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Yum Brands (YUM) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Yum Brands' Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.42% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.42%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.42%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.43%, 3.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.42% in Q4 2025 per YUM's latest filing, down from 0.43% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.54% in Q2 2025 to a low of 0.42% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.47%, with a median of 0.46% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: rose 18bps in 2021, then fell -6bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.45% in 2021, then rose by 18bps to 0.53% in 2022, then decreased by -10bps to 0.48% in 2023, then decreased by -5bps to 0.45% in 2024, then dropped by -8bps to 0.42% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for YUM's Return on Capital Employed are 0.42% (Q4 2025), 0.43% (Q3 2025), and 0.54% (Q2 2025).