on Capital Employed stood at 52.73% in 2022, then declined by 10 bps to 47.56% in 2023, then retreated by 5 bps to 45.13% in 2024, then retreated by 8 bps to 41.66% in 2025, then rose by 26 bps to 52.5% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows YUM's Return on Capital Employed at 52.5% in Q1 2026, 41.66% in Q4 2025, and 43.33% in Q3 2025.